City officials, arts leaders and north Minneapolis community members ceremonially broke ground on a multi-million dollar amphitheater Monday. The Community Performing Arts Center amphitheater is a 8,000 capacity concert venue set to open in summer of 2027.
“We’re going to have extraordinary music playing,” said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as he envisioned what opening day would look like. “The river will be right here, the downtown will be the backdrop. The sun will be setting, and we’ll all recognize the kind of work and the partnership that went into making this beautiful vision happen.”
The amphitheater will be operated by the Port of Minneapolis, a collaboration between music venue First Avenue and the Minnesota Orchestra…