Robin Hood Dell East Decision Kept Secret For Now

Want to know the future of the 2008 summer concert series at the Robin Hood Dell East?  Then you better get yourself elected to City Council.  Because, for now, Mayor Nutter's staff isn't telling anyone but Council.  This sensitive treatment of the information may track back to the surprised and angry reaction Nutter's staff got from Council in late February when they announced the concert series was being canceled so the Dell could receive long-overdue renovations.

Nutter's staff then sat down with concerned Council members three weeks ago and said an engineering report was being completed to determine if work on the venue's foundation could be postponed until after the summer series or if the concerts would have to be moved to a temporary location.  Clay Armbrister, Nutter's chief of staff, also left open the option that the concerts could still be canceled.  Nutter's staff promised Council an answer in three weeks.

So?  PhillyClout asked about the Dell today and Luke Butler, Nutter's deputy press secretary, said Council will be the first to hear the news. "A decision has been reached," Butler said. "They are trying to set up a meeting." Stay tuned.