Roanoke has selected Charlottesville-based Red Light Management to develop and manage an outdoor amphitheater at the former Victory Stadium site. Red Light, a part of Coran Capshaw’s music empire, will be responsible for completing a feasibility study, designing the facility and operating the amphitheater once it’s completed, reported the Roanoke Times.
Though Roanoke officials declined to comment on the specifics of the deal, they have said in the past that they envision a 7,000-seat facility that might eventually become part of a river-front park. Consultants estimated last year that the project could cost $12.6 million.
Not everyone is happy about the news. Roanoke city councilor Brian Wishneff, who has opposed the siting of the amphitheater and city council’s closed-door discussions about the project, didn’t hold back upon hearing news of the deal.
“Every time I think they’ve reached a new low of sliminess, they keep beating themselves,” Wishneff said. “It’s a group of thugs that … hate democracy. They absolutely hate democracy. It’s antithetical to them.”
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