A plan to turn a hulking Old North Sacramento warehouse at 1113 Del Paso Boulevard into a live music and events venue has surfaced in city filings, hinting that the quiet concrete box could soon be part of the neighborhood nightlife. The application, if approved, would add another performance room to a corridor that is already drawing breweries, galleries and pop up stages. Neighbors and business groups will get a formal chance to weigh in as the proposal moves through the city planning review process.
Application and public records
According to the Sacramento Business Journal, the project application specifically identifies 1113 Del Paso Boulevard as the proposed live events site and notes that the warehouse once housed a high end furniture retailer. The parcel also appears in a city planning listing of Del Paso properties, where staff categorize the address as a warehouse and distribution center in official records. Neither the Business Journal report nor the public filing includes a final floor plan or any official capacity numbers for the proposed venue, so those details are still to come.
Warehouse layout makes conversion plausible
Commercial property listings describe 1113 Del Paso as roughly a 17,700 square foot industrial building with high ceilings, multiple drive in doors and a large paved yard, a set of features brokers say can be adapted for staging, loading and other back of house needs. Those listing details appear in public commercial databases such as LoopNet, which highlight the building’s industrial footprint and utilities that could ease a conversion to an events space. The site’s proximity to the Globe Avenue light rail stop is another plus for promoters who want a venue that riders can reach without a car.
It fits into Del Paso’s broader revival
The proposal arrives in the middle of a broader wave of redevelopment and arts oriented projects along Del Paso Boulevard, as local boosters work to build out the corridor’s nightlife and cultural options. The Del Paso Boulevard Partnership points to new restaurants, breweries and gallery activity on the strip, and nearby commercial listings have explicitly advertised other warehouses as potential event or creative spaces. Marketed offerings for adjacent properties call out event use as a prime reuse option, reinforcing that there is demand for adaptive reuse venues on the boulevard.
Permits, noise rules and public review
Any converted performance hall at 1113 Del Paso would still need the city’s sign off and could require either a Conditional Use Permit or an entertainment permit, depending on its size and proposed hours of operation. City records indicate that Sacramento recently created a Limited Entertainment Permit intended to lower barriers for smaller venues while keeping noise and safety controls in place, and the broader entertainment permit framework lays out the application steps and fee requirements. Public notices, staff reports and hearing materials for the 1113 Del Paso filing will appear on the city planning pages as the review moves forward.
What to watch next
For now, the project exists on paper as an application in the public record rather than a finished, approved plan, and community input along with code reviews could significantly reshape what the final venue looks like. We will track posted staff reports and hearing dates and will continue to link back to the initial coverage of the filing by the Sacramento Business Journal for the first look at how the project evolves.
