Riverfront stepping up Amphitheater?

Interesting ... who builds anything and doesn't know the upfront cost ... said no one ever except for the City of Peoria.[City Manager Patrick Urich said the money for any site work would come out of the city's capital fund - PJStar] ... many taxpayers would prefer that the city use capital funds to fix the potholes.[The contracts in place will protect the city, Hayes said, from any possible cost overruns on the construction.Peoria is not obligated to cover any cost overruns if the project exceeds $11 million outside of the infrastructure improvements at the site. - PJStar 5/26/26 - JJBullock]"Peoria is not obligated to cover any cost overruns..." cue laughter ... project from the not too distant past, redoing the Civic Center, the skybridge and the Hotel Pere Marquette. Taxpayers still paying for that boondoggle with zero return on about $60M plus the $7M never repaid to the deferred employee compensation fund.Yul Brynner vibes and the iconic phrase he spoke while acting as Pharaoh Rameses II ... "So let it be written. So let it be done." [1956 cinematic classic The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. DeMille.]So, the City is not obligated to pay any cost overruns, however, the City may cover them anyway ... don't believe it for one minute.

Notice that people are there with parking available.

I don't see the War Service Memorial in that photo. Is it behind the stage or did they remove it?

@AntiRanchDrssng :
Drawings I've seen indicates the War Memorial by the river will still be there. It's actually closer to the Riverplex.

Looks like this rendering has the memorial removed.