Downtown Outdoor Music Venue Nearing Reality in Sioux Falls

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Outdoor concerts might soon be a part of the downtown landscape in Sioux Falls.

The City Council next month is slated to approve a 50-year agreement with the Los Angeles-based National Levitt Foundation and a group of local volunteers for a 1,500-seat outdoor music facility at Fall Park West.

The city would provide $2.5 million for park improvements such as lighting, landscaping, restrooms and a performance stage. Friends of the Levitt and the national foundation would commit $1.6 million for capital improvements and host at least 50 free concerts for the community each year.

Levitt has pavilions in six other cities. A seventh is opening in Denver next year, with another expected in Houston by 2018.

If approved in Sioux Falls, a pavilion would be ready for performances in 2019.

Source: Downtown Outdoor Music Venue Nearing Reality in Sioux Falls