Tag: Noise Abatement Act
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How does Colorado House committee voting down noise abatement bill affect Ford Amphitheater?
Tuesday was a swan song for the state bill that would have helped Ford Amphitheater and other venues put on louder concerts. The House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee voted Tuesday to indefinitely postpone the noise abatement law. The decision means the proposed Senate Bill 98, which had passed the state Senate in March,…
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How does Colorado House committee voting down noise abatement bill affect Ford Amphitheater?
Last week was a swan song for the state bill that would have helped Ford Amphitheater and other venues put on louder concerts. The House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee voted April 14 to indefinitely postpone the noise abatement law. The decision means the proposed Senate Bill 98, which had passed the state Senate…
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Survey from Ford Amphitheater owner touts support for noise bill moving through legislature
A bill that would help Ford Amphitheater and other for-profit concert venues receive noise exemption permits for future concerts is being considered by a state House subcommittee after passing the Senate on a 30-4 vote this month. State lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 98 after a 2025 Colorado Supreme Court ruling in a noise pollution case…
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Review commissioned by amphitheater neighbors raises issues with sound monitors
A peer-reviewed study paid for by a group of Colorado Springs residents backed up several of the issues neighbors have raised with sound levels coming from concerts at Ford Amphitheater. The report was completed July 8 by Dudek Engineering, a California-based engineering firm that specializes in acoustic and noise-control consultations. The Dudek review looked through…
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Appeals court splits with itself on statewide noise limits, sets up Supreme Court intervention
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday set the stage for Supreme Court intervention by finding local governments cannot authorize concerts on private, for-profit land to exceed noise limits under state law — three months after another set of appellate judges reached the opposite conclusion. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded the state’s Noise Abatement Act…