Important thing is that last night DRC approved all the team’s requests, passing a huge regulatory hurdle. There’s another on Monday afternoon for the special use permit at the board of adjustment. These are the last two that have “dealbreaker,” or at least major spanner in the works, potential
Also if you (can bear to) watch the video, the concerns you guys wrote above represent a large proportion of what the DRC was also concerned about. There were conditions attached to the approvals that hopefully will address them.
The sound experts have concluded that the new Red Hat will have less noise impact to the neighborhood than the current Red Hat. Sound barriers, stage setup and overall topography of the site are contributing reasons. Here’s the illustration - old versus new
How is this going to go down? Is the new being built while the old one continues operating? I don’t recall how that’s going to happen and I’m too lazy to scroll through this thread to find the answer.
So we should be seeing the closure of that block of South St. pretty soon. I am having a really difficult time imagining this thing getting finished in a year and being “permanent”.
Just don’t rely on the Gemini transcript. It’s wrong so often in my experience. Maybe it’ll get better down the line but right now it’s pretty useless except for very simple facts.
It looks like the street could be closed any day now. They have all of the orange barriers staged around the perimeter of the block like they are getting ready to start soon.
Groundbreaking for the new amphitheater is anticipated to occur during the 1st quarter of 2025. The current amphitheater will operate through the end of the 2025 season and the new amphitheater is anticipated to open in time for the start of the 2026 season. This timing will ensure that no part of any concert season is disrupted.
Don’t shoot the messenger! But yes, like most Raleigh projects, this seems incredibly unfoundedly optimistic and RH2 will probably start construction in like 2027 or something hahaha
I had been hearing in all the public neighborhood meetings a one year turn around. BUT according the materials we received at my BOA meeting yesterday the full build-out is 2028…they are in the process of getting all their permits and ASR approvals. They are supposed to “start” construction this year while Old Red Hat operates at the current location. As complicated and “permanent” as this new facility seems to be it is going to be close getting it ready in time for a opening summer of 2027 and I would bet the date I saw of 2028 is more more accurate.
The whole thing they kept harping on with making the decision to close South St instead of doing more studies, etc. was that they needed to keep Red Hat from losing a season. So construction in 2025, open for summer 2026. If that’s been pushed back 2 years, are we keeping the old RH in use until 2028? I thought they needed to get the convention center going during 2026 to be open by 2028. Are you sure they didn’t mean full build out meaning the convention center being complete?
