PORTLAND, Ore. — A new entertainment venue could bring thousands of people to the Lloyd Center with a two-story concert hall proposed to replace the former Nordstrom building.
The approximately 67,000-square-foot venue plans to have a seating capacity between 2,000 to 4,200 people with a second-floor mezzanine. Monqui Presents is partnering with the Denver office of entertainment group Anschutz Entertainment Group to create the venue, which features a movable stage and state-of-the-art features, reported the Portland Business Journal, a KGW news partner.
As part of the proposal, the Nordstrom building would be demolished along with the skybridge that crosses Northeast Ninth Avenue.
Mike Quinn, the founder of Monqui Presents, told PBJ that it could likely take about a year and half to build the venue once fully approved. Currently, the project is under design review with Portland's new Permitting and Development office.
The Lloyd Center's new entertainment venue is not the only concert hall Portland could be getting. A Live Nation concert venue is in the works in the Central Eastside of similar size and seating capacity. That project is also under review with the city of Portland.
