The owner of the Cuban restaurant under construction along Johnston Street in Lafayette wants to build a 50,000-square-foot entertainment facility that will look like Roman Colosseum.
Yury Remedio is requesting the property in the 800 block of Verot School Road be rezoned for his concept, to be called The Colosseum. The matter will go before the Lafayette Zoning Commission at its 5 p.m. Monday meeting.
Remedio, who will the Cuban Tradition restaurant at 5611 Johnston St. early next year, indicated the building will include a pool/billiards hall, a main floor for live music and several bars, according to documents filed with Lafayette Consolidated Government.
The request is to rezone the property from commercial mixed (CM-1) to commercial heavy (CH) to allow the entertainment facility. Remedio said that the project is
