Market Nights 150-foot expansion and downtown merchant impacts
Murrieta
Summary
The expansion closes C Street and adds vendor capacity, drawing about 7,000 attendees per event, but some brick-and-mortar owners say the closure costs them revenue. The council pushed staff to fix confusing merchant right-of-first-refusal language and look at ways businesses outside the event zone — like Mays — can participate legally.
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Last discussed May 5, 2026.
Impact analysis
The city is adding $133,917 for barriers and a trailer, spending about $200,000 a year on the event, and wants better revenue sharing to offset costs.
Market Nights vendors, downtown foot traffic, and the roughly 150,000 annual visitors who attend.
Some adjacent brick-and-mortar businesses, notably Mays, report lost revenue on event nights.
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