A block of South Street will close in downtown Raleigh early next year to make way for a new Red Hat Amphitheater. The City Council voted Tuesday to close the street between Dawson and McDowell streets as part of a plan to replace the music venue and expand the Raleigh Convention Center.

Raleigh’s City Council voted in favor of partially closing South Street and Lenoir Street in order to move forward with the expansion of the beloved Red Hat Amphitheater on Tuesday.