Sudbury Improves Waterfront Performance Venue

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New opportunities for community events, live performances and other spectacles will result from upgrades being completed to the only outdoor amphitheatre in Greater Sudbury.

With support from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), Sudbury is renovating the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre on the shores of Lake Ramsey at Bell Park. The project includes improvements to seating and accessibility, upgrades to the stage, sound system, dressing rooms and road entrance as well as improvements to sewer, storm water and electrical systems.

This initiative is part of the government's five-year Open Ontario plan to create jobs and economic opportunities in Northern Ontario.


Quick Facts

  • Ontario is providing $835,000 to this project through the NOHFC's Infrastructure and Community Development Program.
  • In 2009, the City of Greater Sudbury approved a $5 million project and hired a design team led by Castellan, James Architects to redevelop the amphitheatre, named after a former Sudbury Mayor.

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Contacts

  • Laura Blondeau
    Minister's Office
    416-327-1421
    laura.blondeau@nullontario.ca
  • Michel Lavoie
    Communications Branch
    705-564-7125
    michel.lavoie@nullontario.ca

Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
ontario.ca/north