The Pensacola Bay Center will stay open for the rest of the year and capacity will be opened to 75% for events on May 1 after Escambia County Commissioners agreed to a cash injection of $250,000 for the venue. Meanwhile, the County Commission also agreed to end the official process to consider proposals to replace the Bay Center that began before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and instead take a closer look at the issue once the country is clearly out of the pandemic. The decisions made Thursday were at a Committee of the Whole meeting, meaning they still will have to be ratified at the commission's regular meeting next week.