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| Address | 4800 NW 37th Avenue Hialeah, Florida United States |
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| Owner | Avra Jain |
| Field size | 190,000-square-feet |
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| Built | 1946 |
| Opened | 2022 |
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Factory Town is a concert venue in Hialeah, Florida, a suburb of Miami located in an old abandoned factory.
Factory Town is based out of the formerly abandoned and derelict Dixie Bedding mattress factory built in 1946 which at one point employed 200 people and primarily worked as a contractor to the United States Army to provide bedding for troops. [1] However, during the wider Rust Belt phenomenon in the 1970s the factory would be abandoned, as it was impossible for domestic manufacturers to compete with cheap foreign goods. [1]
Factory Town is the ambition of developer Avra Jain who bought the site to help retain youth in Hialeah, who had been moving out of the city in large numbers. [2] [1] Her vision for the site sought to meet demand for concert spaces in the greater Miami region and to be a competitor to Wynwood. [1] Jain chose to retain the structures of the factory to retain its "raw industrial glory", however, stripping the roofs to make the venue open air. [3] This included keeping a large kapok tree in the middle of the site to create an ecological garden. [3] Factory Town also has no master plan, allowing visiting acts to design the layout of the performance as they wish. [1]
Factory town would become part of the Leah Arts district, which is located between two Tri-Rail stations to make it easier for people to reach the venue. [4] The district was initially proposed by Jain and includes allows outdoor music and entertainment and 24-hour liquor services. [2]
Shortly after its inception, the neighboring city of Miami Springs sued the venue for noise complaints. [1] However, Hialeah's city government has voiced strong support for the venue. [1] Miami Springs has described the venue and it's concerts as "nuisances" and "a significant annoyance" and claimed that there where 243 noise complaints claiming that residents "feared for their safety." [5] Miami Springs demanded Factory Town “abate all noise entering the [city]”. [6] However, since the venue is not located in Miami Springs, the city has instead sought legal action in Miami-Dade County courts. [5] Jain claimed that she had never received any letter of complaint from Miami Springs, and first learned of their grievances when they filed suit against Factory Town. [6] Hialeah's mayor Esteban “Steve” Bovo stated that he would address the concerns, but that he was also upset with neighboring municipalities "dictating what we can and can’t do in our city." [7]
The lawsuit from Miami Springs was ultimately dismissed after Factory Town hired a sound engineer and put in place measures to reduce the noise. [7] However, this has not stopped locals from complaining about the noise including those from Hialeah and Brownsville. [7]
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