Posted Sep 5, 2024, 5:03 AM
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Hotseat: Mike Quinn, Plus Erik Sten and Marshall Runkel
A local promoter and his allies say this town isn’t big enough for two new music venues.
The next two weeks will bring important milestones for competing groups racing to build new music venues on the city’s inner eastside.
On Sept. 13, local promoter Monqui Presents and its partner in trying to develop a 4,250-seat concert hall, Anschutz Entertainment Group, will appear in front of the city of Portland’s Design Commission to discuss their plans for replacing the shuttered Nordstrom at Lloyd Center.
Monqui has hired some serious firepower: Former City Commissioner Erik Sten and erstwhile mayoral candidate Marshall Runkel are lobbying for the project.
Less than a week after that hearing, representatives of Live Nation, the world’s largest live entertainment company, will appear in front of the Portland City Council. Critics of their project, a proposed 3,500-seat venue north of the Hawthorne Bridge in the Central Eastside Industrial District, will try to convince the council that a hearings officer erred Aug. 14 when he granted Beam Development and Colas Construction Group a conditional use permit for the venue.
“As second-generation, family-owned companies, Beam and Colas are thrilled by what this development will mean for the Central Eastside and our city,” Beam principal Jonathan Malsin tells WW. “A venue of this size will energize the neighborhood by creating hundreds of jobs, bringing more entertainment to the city and increasing foot traffic for neighboring restaurants and businesses. This a significant win for Portland.”
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...continues at Willamette Week.
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