ASHWAUBENON (WLUK) – A large restaurant and entertainment center has been approved for the area at 789 Armed Forces Dr. , near the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon.
“We are poised to bring something exceptional to our region – a facility that our entire network can be proud of,” said Mac Cisar, Chief Operating Officer at Anduzzi. “
One document refers to the assignment as a “new Anduzzi restaurant. “The construction will have a smaller footprint than the construction it will replace, allowing for more parking. Between the proposed site and Anduzzi’s existing neighboring site, there will be three hundred parking lots. Spaces. That’s the fear of neighboring businesses Stadium View and The Bar.
“When their three floors are finished and their other restaurant, Anduzzi’s, is finished, they won’t have enough parking,” said Joe Zehren, co-owner of the bar on Holmgren Way. “So where is it going to grow?”
“I think it’s not unusual that when someone is looking to move into an establishment, they’re looking for a parking lot and looking for the first spot they can find. If they don’t, locate it, they move on to another location,” said Nathan VerVelde, Stadium View’s legal representative.
But those interested in progression say a glance at their existing venues indicates the new site can take care of it.
“Even at the busiest times of our peak day we have booths to accommodate our customers,” Cisar said. “On average, in the worst-case scenario, we will still have 35 stands available, which we can use to accommodate staff. “
And this is also a fear for some village chiefs. The motion to approve the plan passed, but with 3 votes against.
“No one has denied the appearance or anything of the building,” said Gary Paul, a member of Ashwaubenon’s board of directors. “I think parking will do that, I think it’s anything that takes care of itself. “
“People start coming there, they’re going to get frustrated because they can’t get to the big places and they guess what’s going to happen, and they’re going to start going somewhere else,” said Jay Krueger, a member. of the Board of Directors of Ashwaubenon.
Funding for the task will be funded through a TIF district.
Members of the progression team say they plan to complete the structure during the start of the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay.