2010 Steve Winwood Concert

There is a new venue in the works for Tuscaloosa.
There is talk of Tuscaloosa building a Riverside Amphitheater.
Before this can fail, it has to be built. To be built Tuscaloosa needs the money to do it.
According to the CW: _{“Earlier last week, Maddox traveled to New York City to be rated on a bond, due to the city’s need to borrow more than $14 million for the project. This would be repaid through utilizing 2 percent of the lodging tax. Maddox predicts the debt service will be $900,000 to $1.1 million per year over the next 30 years.”}
It has also been reported that the city will not run the venue, Red Mountain Entertainment to run the daily operations, book the shows and promote the concerts.
According to Mayor Maddox in the Tuscaloosa News, _{“With 6,000 seats, we won’t be able to get The Eagles or Tom Petty, but we could get Steve Winwood, The Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank Williams Jr., so that’s what we’re going for.”}
The last amphitheater that Tuscaloosa was razed and now there is a lovely dorm in its place. Who knows it may happen and be a huge success, but lets not hold our breaths until September of 2010 to find out, but then again we may be attending a Steve Winwood concert (who ever he is).
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