Council OKs plans to build SW Houston concert space

Council OKs plans to build SW Houston concert space

Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle

City Council on Wednesday approved plans to construct a concert venue, the Levitt Pavilion, at Willow Waterhole in southwest Houston.

The pavilion is set to open in 2019 near the intersection of South Post Oak and South Main, according to its website, paid for by the Los Angeles-based Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation. Local government corporation Houston First, meanwhile, is on tap to fund capital repairs for the venue's first 15 years of operation, up to a maximum of $1 million.

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