The orange glowing inflatable-pool like rendering of FC Cincinnati's stadium is no more.

That internal lighting was axed to accommodate neighborhood residents who were concerned and to cut costs, team officials revealed Tuesday to a Cincinnati City Council committee.

Council's Economic Growth and Zoning Committee vetted stadium plans passed to it from the Cincinnati Planning Commission. Council members Amy Murray and Jeff Pastor, two of the committee's three members, sent those plans to full council next week. Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman was excused from the meeting.

The question now: Will the plans garner council's approval? It's unclear.

Issues remain that concern council members.

The Cincinnati Arts Association, on behalf of several arts groups that perform in Music Hall, has raised issues about noise interrupting performances. The group publicly shared a draft report of a study that showed stadium noise can be heard inside the performing and rehearsal venues. FC Cincinnati officials dispute that. A final report is due next week.

The Cincinnati Ballet, whose building is part of land now owned by FC Cincinnati, has reached out to council members, reminding them parking issues with the team are unsolved.

Should Central Parkway, which runs along the stadium's planned entrance, be closed on game days? Five council members Monday signed a motion saying it should remain open..

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Council, in a 5-4 vote last year, approved the project, along with almost $35 million dollars in incentives. That paved the way for Cincinnati to get the expansion team and triggered the stadium building process.

Representatives of the team and the various arts groups attended the meeting and made their cases during public comment Tuesday.

It's unlikely everything can be worked out in a week and FC Cincinnati needs approval now so it can break ground on the stadium, which is on a strict timeline in order to open in time for the 2021 season.

Team President and General Manager Jeff Berding, a former councilman, pointed out the casino and Great American Tower were both approved via the same process without trouble.

"There was political support for those two other projects," Berding said after the meeting. "Hopefully we'll have that same support. We believe this project enormously benefits the neighborhood and community."

FC Cincinnati, which was awarded a Major League Soccer team beginning this year, is building a $250 million stadium in the West End. To do that, zoning changes need to be made to the area.

Cincinnati Planning Commission in January signed off on the preliminary plans, sending it to council.

During the meeting, architects presented the plans which included the changes.

The internal orange lighting is now slated to be more traditional lighting, similar to Great American Ball Park and Paul Brown Stadium, and the building's facade will be different, said Kim Patton, president of Elevar Design Group.

The roof and stadium façades were to be made from ethylene tetrafluoro-ethylene (ETFE) foil technology, material that allows for varying colors and patterns to be displayed on the translucent surface.

Now, "It will be less glowing, more downwardly focused," Patton said.

Also new: Two developments slated to be built by the stadium have been scaled back to one development at Wade Street and Central Parkway.

It will take advantage of two lager houses below, the remnants of a brewery. Above that, at street level, would be retail space and on top of that office space.