The West Des Moines City Council will consider an updated agreement with the developer behind the proposed Grand Experience, a mixed-use development along Grand Avenue that will feature a hotel and conference center, an indoor waterpark, workforce housing, retail and a 6,000-seat amphitheater.
The amphitheater is a new component of the more than $400 million development, which has been in the works for several years and undergone multiple changes since it was first proposed.
According to a city staff report, developer Jim Bergman, operating as WDM Entertainment LLC, has proposed a multi-phase development of 226 undeveloped properties on Grand Avenue between South 60th Street and South 88th Street, near the MidAmerican Energy RecPlex…