City Manager Rob Schommer has said the city will continue to look at options to eliminate noise, if necessary.
The curtains, paid for out of the music center operations budget, were installed in the walkways and the openings between the roof and top row of seats last month.
A sound level meter Wednesday measured an average of 70 decibels in Martin’s backyard during the rock concert, compared to 50 decibels before it got started. That measurement is comparable to what a person living 50 feet from a freeway might experience.
But residents tell this news organization that it is not the music, per se, that poses a problem.
“It’s the bass,” said Wendy Fulerkson, who also lives on Hunter’s Halt Court. “It rattles the frame of our house.”
“We used to be able to hear the words and everything. It was basically a free concert,” said Joshua Zimmer, a three-year resident of Loblolly Drive. “Then they put the curtains up, and now you can’t hear the words — it’s just bass.”
The $19.3 million venue is about halfway through its inaugural season, with 17 shows left on the schedule.
“It’s a great venue, or we thought it was going to be a great venue — it boosts the economy and brings more people out here,” Martin said. “But this is not enjoyable, unfortunately.”
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