NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — After sitting quiet for almost 20 years, the old Starwood site in Antioch is tuning up for a comeback.

Starwood Amphitheatre once hosted some of the biggest names in music, and now the property is getting ready for a new generation to live, work and play there.

"Welcome back to Antioch, the new Antioch," Metro District 32 Council Member Joy Styles expressed.

Antioch is remixing a piece of its history on the overgrown grounds of the iconic Starwood Amphitheatre.

"Adding in 29 acres of for-sale homes with multiple product types, along with two large parks and amenities, and then also 6 acres of commercial retail, possibly with a venue site as well," Link Logistics Senior Vice President Anthony Nelson said.

The plan includes housing options from three to five bedrooms and housing for people age 55 and older. The additions will also include new amenities such as a clubhouse, pool, cabanas and fire pits.

"We're finally going to have a community that has the amenities that other areas have that we have been lacking," Styles said.

"Everything about this site is about a different phase of life," Styles explained. "Because Antioch needs more opportunities for people to be able to grow into larger homes, we lose so many people in Antioch because they say, 'I love it here, but my family has grown, so now I am moving to Rutherford County.'"

But this will be much more than just a commercial and residential space; developers want to keep Starwood's history alive.

Designers and developers are working together to weave the venue's history into its street signs, public art and even the lighting at the entrance.

"The development and the design teams really care about this site," Studio Delger CEO Nicole Delger said. "As a Nashvillian, it has been really neat to see how they have really wanted to honor the history of the site."

Visitors and residents will be able to walk through Starwood's history on the "Tribute Trail."

"You are going to be able to see quotes from people's past, some tickets from the past, and other memorabilia from different places along the way as an homage to the site," Styles said.

It will lead to a piece of the original stage.

"One idea we are hoping to do is to cut a circle in the stage and put that on the site so that you could actually stand on the Starwood stage," Delger explained. "It's a way to take the history of Starwood and make sure people can remember that, stand on that stage, have that moment. It is really exciting."

The music of Starwood will also keep playing on with the outdoor stage.

"This will be an opportunity for local musicians to come out and test your music out on people," Antioch resident Brandi Kinzer said.

Now, developers want fans to write the next verse.

"We want to hear your stories," Delger said. "We want to hear who you saw [and] when you saw [them]. Do you have a ticket stub you kept? Upload that, and we will take those stories, and we will start thinking about ways to incorporate that into design."

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