Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 1401. Powers of cities

It shall be lawful for, and the right is hereby conferred upon any city, to lease real estate, the property of said city, on long term improvement leases, at a nominal rental or otherwise, to a corporation of the first class, for the purpose of providing an auditorium for dramatic, musical, artistic, literary, or scientific events, including provision for the accommodation for patriotic societies or groups, or such other purposes as may be approved from time to time by the city, said auditorium to be a memorial to the heroes of the Great War.