I'm not sad to see it go. When the Hershcends built it, their heart was in the right place, but the vision was a little off. At around 4000 seats, the Palace was too big for the ordinary Branson style acts (cost of operating would be prohibitive), and too small for the big name acts (you need at least 10,000 to be able to pay the act and still keep ticket prices affordable).
I hope the new owners have a good plan...but please...no new theaters, malls, motels, restaurants, go kart tracks, minigolf, or souvenir shops. We don't fill the ones we have. A park might be nice...some kind of a return to nature; course, I don't suppose there's much money in that.