When The Signal reopens at the Chattanooga Choo Choo later this month, it will be what organizers always wanted it to be — a place capable of hosting both live music concerts and events such as weddings and corporate meetings at the same time and in separate spaces.
Co-owner Josh Billue told the Chattanooga Times Free Press by phone from Memphis that the move from Chestnut Street to the former Choo Choo Convention Center space gives organizers plenty of options and sets them up for the future.
“It is a huge facility upgrade for us,” he said, “and to have a Choo Choo address is a special thing.”
The venues are being operated by Marathon Live, which has The Hawthorn in St. Louis; The Hall in Little Rock, Arkansas; The Truman in Kansas City, Missouri; Marathon Music Works in Nashville; and soon a new facility in Jacksonville, Florida.
Marathon staff along with Live Nation will book the acts, Billue said.