Against the Gates of Hell - Chapter 12 - Stanley R Rader - 1980

Stanley R Rader

Prior to its opening, not many in the concert circuit had sanguine expectations for the Ambassador Auditorium's future. It was, in fact, assailed as "Armstrong's Folly," an enterprise headed for disaster. Indeed, the entire project could easily have fulfilled that dire prophecy were it not for the help it received from a source in which Armstrong was placing all his faith for its success. He knew, as the critics did not, that he had support from someone who could not be resisted. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library