Westfield officials confirmed Friday Jonathan Byrd’s will no longer occupy space in the Grand Park Events Center.
By JEFF JELLISON
Publisher
Westfield officials confirmed Friday that the Jonathan Byrd’s companies will no longer occupy the $20 million, 370,000 square foot Grand Park Events Center.
Westfield’s relationship with company began when Jonathan Byrd’s Event & Entertainment announced, in April of last year, it had entered a multi-year partnership with the City of Westfield to manage commercial business at the 400-acre park’s centerpiece.
Prior to its agreement with the City of Westfield, Byrd’s had already secured naming rights to an 88,000 square foot basketball facility developed by Andy Card, located on the Grand Park campus.
Card’s company is the same company that will build the newly announced Noblesville Fieldhouse.
Also, in 2016, Westfield selected Byrd Hotels over five other developers to build a five-story hotel on land owned by Westfield directly west of the Events Center.
“While we appreciated our relationship with Grand Park, it was during an evaluation of long term business plans that we determined the company would no longer remain at Grand Park,” David Byrd said. “While we continue to operate concession services at the Fieldhouse, in cooperation with the owners we are also evaluating this in conjunction with all of our long-term business strategies.”