Very in depth article about plans to eventually expand the convention center, although the timeline for that was mentioned as 2030. I wanted to share this one tidbit, since we’ve had a lot of speculation about Red Hat Amphitheater’s future.
As for the Red Hat Amphitheater, the current plan is to keep the site in downtown, Painter said. The amphitheater was opened with the intent of being a temporary space, but the venue drives a lot of business to nearby retail and restaurants and its view of surrounding towers adds to its charm.
One suggestion had been to move it to Dix Park. But to keep the venue downtown, a plan has formed to shift the amphitheater to a nearby property, leaving room for a 500,000-square-foot building in its current location.
Painter does not specify an exact location for the venue, which holds about 6,000 people, but the intention is to keep it in the complex.