Bedrock Breaks Ground on a 6,200-Seat Riverfront Amphitheater: CLE Daily

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🍕 Cleveland Pizza Week Runs Through Sunday: More than 25 local pizzerias are serving deals of $12 or less Nov. 9-15, including a large two-topping pie for $12 at Angelo's Pizza and an 11-inch pepperoni, ricotta and hot honey pie for $11 at Dewey's. Check in through the Cleveland Pizza Week app for a chance to win $250 in gift cards.

🍽️ Make Restaurant Week Count Through Nov. 21: About 70 independent restaurants are serving three-course prix fixe menus for $39 per person, and menus and participants are listed on the Cleveland Independents website. Looking for ideas? Our 50 Best Restaurants guide is a good place to start, but not every restaurant on it is taking part, so check the participating list before you book. 

🍔 Swensons Serves Veterans a Free Meal Today: Veterans and active-duty service members get a free Double Cheeseburg or Double Hamburg, regular fries and a regular Classic Shake at any Swensons Drive-In all day on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The offer is for on-lot orders only, requires a military ID or proof of veteran status and is limited to one meal per person. Swensons served 375 free meals in 2025.

ICYMI: Remember our guide to Greater Cleveland's holiday markets? It covers dozens of shopping events, including the Cleveland Christmas Connection at the I-X Center Nov. 20-22, a Bavarian Christkindlmarkt at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds Dec. 4-6 and free markets at 78th Street Studios and Solon Community Center.

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Today's Trivia

What Rock Hall inductee wrote and sang “Across 110th Street,” but grew up on East 84th Street in Cleveland?

Development: Bedrock breaks ground on Cleveland’s first large music venue in a quarter century.

By Mark Oprea, Cleveland Scene

Bedrock, Live Nation and city leaders broke ground Tuesday on a 6,200-seat amphitheater near Tower City, which would be Cleveland’s largest outdoor music venue when it opens in about two years. It’s the second structure to rise in Bedrock’s Riverfront neighborhood, after the Cavs’ Peak Performance Center, which is due to open next August.

• The History: The last venue of this size, a roughly 5,000-seat amphitheater later known as the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater, opened on Tower City’s parking lots in 2001, and no similar venue has been built since. “Great cities need great venues,” says Live Nation’s Michael Belken, who puts the new venue’s economic impact at $60 million over the decades.

• The Questions: The 2024 Cleveland Music Census concluded the city could support 1,000-seat venues, with about three-quarters of current venues operating at a loss. Bedrock hasn’t detailed plans for apartments, Tower City Center’s next phase or a replacement for Heinen’s, though managing director Dan Whalen envisions 500 to 800 homes over multiple phases.

Worth Noting: The Riverfront remains “desolate,” Whalen says, and he compares it to 1989 Berlin. The Eagle Avenue Bridge and the nearby B&O Building are set to come down, and Mayor Justin Bibb says, “Every six months we have a new groundbreaking.”

Talk of the Town

Cleveland wants to switch from Flock to Axon license plate readers. The Bibb administration asked City Council to approve a one-year Axon contract to replace the roughly 100 Flock cameras. The Community Police Commission, which wants police to stop using the readers Jan. 1 during its review, has an online survey open until Nov. 16.

University Hospitals' websites and MyChart are back. After more than two weeks offline following an Oct. 22 cybersecurity incident, UH says its websites are fully operational and patients can use MyChart again, though some features may not be fully functional yet. 

Cleveland's poverty rate is the lowest since the 1980s. The rate fell to 24.1% in 2025 from 28.3% the year before, according to a Center for Community Solutions analysis, but gains were uneven, with a rate of 28.2% for Black residents, 32.6% for Hispanic residents and 44.7% for Asian residents, up about 10% from the year before. 

Goodyear's CEO is out. Akron-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber said Mark Stewart is stepping down effective immediately, with board member Roger Wood serving as interim CEO while the company searches for a permanent replacement. Third-quarter sales fell 2.3%, and the company reported a $238 million net loss.

The Cleveland Sirens are offering lifetime perks to fans who put money down early. The WNBA expansion team, which begins play in 2028, introduced the Founding Wave, a lifetime status for fans who make an initial payment toward season tickets, $28 per seat for standard or $100 per seat for premium. It includes priority seat selection and member events, and fans who pay by Dec. 31 get a commemorative top for every two payments.

Things To Do: Arena shows, comedy, football and more fun to enjoy this weekend.

By Jeff Niesel

Journey: Final Frontier Tour at Rocket Arena | Music | Nov.12
These Rock Hall inductees haven't produced a hit song in decades, and yet they remain a major draw, with Filipino singer Arnel Pineda serving as a more than capable replacement for former frontman Steve Perry. Journey brings what's being advertised as a farewell tour to Rocket Arena. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. One Center Court, Cleveland, 216-420-2000, rocketarena.com

John Cameron Mitchell at the Ohio Theatre | Film | Nov. 13
The writer and star of the cult classic musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch comes to the Ohio Theatre as he celebrates the 25th anniversary of the movie with a screening as well as a Q&A. The event begins at 7 p.m. 1501 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216-241-6000, playhousesquare.org

SOMBR: You Are the Reason Tour at Rocket Arena | Music | Nov. 13
Producer du jour Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers) is the mastermind behind this singer-songwriter, who became a sensation last year when he dropped his heralded debut, I Barely Know Her, a collection of jittery pop tunes that show off Sombr's upper-register vocals and undeniable vulnerability. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. at Rocket Arena. One Center Court, Cleveland, 216-420-2000, rocketarena.com

Cavaliers vs. Dallas Mavericks at Rocket Arena | Sports | Nov. 14
The Cavs take on a Dallas Mavericks team led by superstar Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks do not have enough support for Flagg, so the Cavs should have the advantage here. The game begins at 7:30 p.m. One Center Court, Cleveland, 216-420-2000, rocketarena.com

Browns vs. Houston Texans at Huntington Bank Field | Sports | Nov. 15 
The Browns take on a Houston Texans team that has struggled to notch wins this season. The two teams go at it at 1 p.m. at Huntington Bank Field. 100 Alfred Lerner Way, Cleveland, 440-891-5000, huntingtonbankfield.com

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Yesterday's Trivia Answer 

On April 29, 1879, in Public Square, Charles F. Brush gave the first successful demonstration of what? Electric street lights

Check back tomorrow for the answer to today's question.

From the Editor

The Rock Hall welcomes its new class on Saturday at its induction ceremony in Los Angeles. I'm particularly excited to see Wu-Tang Clan get into the Rock Hall, especially after getting to check out the group's Blossom show in September — and I'm also stoked to see Joy Division/New Order, Sade and Iron Maiden get in.

This year's class represents a lot of genres for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But as Greg Harris told me in an interview for a feature on the Rock Hall's new expansion, rock 'n' roll isn't really one sound. "It challenges convention," Harris says. "It pushes the status quo. It’s about attitude."

And there's definitely a whole lot of attitude in the class of 2026. Let's rock!

— Annie Nickoloff, Senior Editor

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