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Typical of this area, I'm sure the do gooders didn't want any more sinning with those rock n roll bands!

Why don't you tell us all of the names of those councilmembers who voted for and against this project?
We'd like to thank those who put a stop to such nonsense!

hey guys, kill that aquatic center too... while you're at it.

Come on, this amphitheater is a huge waste of taxpayers money. It would be wayyy to small for this city. If you really want it, then build it somewhere else! I don't see why they want to put it in the ghetto.

The vote may have been personal with a few council members. Its no secret that some council members don't like Matt Brown and its a way to stick it to him. I personaly think the project should go forward beacuse of all the money thats been spent on it already. We can argue about how this went down without council not knowing about its construction but whats done is done. Now the taxpayer money that has been spent on it already has been flushed down the toilet thanks to a few naysayers. But there is a silver lining in all this. It keeps the idea of a downtown amphitheater on the table.

I want to publicly that the Council for its thoughtful vote on this issue. The land will be there when the economy improves. I hope that they look at the operational "profits" the coliseum was planning to use and see if could be used to fill the gaps in funding that is creating cut-backs in the summer recreation programs.

It is a shame that the city is cutting back its programs to the citizens while some council members continue to believe money grows on trees. Well, we have essentially deforested ourselves.

GREAT JOB TO THE COUNCIL MEMEBERS WHO STOPPED THIS TRAVESTY!!!!!!

Thompson, Vaughn, Rakestraw, Knight and Wade voted nay.

I am an independent. I'm liberal about some things, but conservative abouyt others! In particular $$$! I'm saying "Thank you" to those conservative members who voted NO on this coliseum iisue. Please, please keep shaking your head to those other idiotic projects the likes of Perkins, Matheny & Bellamy-Small come up with!
This includes that swimming hole! Guilford county doesn't have the money OR the leadership to "run with the big dogs"!

Vaughn seems to be the swing vote on every major issue. She has a lot of power with her vote. Vaughn was the swing vote on the swim center and she was the swing vote on the amphitheater. I am a supporter of the amphitheater project but council killing this may end up being a good thing because I would prefer a downtown amphitheater over one at the coliseum. This now leaves the door open for downtown when the time is right.

An idea for Matt Brown on recouping some of the money spent thus far on the "amphitheater."

Matt, carry your long-held motto of "If you build it they will come" to its logical conclusion. You've already "built" an "attraction" by denuding the site of the amphitheater of its vegetation.

Now, either apply water to that slope or wait for a good rain and then advertise the site as "Greater Greensboro's Mud-Wrestling Pit -- It's Not Just a Bottomless Money Pit Anymore!"

Get creative (as if you and some of your "buddies" aren't creative enough, although we aren't talking "creative" financial dealings here, are we?).

"Wallow with the Worst Wednesdays" has a certain ring to it for bringing in crowds to the new "slippery slope" at the Coliseum. "Slippin' and Slidin' Saturdays," "Muddy, Muddy Mondays," "Takes More Than Tide to Get This Out of Your Britches Tuesdays" are other possibilities.

If all else fails, turn that "pit" into "Greater Greensboro's Circus Minimus" -- pig racing sounds about right for the majority of the voting public in G'boro -- although it might bring "pork" (not the eating kind) to the minds of most Greensboro taxpayers.

As I watching TV news last night I was amazed. One of the first stories was about the city of Greensboro having to cut 57 or 58 positions to help balance the budget. Then a few minutes later a story came on about Matt Brown's amphitheater being voted on and the additional $95,000+ needed to complete it. Who in their right mind would be in a favor of spending more money when the city is having to cut positions. Oh yes, it would be Matt Brown the Greensboro Coliseum Complex czar. And you folks who are suggesting it would a another venue for all the wonder musical groups slithering into town, just look at that real big building on the other side of the parking lot called the Greensboro Coliseum, it has over 20,000 seats which are usually empty, fill it up! We don't need to add to Matt Brown's Empire! We don't need another facility which will also be underused. Use what you have!

I have a suggestion for that bare land. Why not have a "Community Garden". Something like what The White House has. When the produce is ready --- sell it to residents and put it in one of the city's numerous funds. This would not only help people eat healthier it would also lower cost of groceries to tax payer's. I am sure The Guilford County Agriculture Center could spear this project.

lkirkman - that's the kind of idea that should've been considered in a more public process. Matt Brown would have us think it was a "natural amphitheatre" when what he meant to site is that it's the former alignment of a creek. A small farm there could be a part of his Farm Market and Arts & Crafts vision. Produce sold could be part of the revenue.
My thoughts on this issue as presented last night: http://www.glenwoodobserver.com/2010/04/my-view-on-coliseum-amphitheatre...

Who decided the size of the ampitheatre and what types of bands might come here. It looks nowhere near the size of Raleigh and Charlotte. Regardless, very backhanded approach to getting this done. Matt is doing a pretty good job but last I checked the Coliseum wasn't a money maker.

Everyone knows this is the Bible Belt. They Bible thumpers must stop the population from sinning, The next thing on their agenda is to tear down the coliseum because Blue Devils have been there and the ACC is a Socialist organization that has taken over their country from them.They way this Board of Alderman panders look for the bulldozers and wrecking balls to be on site shortly.

Glad to hear it.

For those of you who think it's such a bad decision, feel free to buy your own land and put up your own ampitheater.

If it works, then great, you make money. If not, then that's great too, that way we taxpayers don't have to fork over to fulfill your fantasy.

By the way, as someone who is non-religious myself, I'm not bothered by other people's religious impulses. For those of you that are, I would say that there is more to your story than a concern for the fact that 98% of the world believes in invisible spirit beings. Maybe you should get help for that.

Ken
http://www.LaserGuidedLoogie.com

We will just have to go to raleigh and Charlotte and pump money into those economies. We don't need it here in the triad!!!!! Finish the project!!!