A number of residents living near the River Cree Casino are speaking out, saying they could hear the act on stage at the temporary venue, even from several kilometres away.

On Thursday night, Christina Frizzell had just put her young daughter to bed, when the music started.

“It sounded like it was right outside my house,” Frizzell said. “That’s how loud and clear it was.”

The sound was coming from the River Cree Casino, where rocker Paul Rodgers was playing – the venue is about three kilometres away from her house.

“The windows were sort of rattling with the bass, every now and then in the kids rooms,” Frizzell said.

Residents in a number of neighbourhoods – some as far away as Callingwood – had the same complaint Thursday night.

Nearby resident Kara Skagg, who lives in the Grange neighbourhood, said she’s been able to hear concerts from inside her house since the venue opened in early October, but Thursday’s concert was exceptionally loud.

“This is a neighbourhood full of young families, we need to sleep,” Skagg said.

City Councillor Andrew Knack said the City noise bylaw can’t be enforced there.

“Because the venue doesn’t sit within the City of Edmonton, the bylaw doesn’t apply in that regard,” Knack said.

The facility is a temporary space; the old venue was closed in March, 2015 after officials found it couldn’t meet building codes.

The River Cree Casino released a statement Friday in response, and said the temporary venue will be closed by the end of December – the statement said it is a single-layer, non-insulated tent structure.

“We recognize the concerns coming from some people in our surrounding communities and have taken immediate action to mitigate them.

“Although we are not within municipal Edmonton, we have always abided by a strict 11 p.m. curfew in accordance with the Edmonton Community Standards Bylaw and will continue to do so. We have also confirmed with the sound and production team that the decibels of the remaining 6 shows slated to take place in our temporary structure will be lowered.”

The statement went on to say a new, permanent structure that would be fully insulated, sound engineered and enclosed in the existing building would be opened in a few weeks – eliminating noise concerns.

With files from Dan Grummett