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VENUE ON WARNER STREET, RIGHT BESIDE THE TOP GOLF FACILITY. LOWELL: WHERE WE ARE STANDING NOW IS WHERE THE TOP GOLF WILL BE LOCATED. THE WAREHOUSE IS WHERE PARAMOUNT WILL GO. THIS BUILDING IS WHERE A POSSIBLE HOTEL WILL GO. THE BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TELLING US THIS SITE IN THE NEXT FIVE TO SIX YEARS WILL HOST WORLD CLASS ENTERTAINMENT. >> AFTER SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH FOLKS AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY, IT WAS SETTLED WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE KOSTIS BUILDING UP AT 1300 WARNER STREET WILL BE THE BEST LOCATION FOR THAT. LOWELL KIM CLARK, EXECUTIVE VP OF THE BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, IS TALKING ABOUT THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD THE PARAMOUNT BALTIMORE, A ROUGHLY 80,000 SQUARE FOOT VENUE THAT CAN SEAT 3750 PEOPLE. IT WILL GO IN THIS OLD WAREHOUSE IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF WARNER STREET, CATTY CORNER TO TOPGOLF, THE NATIONALLY KNOWN STATE OF THE ART PARTY DRIVING RANGE FACILITY. >> COMBINED WITH TOP GOLF, IT GIVES THE IMPETUS TO START AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A TRUE ENTERTAINMENT CORRIDOR FOR BALTIMORE CITY AND PEOPLE VISITING. LOWELL: THE AREA KNOWN AS THE WARNER STREET ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, SEEN HERE FROM A PROPOSED VIEW FROM M&T BANK STADIUM, IS SUPPOSED TO COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE AREA FROM THE HORSESHOE CASINO TO THE STADIUMS, ALSO INCLUDING A NEW HAMMERJACKS, YARD SOCIAL, AND A HOTEL. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WALKING ENVIRONMENT AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, IT IS ABOUT THE SAME MOVEMENT AS THE INNER HARBOR. YOU CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS. LOWELL: HORSESHOE GENERAL MANAGER RANDALL CONROY TOLD US THROUGH A STATEMENT. "WE ARE EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF ANOTHER WORLD-CLASS VENUE IN THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY AS PART OF OUR VISION FOR THE WARNER STREET REDEVELOPMENT." SO THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL THIS DEVELOPMENT GET STARTED? ACCORDING TO THE ORGANIZERS, IT SHOULD BE THE SPRING OR THE SUMMER OF 202

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Plans are moving forward for the proposed entertainment district between the stadiums and the Horseshoe Casino in south Baltimore.Plans have been announced to build the Paramount Baltimore, which will be an almost-4,000-seat entertainment venue next to the planned Top Golf facility.The Baltimore Development Corp. told 11 News that in five to six years, the Paramount will be the site of world-class entertainment.An old warehouse in the 1300 block of Warner Street will be torn down for the Paramount and a planned hotel. The Paramount will be a roughly 80,000-square-foot venue that can seat about 3,750 people."After several discussions with folks and looking at different pieces of property, it was settled that what’s known as the Kostis Building up at 1300 Warner St. will be the best location for that," said Kim Clark, executive vice president of the Baltimore Development Corp."Combined with the Top Golf, it’s really the impetus to start and acknowledge that this is a true entertainment corridor for Baltimore City and people visiting," Clark said.The area, known as the Warner Street Entertainment District, is supposed to completely transform the area from the Horseshoe Casino to M&T Bank Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The district will also include a new Hammerjack's bar, a yard social and a hotel."When you look at the walking environment and pedestrian movement, it’s about the same movement as the Inner Harbor, so we were like this is manageable, this is OK, this is something we could create for all these opportunities for folks," Clark said.Horseshoe Casino General Manager Randall Conroy told 11 News in a statement, "We're excited at the prospect of another world-class venue in the southern gateway as part of our vision for the Warner Street redevelopment."Groundbreaking on the Top Golf facility is expected to happen in the spring or summer. The new concert venue groundbreaking is expected in the spring of 2020.