Victory Park – Band Shell Theatre – Work Well Underway

Written/Photos by John Face

June 7, 2023

Many of you know that the Band Shell Theatre in Victory Park is seeing significant renovations this year. I suggest you stop and see what is happening. Upgrades include repairing, priming, and painting the band shell. Also, extensive concrete work and walkways will extend to the street and across the sitting areas. Grading the area around the band shell also is being done to help with drainage.

Unfortunately, at this time, the public bathrooms at the Shell will not be repaired. Current funding is for the above-stated work. Organizers are working with the City Administration to determine how the restrooms can be done and protected from the number one problem, which seems to be vandalism. For the coming Swingin’ at the Shell concert series, provisions have been made to bring in Porta Potties.

The DeNicola family fund from the Community Foundation and the William and Karen Dobbins Foundation is funding the current project.

Take a moment and look at these photos taken the morning of Wednesday, June 7, 2023.