Wisconsin: Potawatomi is planning $200 million concert venue that would seat up to 6,000

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 3:29 PM
Photo: Potawatomi Hotel and...ee, WI flickr photo by John Begalke shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Daniel Bice , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Forest County Potawatomi Community is going all in on the entertainment business.

Sources tell the Journal Sentinel that the Potawatomi is planning to construct a $200 million concert venue that will seat up to 6,000 people on property just to the west of the tribe’s Hotel & Casino.

The plan calls for the tribe to get approval from city officials and the Common Council this year and break ground in the first quarter of 2025.

“It would be shovel in the ground in March or at least the beginning of 2025,” said a source familiar with the project.