09/15/2025 | Press release | Archived content
Pontiac - Anyone in downtown Pontiac early Monday morning might have heard a "boom" coming from the site of the old Phoenix Center.
It was the sound of the final above-ground structure of the old open-air amphitheater - a concrete staircase leading to an elevated platform - falling to the ground during demolition to make sure for a major new county development.
The demo, which started in late April this year, paves the way for an ambitious plan to eventually relocate up to 700 county employees to downtown Pontiac by 2027.
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