An Aurora outdoor concert venue is reopening after being closed for more than a year. A ribbon-cutting will be held June 18 at 6 p.m.
RiverEdge Park opened more than a decade ago. It closed in May 2025 for a major renovation. Jim Jarvis, the park's general manager, said restroom expansion was a priority.
"You could literally stand in line for 20 minutes to wait to get into a restroom," he said. "We had porta potties there, that's not always ideal. So, we added 24 new women's stalls to the restrooms, which is absolutely great."
The men's restrooms received 18 new stalls.
The park also expanded from having one bar to a new beverage pavilion.
"It's 16 windows and in a half-moon configuration," Jarvis added, "which means that we can have 16 servers, windows going.”
Jarvis said artist accommodations are important for any venue.
"We've seen now more and more bands pass on us," he said, "because we didn't have the backstage infrastructure to be able to accommodate these larger acts."
The venue now includes an artist building that allows performers to eat, shower and use proper green rooms.
The park can now accommodate an additional 1,500 people.
The inaugural event for the renovated venue is Blues on the Fox, which takes place Saturday, June 20.
RiverEdge "Blues on the Fox" is an underwriter of WNIJ.
