When the renovation project in the area between the Nickel Plate Amphitheater and City Hall began earlier this year, Mayor Scott Fadness was clear that having that upgrade ready by the projected date of June 1 was a very aggressive goal. It appears the city and its contractors will not only miss the June 1 target date, but the venue will not be ready until mid to late July.
Fishers Parks and Recreation Director Tony Elliot says despite all the best efforts by the city and contracting crews, about 30 days of bad weather set back the construction schedule.
Elliot says city departments have worked on a plan to have the Tuesday and Friday evening concerts on the south side of City Hall, where concerts began years ago in the Town of Fishers, before the Amphitheater was first built, until the renovation is complete. This will require Municipal Drive to be closed at 116th Street during concert nights.
That means the Amphitheater will not be ready for the Spark!Fishers opening concert set for the evening of June 29. The concert will go on, Elliot says, but the event will move to the Saxony area, by Witten Park, near 134th Street and Olio Road.
More details on the June 29 concert are expected to be released on Monday, May 21.