Huntington Bank Pavilion
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island is an outdoor amphitheater located on the man-made peninsula Northerly Island, in Chicago, Illinois. The venue is a temporary structure, with the summer concert season running from May or June until September or October. The amphitheater opened in June 2005. It was previously named the FirstMerit Bank Pavilion, and before that the Charter One Pavilion.[1]
Huntington Bank Pavilion The Venue with a View | |
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 Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Overhead shot of the venue and surrounding Museum Campus | |
| Former names | Lakefront Pavilion (planning/construction) Charter One Pavilion (2005–13) FirstMerit Bank Pavilion (2013–17) |
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| Address | 1300 S Lynn White Dr Chicago, Illinois 60605 Chicago United States |
| Location | Northerly Island |
| Coordinates | 41°51′48″N 87°36′31″W |
| Public transit | Roosevelt Station, Chicago Transit Authority |
| Owner | Chicago Park District |
| Operator | Live Nation |
| Type | Outdoor amphitheater |
| Seating type | Reserved, Lawn |
| Capacity | up to 30,000 (current) 8,166 (2005–12) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | December 2004 |
| Opened | June 24, 2005 |
| Expanded | June 2013 |
| Construction cost | $1.7 million (initial construction) $3 million (2013 expansion) |
| Website | |
| www.livenation.com | |
Known as the "Venue with a View",[2] the amphitheater has views of Lake Michigan, Burnham Harbor, Soldier Field, and the Chicago skyline.
History
The venue lies on the former site of Meigs Field. On March 30, 2003, Mayor Richard M. Daley ordered a midnight demolition of the airfield. The construction crew excavated six large X's on the runway. Daley stated the continued operation of the airfield was a threat to Chicago's cityscape, using the events of 9/11 as a reference.[3] The airfield was set to continue operation until 2011, when it would be turned over to the City of Chicago. No one within state or city government were consulted on the demolition besides Daley. The Federal Aviation Administration fined the city $33,000, with an additional one million paid in grants.[4]
In August 2003, construction crews were sent in to continue demolition of the airfield. Originally, the space was planned to become an aviation museum. Daley refuted the plan and proposed the space become a lakefront park and nature reserve. Within the allocated 91 acres, Northerly Island was born. Over four acres were set aside for the forthcoming music venue.
About the venue
With the new advent of the nature reserve to replace Meigs Field, the Chicago Park District proposed an outdoor music venue, similar to the Ravinia Pavilion. Construction began in December 2004. Since the venue would be located on the nature reserve, the structure would be erected in June and disassembled in September of each year.[2] The venue was designed by Mark Dewalt of Valerio Dewalt Train Associates; costing $1.7 million to construct.[3] The amphitheater features a 56' × 40' stage with 15' × 20' video screens on either side of the stage. It features three grandstands (totaling 3,666 seats) and a general admission area (totaling 4,500 seats).[5] The Chicago Park District receives roughly $250,000 from the venue (through sponsorship deals) and $1 from every ticket sold during concert season.[5] The venue opened June 24, 2005, with a concert by American band Earth, Wind & Fire.[6]
After the COVID-19 pandemic, the venue implemented a new bag policy at their events. To reduce staff contact with guest belongings, they allow clear plastic, vinyl or PVC tote bags no larger than 12” x 6” x 12” and/or small clutch bags (4.5”x 6.5”). No other bags of any type will be allowed.
In 2019, the venue adopted Live Nation's Sustainability Program.
2013 expansion
The Chicago Park District originally sought expansion in 2010, wanting to increase capacity to 14,000 and attract mainstream acts to the venue. The city voted against the expansion in 2011.[7] In March 2013, the Chicago Plan Commission approved a $3 million plan[8] to grow the venue's capacity from 8,000 to 30,000 seats.[9] This would mean rotating the stage to feature a lawn seating area, increasing the overall space of the venue from 4.78 to 6.9 acres. Additionally, two 300-seat grandstands were added, while the lawn arena can accommodate 22,000.[10] There's a 12-foot slope from the front of stage to the rear of lawn, providing the proper elevation change so that the lawn can be used as a park area when not in use by the pavilion. The expansion also includes shuttle buses from the neighboring Soldier Field to help concert attendees with parking. The main entrance was widened to accommodate the capacity expansion.[10] Delay systems for sound were added to the stage and lawn area. The original video screens were replaced by two 14' × 27' LED screens and two 11' × 17' LED screens in the lawn area.[9]
The newly renovated venue was expected to open June 27, 2013. However, due to heavy rainfall the opening was postponed. Concerts by Dispatch and O.A.R. were relocated to the UIC Pavilion.[11] It was opened on June 29, 2013 by Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band.
Naming
Upon original conception, the venue was known as the Lakefront Pavilion. On June 22, 2005, it was announced Charter One Financial purchased naming rights for five years, for $2.5 million.[12] From 2005 until 2013, the venue was known as the Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island. With new construction underway, it was revealed the venue was seeking a new sponsorship deal. In June 2013, Ohio-based FirstMerit Corporation purchased a multi-year naming rights agreement.[13] The length of the contract and amount were not disclosed. From June 27, 2013 until January 8, 2017 the venue was known as the FirstMerit Bank Pavilion. Huntington Bank acquired FirstMerit Bank near the end of 2016. On January 9, 2017 the venue name was changed to reflect this. The venue is now known as Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island.
- Lakefront Pavilion (planning/construction)
- Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island (June 24, 2005 – June 26, 2013)
- FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (June 27, 2013 – January 8, 2017)
- Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (January 9, 2017 – present)
Performances
2023
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - June 1, 2023
- Two Friends - June 2, 2023
- Barenaked Ladies - June 6, 2023
- Dermot Kennedy - June 7, 2023
- Heat Wave Music Festival - June 10, 2023
- Heat Wave Music Festival - June 11, 2023
- Louis Tomlinson - Faith In The Future World Tour - June 15th, 2023
- Quinn XCII - June 16, 2023
- Billy Strings - June 17, 2023
- Young The Giant & Milky Chance - June 23, 2023
- Garbage & Noel Gallagher - June 27, 2023
- Dave Matthews Band - July 7, 2023
- Dave Matthews Band - July 8, 2023
- Yellowcard - July 16, 2023
- Sad Summer Festival - July 21, 2023
- Slightly Stoopid - July 28, 2023
- Q101 Piqniq with Incubus - July 30, 2023
- Ghost - August 15, 2023
- Goo Goo Dolls & O.A.R. - July 22, 2023
- Beck & Phoenix - August 31, 2023
- Duran Duran - September 1, 2023
- Hozier - September 12, 2023
2022
- Deftones - May 27, 2022
- Rufus Du Sol - June 1, 2022
- Haim - June 3, 2022
- Phoebe Bridgers - June 4, 2022
- Rex Orange County - June 24, 2022
- Jack Johnson - June 30, 2022
- My Morning Jacket - July 2, 2022
- Big Time Rush - July 7, 2022
- Third Eye Blind - July 8, 2022
- Norah Jones - July 15, 2022
- 5 Seconds of Summer - July 16, 2022
- David Gray - July 18, 2022
- Burna Boy - July 23, 2022
- $uicideboy$ - August 2, 2022
- Goo Goo Dolls - August 4, 2022
- Brandi Carlile - August 6, 2022
- Lany - August 7, 2022
- Maren Morris - August 10, 2022
- Alicia Keys - August 23, 2022
- Florence + The Machine - September 7, 2022
- Odesza - September 9, 2022
- Odesza - September 10, 2022
- Conan Gray - September 28, 2022
- New Order & Pet Shop Boys - September 30, 2022
- The Head and The Heart - October 1, 2022
2021
- Dave Matthews Band - August 6-7, 2021
- Jason Mraz - August 11, 2021
- Lindsey Sterling - August 20, 2021
- Rise Against - August 28, 2021
- Greta Van Fleet - September 3, 2021
- 311 - September 10, 2021
- Quinn XCII - September 11, 2021
- Above & Beyond - September 18, 2021
- Alice Cooper - September 24, 2021
2020
All shows canceled due to Covid-19
2019
- Florence + The Machine - May 23, 2019
- Anderson .Paak, Thundercat - June 4, 2019
- Nickelodeon's Slime Fest - June 8-9, 2019
- Coheed and Cambria with Mastodon - June 14, 2019
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Units - June 15, 2019
- Vampire Weekend - June 16, 2019
- County Lakeshake: Miranda Lambert - June 21, 2019
- Country Lakeshake: Keith Urban - June 22, 2019
- County Lakeshake: Luke Bryan - June 23, 2019
- Third Eye Blind - June 27, 2019
- The National - June 28, 2019
- Brandi Carlile - June 29, 2019
- Sublime with Rome - July 5, 2019
- Joe Russo's Almost Dead - July 11, 2019
- V103 Summer Block Party - July 13, 2019
- Slightly Stoopid - July 21, 2019
- Peter Frampton - July 28, 2019
- Beck & Cage The Elephant - July 31, 2019
- Herbie Hancock & Kamasi Washington - August 10, 2019
- Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - August 17, 2019
- North Coast Music Festival - August 30-31, 2019
- Social Distortion & Flogging Molly - September 7, 2019
- The Avett Brothers with Trampled By Turtles - September 20, 2019
2018
- Big Sean - May 27, 2018
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats with The Head and The Heart - May 31, 2018
- Primus with Mastadon - June 6, 2018
- Alt-J - June 7, 2018
- Nickelodeon's Slime Fest - June 9-10, 2018
- Steve Miller Band - June 14, 2018
- Country Lakeshake: Blake Shelton - June 22, 2018
- Country Lakeshake: Dierks Bentley - June 23, 2018
- Country Lakeshake: Florida Georgia Line - June 24, 2018
- Dave Matthews Band - June 29-30, 2018
- Kidz Bop Kids - July 1, 2018
- Foreigner with Whitesnake - July 11, 2018
- Barenaked Ladies with Better Than Ezra - July 13, 2018
- Jeff Beck with Paul Rodgers and Ann Wilson - July 29, 2018
- Charlie Puth with Hailee Steinfeld - July 31, 2018
- Dispatch & Nahko and Medicine for the People - September 15, 2018
2017
- Jack Johnson - June 1-2, 2017
- Rise Against with Deftones - June 9, 2019
- Dave Matthews Band - June 10-11, 2017
- Elvis Costello - June 12, 2017
- Paul Simon - June 14, 2017
- Don Henley - June 17, 2017
- County Lakeshake: Thomas Rhett - June 23, 2017
- Country Lakeshake: Miranda Lambert - June 24, 2017
- Country Lakeshake: Rascal Flatts - June 25, 2017
- Dispatch with Guster - July 1, 2017
- 311 - July 2, 2017
- Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie - July 3, 2017
- Third Eye Blind with Silversun Pickups - July 6, 2017
- Gorillaz - July 8, 2017
- Slightly Stoopid - July 9, 2017
- Chicago & The Doobie Brothers - July 12, 2017
- Straight No Chaser with Postmodern Jukebox - July 13, 2017
- Phish - July 14-16, 2017
- Umphrey's McGee - July 21, 2017
- WVAZ Summer Block Party with Jill Scott - July 22, 2017
- Violent Femmes with Echo & The Bunnymen - July 23, 2017
- Goo Goo Dolls - July 24, 2017
- Kidz Bop Kids - July 30, 2017
- Rancid & Dropkick Murphys - August 8, 2017
- Foreigner with Cheap Trick - August 9, 2017
- Nickleback with Daughtry - August 12, 2017
- Sublime with Rome & The Offspring - September 8, 2017
- Young The Giant - September 9, 2017
- Sturgill Simpson - September 22, 2017
2015
- Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters- September 23, 2015
- Farm Aid- September 19, 2015
- Counting Crows: Somewhere Under Wonderland Tour with Citizen Cope- September 12, 2015
- Rick Springfield with special guests Loverboy & The Romantics- September 10, 2015
- Sublime with Rome / Rebelution- August 20, 2015
- Yes & Toto 2015 Summer Tour- August 16, 2015
- The Smashing Pumpkins & Marilyn Manson: The End Times Tour- August 7, 2015
- Jim Gaffigan: Contagious- August 6, 2015
- The Australian Pink Floyd Show- July 30, 2015
- Bryan Adams "The Reckless Tour"- July 25, 2015
- Outcry Tour- July 24, 2015
- Rise Against- July 17, 2015
- Jill Scott- July 11, 2015
- John Fogerty: 1969 - July 8, 2015
- Third Eye Blind And Dashboard Confessional - June 26, 2015
- Donny Trumpet - June 24, 2015
- Windy City LakeShake - June 21, 2015
- Windy City LakeShake - June 20, 2015
- Windy City LakeShake - June 19, 2015
- Barenaked Ladies – Last Summer on Earth 2015 - June 16, 2015
2014
- David Gray-August 18, 2014
- Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry with special guest Plain White T's- August 10, 2014
- Chicago and Reospeedwagon- August 9, 2014
- Panic! At The Disco-Gospel Tour- July 25, 2014
- Phish- July 20, 2014
- Phish- July 19, 2014
- Phish-July 18, 2014
- 311- July 11, 2014
- Soulshine feat Michael Franti& Spearhead/SOJA/Brett Dennen/Trevor Hall- July 10, 2014
- Dave Matthews Band- July 5, 2014
- Dave Matthews Band- July 4, 2014
- Ray LaMontagne- June 27, 2014
- The Fray- June 26, 2014
- O.A.R. and Phillip Phillips- June 21, 2014
- Widespread Panic- June 20, 2014
- Backstreet Boys with Very Special Guest Avril Lavigne- June 11, 2014
- Styx, Foreigner: The Soundtrack of Summer Tour with guest Don Felder- June 6, 2014
- Jack Johnson – From Here To Now To You Tour 2014– May 31, 2014
2013
- Umphrey's McGee & STS9
- The Black Crowes & Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Backstreet Boys: In A World Like This Tour - August 2, 2013
- The Bounce TV Summer Music Festival With Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly - July 27, 2013
- Phish - July 22, 2013
- Phish - July 21, 2013
- Phish - July 20, 2013
- Jonas Brothers Live Tour - July 11, 2013
- Last Summer On Earth: Barenaked Ladies and Ben Folds Five - July 10, 2013
- Counting Crows and The Wallflowers
- Unity Tour 2013: 311 With Cypress Hill & G. Love & Special Sauce - July 4, 2013
- Jimmy Buffett - June 29, 2013
- O.A.R. - June 28, 2013
- DISPATCH - July 27, 2013
2012
- The Avett Brothers - September 28, 2012
- Gotye with Missy Higgins - August 24, 2012
- 311 & Slightly Stoopid - August 17, 2012
- Chicago and The Doobie Brothers - July 28, 2012
- Pitbull: Planet Pit World Tour 2012 - July 26-27, 2012
- O.A.R. - July 20, 2012
- Furthur featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir - July 17, 2012
- Maze and Frankie Beverly - July 12, 2012
- Sublime with Rome - July 12, 2012
- Last Summer on Earth Tour 2012 - July 9, 2012
- The B-52's & Squeeze - July 6, 2012
- Scorpions: Final Sting Tour 2012 - June 29, 2012
- Styx with REO Speedwagon, Ted Nugent - June 24, 2012
- Jill Scott with Doug E Fresh - June 15, 2012
- Jill Scott - June 14, 2012
2011
- 311 - July 14, 2011
- Goo Goo Dolls - July 16, 2011
- Earth, Wind & Fire - July 27, 2011
- Budweiser Superfest - July 31, 2011
- Train - August 20, 2011
- Incubus - August 21, 2011
- Ke$ha - August 24, 2011 (George's first show!)
- Slightly Stoopid - August 27, 2011
2010
- Bamboozle - May 15, 2010
- Styx, Foreigner, and Kansas - June 5, 2010
- 311 & The Offspring - June 29, 2010
- O.A.R. - July 9, 2010
- O.A.R. - July 10, 2010
- Sublime with Rome - July 13, 2010
- Chicago & The Doobie Brothers - July 16, 2010
- Chicago & The Doobie Brothers - July 17, 2010
- REO Speedwagon & Pat Benatar - July 18, 2010
- Goo Goo Dolls - July 20, 2010
- Shinedown & Chevelle - August 11, 2010
- My Morning Jacket - August 17, 2010
- Honda Civic Tour with Paramore - August 18, 2010
- Zac Brown Band - August 19, 2010
- Stone Temple Pilots - August 20, 2010
- Rush - August 22, 2010
- Rush - August 23, 2010
- Budweiser Superfest - August 27, 2010
- Alice In Chains & Deftones - September 16, 2010
2009
- Disturbed - May 16, 2009
- Nine Inch Nails - Wave Goodbye Tour- May 29, 2009
- Crosby, Stills & Nash - June 4, 2009
- 311 - June 14, 2009
- O.A.R. - June 18, 2009
- O.A.R. - June 19, 2009
- The Offspring - June 20, 2009
- Jay-Z - July 7, 2009
- Styx, REO Speedwagon, and .38 Special - July 10, 2009
- Judas Priest - July 19, 2009
- Incubus - July 21, 2009
- Jason Mraz - August 13, 2009
- Heaven and Hell - August 19, 2009
- The Allman Brothers Band & Widespread Panic - September 1, 2009
- The Allman Brothers Band & Widespread Panic - September 2, 2009
2005
- Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It
Filmed performances
- Incubus – Look Alive, filmed July 25, 2007 and released November 27, 2007
- O.A.R. – Rain or Shine, recorded June 18–19, 2009 and released January 12, 2010
- Jason Mraz – Beautiful Mess: Live on Earth, filmed August 13, 2009 and released November 6, 2009
- 311 – 311: Live in Chicago, filmed July 14, 2011
See also
External links
References
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