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Sedona Council orders voter poll after heated debate over proposed 5,500‑seat amphitheater

Sedona City Council · December 18, 2025
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Summary

Following intensive debate that raised planning, traffic and fiscal questions, councilors asked staff to hire a neutral pollster to survey registered Sedona voters on a narrowly worded question about a proposed 5,500-seat commercial amphitheater at the Western Gateway site and on whether housing should be included as part of future uses.

A divided but engaged Sedona City Council agreed on Dec. 18 to commission a professionally designed public-opinion poll of registered Sedona voters to test support for a proposed 5,500-seat commercial live-entertainment amphitheater at the Western Gateway site.

Council discussion ran through hours of technical detail, planning history and community reaction. Staff reminded the council that a prior master-plan outreach process had identified public-space priorities, housing options and possible amphitheater concepts; several councilors warned that a narrowly framed private proposal (referred to in the meeting as…

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