“No one’s going to want to live within 3-4 miles of the theater,” one resident says of the noise.
A luxury firepit burns before a Cage the Elephant concert at Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs on Sept. 19, 2024. Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs is hosting an open house this weekend amid efforts to appease a group of angry residents who say the venue creates excessive noise pollution and hurts home values.
Matt Schulz performs with a broken foot while using a scooter as Cage the Elephant plays at Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs on Sept. 19. It was the final stop on the band’s Neon Pill Tour. That hasn’t stopped Relf from staying vocal. This week he sent an email to city officials that showed a small pile of trash on Voyager Parkway at the junction with Spectrum Loop, and complained of a disused barricade at the intersection. He called it “the last straw” and “a blight zone.”
Some residents are also disputing the temporary hardship permit that Ford Amphitheater obtained that allows it to exceed the city’s usual decibel limits. Relf and about 10 other neighborhood residents did so at a “tense” Sept. 12 city council meeting where more than 50 people spoke, most of them in favor of the venue, the
The venue is getting high marks from an accessibility expert who says its thoughtful layout is a rare and welcome addition to the concert scene.
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