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Last updated on Monday, October 31, 2011
(NASHVILLE) - Over two years after a fire destroyed the Little Nashville Opry ,159 ticket holders will finally get their money back.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller made the announcement Friday.
Ticket holders were never refunded their money after they bought tickets to shows that were later cancelled because of the theater fire in September 2009. According to the consent judgment, 159 people claim they are owed from $48 to $2,066.
In July 2010, the attorney general's office filed a formal complaint against Little Nashville Enterprises, Inc. and its principals. The complaint said that the company violated Indiana's Deceptive Consumer Sales Act by failing to obtain a legally required entertainment permit.
Zoeller said the company has agreed to pay $10,000 immediately toward its obligation to consumers and the full amount within one year. The immediate funds will be distributed on a pro-rata basis to ticketholders.
The Little Nashville Opry will also pay $1,000 in costs to the Attorney General's Office and a $5,000 civil penalty - however, if the deadline to pay consumers in full is met, then the costs and penalties will be waived.
All payments will be made to the Attorney General's Office which will distribute the funds to consumers.
The fire investigation determined the fire was deliberately set, but never found a cause. No arrests have been made.
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