Phase two of the $53 million American Family Insurance Amphitheater redevelopment project is well underway.
With the roof of the amphitheater raised 26 feet, construction has begun on the seating bowl and concourse areas, including new restrooms, accessibility enhancements, hospitality areas, new and wider concourses and increased food and beverage options.
Milwaukee World Festival Inc. officials on Monday offered members of the media a tour of the project.
Accessibility enhancements include an elevator, wider aisles within the seating bowl as well as ADA seats with improved sight lines. The features will make all concourses, the lawn and bench seating ADA accessible.
Food will be offered at six locations instead of two. Additional restrooms will be constructed, which will more than double the number of women’s restrooms.
Phase two of the project also includes revamping north concourse 3 to include new concessions, as well as VIP seating with views of Milwaukee’s skyline, Lake Michigan and the BMO Harris Bank Pavilion.
The project is expected to be done by June 2020.
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- Milwaukee World Festival Inc. officials said the lawn in the back will be reseeded and regraded.
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- One elevator will allow ADA access to every concourse in the amphitheater.
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- A VIP section in the north concourse three area will have a view of Milwaukee’s skyline, the lake and the BMO Harris Bank Pavilion.
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- All chairs in the seating bowl will be replaced and include cupholders.
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- South concourse two is another new section of the amphitheater still under construction.
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- Construction workers smooth the surface of an area that will feature ADA seating with improved sight lines to the stage.
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- Architectural designer Jason Stuewe of Milwaukee World Festival Inc. discusses the revamped amphitheater’s VIP section in north concourse three area.
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- The seating bowl of the amphitheater will have wider aisles and an improved configuration allowing for better accessibility.
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- Construction workers build a platform that will become an ADA accessible section with sight lines to the stage.
