New music venue coming to Downtown South development

Details: Construction of the 70,000-square-foot venue — complete with a rooftop lounge — is scheduled to begin next year and be completed sometime in 2024.

• It will also be available for private events.

Background: Downtown South is one of Raleigh's most ambitious projects. It will add multiple office and residential towers on the east side of South Saunders Street near Interstate 40.

• The project was spearheaded by Kane and N.C. Courage owner Steve Malik, who originally envisioned the area as home to a soccer stadium.
• A spokesperson for Kane said the music venue does not have any impact on the stadium's future, which remains unclear.

Between the lines: The music venue could become an important host for concerts in the near future.

• Red Hat, one of the city's most popular concert venues, sits on land that is part of a planned expansion of the city’s convention center, and could be redeveloped.