Craig,
I understand what you're saying, but SDC hasn't really cared about that area for a long time. For the last several years as you drive by you could easily see the Cargo Crate Halloween plaza wall, the stored holiday booths, ride parts, metal maintenance buildings, the back of fireman's landing, etc. - they really have treated that area as "back of the house" even if you can see it.
The Red Gold theater is only painted red with a Grand Exposition logo on the side of it...so maybe if we're lucky, it won't stay as a brown box and they'll use it as a billboard with some cool SDC pictures on the side of the building.
I wonder what Mary would have done?
Jay