The Pavilion at Star Lake, originally Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater, is an outdoor amphitheater near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 miles (40km) west of Pittsburgh.[1] The venue holds approximately 23,000 fans: 7,100 in a reserved-seating, open-air pavilion and an additional 16,000 on a general-admission lawn. It is owned and operated by Live Nation.
Venue history
The venue opened as Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater and hosted its first national act, Billy Joel, on June 17, 1990.[2] A second show was added on June 18, 1990 due to the record-breaking response. In 2000, the name of the venue was changed to the Post-Gazette Pavilion after the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bought the naming rights.
In February 2010, the Post-Gazette announced it had not renewed its contract for naming rights to the facility.[5] This led First Niagara Bank to snatch up the naming rights, after which the venue was named First Niagara Pavilion. The facility was renamed again in 2016, becoming KeyBank Pavilion after KeyCorp acquired First Niagara.[6] It was renamed S&T Bank Music Park in 2020 upon the expiration of KeyCorp's naming rights deal, but renamed to The Pavilion at Star Lake the following year.[7]
The venue is well known for having traffic control problems, with concerts frequently causing gridlock [8] and leaving attendees stranded for hours after shows begin, sometimes unable to use their tickets.[9]
The British group the Spice Girls performed at the venue, as part of their Spiceworld Tour, on July 15, 1998.
Van Halen recorded a live concert at the venue on July 24, 1998 for a radio station during their III Tour.
Phish recorded their show at the venue on July 29, 2003, later releasing it as a live album entitled LivePhish 07.29.03. They subsequently performed a sold-out show on June 18, 2009, and again on June 23, 2012. They have performed 9 shows at the venue, the first in 1997 and the most recent in 2023.[12] The band's August 11, 1998 performance at the venue was released on the DVD Star Lake '98 in 2012.[13]
Josh Groban performed here in August 2004 during his "Closer" tour, as well as during August 2016 on his summer "Stages"/mix tour with Sarah McLachlan.
Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band performed at the venue nearly every year from when it opened in 1990 until 2022.[16] The only exception is when they played PNC Park in 2005 and in 2017.[17] At the July 7, 2018, Son of A Son of A Sailor Tour concert, thousands of ParrotHeads were left waiting to get into the venue for hours.
