Preservation advocates had hoped an anonymous donor’s offer to purchase the historic Boyd Theater would save its stunning Art Deco auditorium. But iPic Theaters has continued to fight for its plan to install eight movie screens and an Italian restaurant in the building

An anonymous local foundation has offered to match a $4.5 million bid from developers who propose to replace the theater’s Art Deco interior with eight movie screens and an Italian restaurant

iPic, a Florida-based operator of luxury theater and restaurant complexes, is seeking a hardship ruling from the Historical Commission that would allow the company to tear down the Boyd’s beloved Art Deco auditorium