According to the Morning News, some guy from Fort Smith wants to build a gigantic, 16,000-seat amphitheater in rural Benton County about 7 miles from the NWA Regional Airport. And thanks to a quick approval by planning board members yesterday, it looks like he’s one step closer to his dream.
Gregory Smith of Fort Smith, who currently operates a farming business on the proposed property has a vision for a “rustic setting” amphitheater not unlike Denver’s Red Rocks or LA’s Hollywood Bowl. If built, the Osage Creek Performing Arts Pavilion will have 7,500 fixed seats and a grassy area for more than 8,000 people.
“This is for the biggest bands and the biggest stuff - Jimmy Buffett, the Rolling Stones,” Smith said. “It’s going to be wonderful.”
Here’s hoping this $12-$14 million “rustic setting” amphitheater doesn’t end up being a portable tent in the parking lot of the Pinnacle Hills Promenade.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Well, this is definitely a good thing for us music fans. I have been hearing about a giant amphitheater coming for about 4 years now. Hopefully it really does. The bad news is, I don’t think the major agencies will really let us just grab Jimmy Buffet and the Rolling Stones. I heard Buffet is like 300,000 bones. I think it would be awesome though!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Sweet. More power to him. Surely they can think of a better name for it though??
June 20th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Hes been working on this for awhile. I saw a model of it a couple years ago, and it looked pretty rawesome. If we build it, they will come…(and we will have to pay $150 a ticket to see it.)