Paramount Theater in Springfield goes up for auction

Connick Springfield landmark will go up for auction today. The Massasoit House Paramount Theater has sat on Main Street for almost 200 years now. It first opened up as a hotel back in 1843 and was remodeled into a theater in 1929. It's been vacant for nearly a decade, according to the Springfield Preservation Trust. The current owner, the New England Farm Workers Council, renovated the theater into a nightclub until it closed in 2015 due to a shooting. They then planned to redevelop it again, but those plans fell through and the building has been empty ever since. Now it's set to be sold again today with an estimated price of about $2 million.