City threatens Tower Theatre over church usage and violations, but could Fresno buy it? KFSN Share: FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A tall marquee has marked the creative center of Fresno for decades. "The Tower District is a very unique, historical area," said the district's city council member, Esmeralda Soria. "It's iconic." But the original icon has riled up some of the district's devotees. Since word got out that Adventure Church planned to buy the theater, the topic has dominated discussion for Council Member Esmeralda Soria. "It's probably been in the hundreds -- emails, texts, direct calls, direct messages through social media -- just expressing their concerns about what this change would mean to the Tower District as a whole," she said. "There are different restrictions about what kind of uses and businesses can come into that economic corridor."