Residents from Dane County and other cities might be able to see their favorite artists on tour at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison one day. That’s what one national concert promoter is hoping to accomplish with its proposal to invest in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Dane County officials are negotiating a contract with Frank Productions Live, an entertainment company with headquarters in Madison, to reconstruct the Coliseum. FPC Live was the only applicant to last year’s county request for proposals for a public-private funded partnership toward the Coliseum’s redevelopment.
Included in FPC Live’s $111 million proposal to invest in the Coliseum is contributing toward the delayed infrastructure upgrades, including to the building’s heating and cooling systems, the guest and staff experience, and the vintage concession stands — saving the county’s capital budget by at least $35 million…