Outdoor Amphitheater

[Vision 2025]

The Amphitheater and the nearby area was something that needed to be privatized or leased out to people with imagination, marketing skills, contacts in the creative realm and leadership with a backbone. There was (and is) too much insider pressure from nearby neighborhoods. The parking design is abysmal, the basketball courts have been a total waste of space for years and on and on. Smell isn't one of them Tea. The south winds push the smells of the old Texaco refinery up and over the area.

The man made peninsula they intend to put a bridge over (analagous to painting an old Rambler with a Krylon spray can) should be destroyed. It created a lagoon that breeds insects, turtles and trash while serving as an attractive nuisance for problem children. All these problems, then they plopped a floating stage in the lagoon and seemed surprised that it couldn't compete with other entertainment venues.

Most people do not know that the original plans called for moving the Amphitheater out into the Zink Lake for some performances. The naivete was stunning.

Sorry but the lagoon stays as it has become a foraging/feeding area for Turns, quite difficult to remove fill or modify permit wise...but not that I disagree with you.  Recently RPA looked to fill it with dredged sand to support the new project, seemed a good logical fix but NOPE.