live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera, to Rutlandâs Paramount Theatre. âWhen we put in the equipment, we turned it on to test our lovely $50,000 projector â and up on the screen came a soccer match in Germany,â Bouchard said. âAnd wow! Was that an epiphany?! âFree sports was a wonderful discovery that really fed the community and demystified the elitism and made it truly a theater for everyone,â Bouchard said. The first Met broadcast at the Paramount â Tchaikovskyâs âEugene Oneginâ â was in early October of 2013, and it was four hours long. The first Red Sox playoff game was scheduled the same day at 5:15.