Jaguars amphitheater, flex field construction to begin next month

[Dapperdan]

So, the phase 2 EverBank Field improvements of the South endzone leading into the Amphitheater leading into the Flex Field will go to bid soon. I'm anxious to know when these exterior projects are scheduled to be completed. Sometime next summer, I presume.

If Facebook knows you are a Jaguar fan, they are throwing the video of how the entertainment district will look with a new club section featured in the end zone. Love him or think he's crazy, Lamping knows how to turn a Teal Seat Stadium with Concrete and steel into a 5-ring circus. The man never stops promoting and looking for ways to drive more revenue for Khan.

Can't find this video anywhere.

[spuwho]

Salaries keep going up.

More competition for peoples attention.

Have to find new ways to bring people in because its more than just a football game now. Football is merely a premise to bring them together, now one has to find new ways to keep them there and by extension, spending their money.

The actual game is the means, everything else is a matter of tools.

[edjax]

Mike Kaye, FCN said on Twitter that during media tour this morning they announced construction to start mid June with completion in Spring, 2017.

[RattlerGator]

And they announced on 1010XL today they already have another upgrade for a special section they'll be renovating after this upcoming season is done. In the South Endzone, somehow interacting with the Bud Light Party Zone on the Sky Patio or the State Farm Neighborhood Fan Cave above.

This means it may also have some applicability with the amphitheater.

[thelakelander]

So they don't have to go before the DDRB like all the other downtown projects?

[exnewsman]

Thought I heard that the new stadium in ATL will have the world's largest video boards. But at least they won't have a swimming pool. Guess we better find another $90M

[Tacachale]

So they don't have to go before the DDRB like all the other downtown projects?

Do city projects usually have to go through the DDRB? Anyway, it will probably turn out better without DDRB being involved, the rate we're going.

[jaxjaguar]

Thought I heard that the new stadium in ATL will have the world's largest video boards. But at least they won't have a swimming pool. Guess we better find another $90M

It'll be larger, but it's also an oculus in the roof so it's not really comparable. Based on the renderings I've seen I'm not sure how well it'll work with viewing angles, etc. It's also extremely high. People in the 100 sections will have to break their necks to see it

[thelakelander]

Good question. I thought the YMCA renovation, into city hall annex, did but I could be wrong.

[tufsu1]

^ of note, the current modifications to the entrance of City Hall did not.

[brucef58]

This expansion by the city and the Jaguars will make Jacksonville competitive in the both music festival and stadium concert markets.  it will provide two covered venues and a  stadium.

[RattlerGator]

^ of note, the current modifications to the entrance of City Hall did not.

stop with all that reality based smack talk tufsu1.  Stephen won't be able to ken all that.

I mean, heaven forbid we ponder a major addition to our downtown core without some Pavlov Dog bitching and moaning and speculatin' 'bout nuttin, nuttin.

[exnewsman]

This expansion by the city and the Jaguars will make Jacksonville competitive in the both music festival and stadium concert markets.  it will provide two covered venues and a  stadium.

We currently have venues of multiple sizes in the metro area (T-U Center with 600, 1800, 3200); Florida Theater at 1900, Metro Park at 10k, Arena at 10-12k, Stadium at 40-70k seating design dependent, St Aug at 4000. So wondering how a 5k venue helps us that much. Just asking.

[JohnnyG]

This expansion by the city and the Jaguars will make Jacksonville competitive in the both music festival and stadium concert markets.  it will provide two covered venues and a  stadium.

We currently have venues of multiple sizes in the metro area (T-U Center with 600, 1800, 3200); Florida Theater at 1900, Metro Park at 10k, Arena at 10-12k, Stadium at 40-70k seating design dependent, St Aug at 4000. So wondering how a 5k venue helps us that much. Just asking.

St. Augustine isn't Jacksonville and Metro Park isn't a good venue.  The stage is condemned so now they erect a dedicated stage for each show. Neither the Arena, Florida Theater nor the TU Center are viable for music festivals or ideal for longer format multi-band shows. 

[dp8541]

This expansion by the city and the Jaguars will make Jacksonville competitive in the both music festival and stadium concert markets.  it will provide two covered venues and a  stadium.

We currently have venues of multiple sizes in the metro area (T-U Center with 600, 1800, 3200); Florida Theater at 1900, Metro Park at 10k, Arena at 10-12k, Stadium at 40-70k seating design dependent, St Aug at 4000. So wondering how a 5k venue helps us that much. Just asking.

I would personally like to see this new 5k venue pick up some of the shows that go to the St. Aug venue