{"id":2254547,"date":"2026-01-28T14:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2254547"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:40:13","slug":"the-entertainment-district-focus-group-examining-long-term-future-of-berglund-center-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-entertainment-district-focus-group-examining-long-term-future-of-berglund-center-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Entertainment District Focus Group examining long term future of Berglund Center complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119806\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phazhon Nash (L) C Palmer photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its called the Entertainment District Focus Group, a mostly citizen group asked to weigh in on a possible casino at the Berglund Center \u2013 just for starters. The Entertainment District Focus Group is centered around the Berglund Center Complex, as the city looks to generate more revenue. Is there support for a casino as previously proposed (not from local General Assembly members, at least not this session), for dining and retail options \u2013 is a parking garage then needed. City Councilman Phazon Nash is presiding over five scheduled focus group meetings; the first which took place last night. Nash\u2019s grandfather lost his home to the Berglund Center and urban renewal on Rutherford Avenue, where the Post office is now. His Focus Group placed extra emphasis on including residents from Gainsboro. In fact the Berglund Center needs about 30 million in deferred maintenance alone says Nash, a mid-20\u2019s council member in his second year. The story from WFIR\u2019s Gene Marrano:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<nav class=\"navigation post-navigation\" aria-label=\"Post navigation\">\n<h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Post navigation<\/h2>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wfirnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phazhon Nash (L) C Palmer photo Its called the Entertainment District Focus Group, a mostly citizen group asked to weigh in on a possible casino at the Berglund Center \u2013 just for starters. The Entertainment District Focus Group is centered around the Berglund Center Complex, as the city looks to generate more revenue. Is there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2254548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Entertainment-District-Focus-Group-examining-long-term-future-of.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2254549,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254547\/revisions\/2254549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}