Grand Ledge Opera House Needs Our Help We have been writing stories and talking a lot lately about the rise of Downtown Lansing. Also chatting about other areas in Lansing that are being built up and renovated. Well here is another part of history that needs our help according to fox47news.com. Get our free mobile app The Grand Ledge Opera House closed its doors in March of 2020, and had to give folks more than $80,000 in rental fees back who had reserved space and canceled. Our contract says no refunds, but we felt it was the right thing to do," said opera house Executive Director Nancy Harvey. The opera house opened in 1884 as a roller skating rink, but became an opera house two years later. It has served as a movie theater, furniture store and a warehouse.