Many repairs and restorations have been completed at the Roxian Theater in McKees Rocks, but there is no target date when the facility will reopen.

A total of $750,000 in state and county grants have been allocated for the theater on Chartiers Avenue, but more money is need to continue the work, said Taris Vrcek, executive director of the McKees Rocks Community Development Corporation, which owns the building.

Officials had hoped it would reopen as early as 2010 for entertainment events, including concerts seating 1,500.

"We've completed the first phase" of redevelopment, Mr. Vrcek said, including acquiring the building, doing preliminary architectural and engineering work and construction on elevator shafts needed to make the building accessible to the handicapped.

Over the years, the Roxian Theater, built in 1928, has hosted a wide array of entertainment events, including vaudeville shows, live concerts, banquets and movies.

The building's most recent identity was The Emerald Room, a concert venue, which shut down in about 2005. The building has been vacant since then.

The Roxian has four floors, counting the basement, which had been a nightclub at one time. In 2005 the basement flooded during a heavy storm.

"The whole club had to be ripped out," Mr. Vrcek said. "We had to make sure there was no mold," and extensive work was undertaken to make sure the basement would not flood again.

"We uncovered a french drain in the subfloor. The drain had become clogged." The drain has been cleared and a new pump installed.

The reopening of the Roxian "will be dictated by how quickly we can raise funds," Mr. Vrcek said, and the state of the economy has slowed those efforts. A refurbished Roxian Theater "will be a perfect complement to the Father Ryan Arts Center" which is across the street.

Operated by Focus on Renewal, the $4.1 million center opened in 2008. The 80-year-old building had been a furniture store and warehouse.