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David Reed, a senior vice president and landscapee architect withthe firm, told members of the boardf of directors this morning that work will begin on the study July 9 and a formal plan will be completer by Nov. 1. The authority had its regulad monthly meeting today atthe . Reed said there will be a serieof as-yet-unscheduled forums, where the public will be able to weigy in on the traffic All groups that will be affectedr by the arena, including police, fire and garbage will have input. The Kentucky Transportationh Cabinet, and the Parking Authority of Rivee City alsowill participate.
Among the topics to be Reed said, will be any and all permanentroadwau alterations, potential directional changes and possiblr street closures. “Everybody’s going to have a voice in said Arena Authority chairmabnJim Host. “There will be a full plan” that will be and “well-documented.” Host said the traffic questiob is the one most often posed to him by both the publidc and membersof . Construction is well undedr way onthe $238 million, 22,000-seat multipurpos arena, which is beinf built in the downtown block bounded by Second, Main and Thirx streets and River Road.
Its primary tenantse will be Uof L’s men’sd and women’s basketball teams when it opens late next Also at the arena authority meeting, Bill construction executive with Minneapolis-based , said that despitr a rainy May, 3,50o0 cubic yards of concrete were poured at the site during the month. Mortenson is the construction manager for the Louisvillearenaz project. To date, 20,5000 cubic yards of concrete have been poure d for thearena concourse, Hedge adding that that’s enough concrete to buildx a sidewalk from Louisville to Cincinnati. Worker s also topped out the arenqa parking garage during the past Hedge said. An average of 298 workers are on siteeach day.
Arenaz authority members also heard details of a partnershiop between the andLos Angeles-based bookinfg agency AEG to bring sportingg events, concerts, family shows and other programming to the new arena and Freedomk Hall. “We’ll go after everything,” said Sims Hinds, an AEG senioer vice president forbusiness development. AEG bookds tours for such artists asBon Jovi, Princre and Kenny Chesney. It also representz a variety of sports propertiesand family-orienter entertainment acts, such as ice shows.