Building with opera theatre, jail cells for sale in Sask.

In the market for an opera theatre? What about some jail cells or a firehall?

You can find all these under one roof at the former Qu'appelle town hall. But it is a bit of a fixer-upper.

Town council moved out a year and a half ago because of a leaky ceiling, and several other problems.Now the town hall isup for sale and the town is hoping someone will swoop in and save the old building.

"We don't want to let it go to waste just standing there," Mayor Linda Andrewtold CBC Saskatchewan's Blue Sky. "It's not something we want to lose."

Andrew says to get it completely refurbished and restored to its former glory, it's estimated it would cost $3 million. However, she says for around $300,000 it could be habitable.

It was built in 1906 and one of the first multiplexes in Western Canada. It used to house the North West Mounted Police, fire hall, town hall, and opera hall. It even is equipped with a couple jail cells in the basement. Andrew says they still have the original shackles and cots that inmates slept on.

The mayor says people in town have mixed feelings about spending money to refurbish the building.

"A lot of people didn't really want to spend the money on it...there still would be a lot of people sad to see it go."

Andrew is hoping someone can put the building to use. The town hasn't settled on a price. There is a clause that the buyer would have to leave the building standing. If it were to be torn down, Andrew says she'd be heartbroken.

"I would leave town. I would hate to see that happen."