GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – City officials confirm to FOX 11 that agreements are in place for the Shipyard project in downtown Green Bay.
The project includes an outdoor events center, which would host Bullfrogs baseball, development league soccer, high school athletics, and other community events.
An Anduzzi’s restaurant and a 2,000-person capacity concert venue would be attached to the stadium as well.
Festival Foods President and CEO Mark Skogen is behind the concert hall plan.
Last month, Skogen told FOX 11 that he was considering sites in Ashwaubenon for the concert hall, because he was frustrated with the lack of progress of the Shipyard proposal.
“Green Bay has worked hard to get things back on track. Not closing any doors at this time. Ashwaubenon is still possible.”
Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt has said that Skogen’s involvement would make or break the Shipyard project.
Kevin Vonck, Green Bay’s Economic Development Director, says all three pieces of the project will be on the Redevelopment Authority’s agenda next week.
The full city council would take up the agreements on December 19th.
The city council passed a development agreement in October for the stadium part of the Shipyard proposal.
However, that agreement is meaningless if deals aren’t finalized before the end of the year with Anduzzi’s and Skogen.
The project would be part of a larger entertainment district next to the Mason Street Bridge, on Broadway.
The city’s goal is for the stadium to be open for the Bullfrogs’ 2019 season.
