Evansville Residents Look To Save Amphitheater

Michael Fetscher says he started the Save Mesker Music Amphitheatre page on Facebook this week after many people posted comments about a photograph on his own page of weeds growing around the site. More than 4,000 people are already following the new page.

Fetscher tells WFIE-TV he hopes city officials will see the support for the amphitheater and allocate some money toward repairs.

The amphitheater opened in 1951 and renovations have been estimated to cost more than $9 million.

A spokeswoman for Mayor Lloyd Winnecke tells the Evansville Courier & Press he wants to restore the amphitheater but first wants significant feedback from the public.