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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Provo development tracker

Vesper Amphitheater

A development agreement for an amphitheater. In August 2026 the council voted on commercial-space caps, parking language, noise-waiver limits and an 11 p.m. event curfew. A purchase agreement was continued.

Tabled

Type
Development agreement
  1. Aug 25, 2026City Council work session: Vesper Amphitheater development agreement
  2. Aug 25, 2026City Council work session: Vesper Amphitheater project purchase agreement
  3. Aug 25, 2026City Council work session: Vesper Amphitheater Q&A session
  4. Aug 11, 2026City Council work session: Vesper Amphitheater

In brief

Vesper Amphitheater appears on 2 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of August 11, 2026 to the City Council work session meeting of August 25, 2026.

On record, it was continued once.

The most recent decision was continued at the City Council work session meeting of August 25, 2026.

The City Council work session meeting of August 25, 2026 gave staff direction on it; that was not a vote on the application itself.

Follow the money and project delivery

Vesper Amphitheater

Tabled

  1. Council action

    No approval or denial linked in the records collected.

  2. Money in the record

    No itemized amount linked in the records collected.

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. August 25, 2026 · City Council work session

    Vesper Amphitheater development agreement

    Approved · 6-1

    Council members voted on four changes to the development agreement (26-064). (1) Council Member Katrice MacKay moved to split the 150,000 sq ft maximum for commercial uses in paragraph 6(c) into one maximum for food and merchandise and another for amphitheater support and facilities, with the sum not to exceed 150,000 sq ft; passed 7-0. (2) Council Member Craig Christensen moved to authorize staff to negotiate language on subterranean, visible and dual-level parking; passed 7-0. (3) MacKay moved to bar the developer from using the administrative exemption process under city code 9.06.050 to get single-event waivers from noise limits; passed 7-0. (4) Council Member Gary Garrett moved to require events to end at 11 p.m. every day with five exemptions a year; passed 6-1, with Council Member Rachel Whipple opposed.

    • Other motions: MacKay motion seconded by Council Member Jeff Whitlock; Christensen motion seconded by Council Member Becky Bogdin; MacKay noise-waiver motion seconded by Bogdin

    Final motion moved by Council Member Gary Garrett, seconded by Council Member Katrice MacKay. Vote: Final motion (11 p.m. event end time with five exemptions a year) passed 6-1; Council Member Rachel Whipple voted no. The other three motions passed 7-0.

  2. August 25, 2026 · City Council work session

    Vesper Amphitheater project purchase agreement

    Continued

    The purchase agreement discussion was continued.

  3. August 25, 2026 · City Council work session

    Vesper Amphitheater Q&A session

    Discussed

    Question-and-answer session; presentation only.

  4. August 11, 2026 · City Council work session

    Vesper Amphitheater

    Discussed

    The council held a discussion on the Vesper Amphitheater (26-061 as listed). Presentation only; no action recorded.