Planned 20K-Seat Amphitheatre Back to Drawing Board After Enviro Board Loss
Violet Crown venue withdraws city water and sewer extension request
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Central Texas environmental organizations won their first battle last week in an effort to quash plans for the proposed Violet Crown Amphitheater, the 20,000-plus-capacity music venue planned on and near environmentally protected areas in Southwest Austin. The city's Environmental Commission voted unanimously Feb. 16 against the developer's request to extend and widen miles of city water and wastewater pipes out along Texas 71 to the proposed site near the intersection with Southwest Parkway. City Council would have had the final say on the water line expansion, but developers requested to withdraw the water and wastewater service request Tuesday, February 22, confirmed Christine Haas, a spokesperson for the project. Haas said the decision will not stop the development. "We had expected this and have had several back up plans in place for water."