Onondaga Lakeview Amphitheater

Vibrant, new amphitheater designed and built within one year on a superfund site

The Onondaga Lakeview Amphitheater is an outdoor event complex, which includes an amphitheater with an estimated seating capacity of approximately 17,500 (both covered and lawn seats), a nature area, vendor/festival area and recreational trails. The project included the design and construction of a pavilion, stage-house, back-of-house, loading dock, restroom facilities and a box office from the design-build team of Gilbane and architects DLR Group and QPK Design.

Project Overview

The pavilion roof utilizes eight trusses with four unique end conditions and achieves a maximum span of 190-feet
Each of the trusses weigh over 84,000-pounds at 190-feet in length, and are supported by the steel at the stage and columns
Gilbane re-mediated the site, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund waste site, to comply with Federal, State and local environmental regulations
Over 80,000-cubic yards of existing industrial waste had been excavated and relocated to an onsite staging area, with more than 130,000-cubic yards of infill material imported, not including topsoil

Quick Stats

Client:
- County of Onondaga, NY
Location: Syracuse, NY
Architect:
- DLR Group
- QPK Design
Size: Pavillion: 40,000 SF; Stage: 5,400 SF; Back House: 23,400 SF
Awards:
- AIA Central New York, Design Award
- AIA New York State, Award of Citation
- Building Design + Construction, Building Team Platinum Award
- ENR, Best of the Best – Government/Public Projects
- ENR New York, Excellence in Safety
- ENR New York, Government / Public Projects
- Illuminating Engineering Society, Illumination Award of Merit