CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Construction is rising on the former site of Coney Island and Sunlite Pool, where the new Farmer Music Center venue next to Riverbend is being built with an eye toward opening before next June’s deadline.
The venue is under construction on property purchased by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2023 for $60 million. The project is expected to cost $160 million, including $8 million from the state of Ohio and a $60 million gift from the Farmer Family Foundation, which is receiving naming rights.
Cincinnati City Council voted 5-4 in March to provide $8 million for the project, but Mayor Aftab Pureval recently reduced that to $2 million in the proposed budget.
Local 12 asked Michael Smith, CEO of Music and Entertainment Management, Inc., about the proposed reduction…