Ervin Architecture: Maine Savings Amphitheater

Welcome to Maine Savings Amphitheater!
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ECONOMIC IMPACT
The economic impact of this project is undeniable. A University of Maine economic study estimated the venue has added $253M (adjusted for inflation) of “new money” into the Maine financial landscape since the venue’s beginning in 2013. As more ambitious construction phases were undertaken and completed, this annual contribution accelerated with 2023 adding $33M alone. The brunt of this economic boom is felt locally among the nearly 100,000 Greater Bangor Region residents giving a staggering jolt of economic lifeblood to local hotels, shops, and restaurants. The Cross Insurance Center, Hollywood Casino Hotel, the Marriott Residence Inn, the beloved Timber Restaurant, and countless other redevelopment projects along the Main St. corridor (and beyond) are all the result of the vision of Waterfront Concerts’ commitment to invest significantly in the Bangor community. While these businesses have become strong cornerstones of Bangor’s Redevelopment Corridor along Main St., the Maine Savings Amphitheater is the undeniable keystone in this profound economic resurgence.
VENUE SIZE
Maine Savings Amphitheater is one of the most ambitious projects that has ever been produced in Maine. It resides on a “crescent moon” of a site, situated between two parallel boundaries to the east and the west; Main St. and the CSX railroad line. It required an imaginative design effort that utilized every inch of this complex site so that the client could adequately monetize construction expenses while providing a world-class experience for the fans. This required feats of engineering and customization that tested the EA team and produced some of the most inventive architecture design solutions anywhere in the Northeast.
The scale of the venue is staggering. It resides on a 7-plus acre site consisting of over 100,000 sf of building floor area (5 total buildings built to date), 130,000 sf of seating and concourse areas, 82,500 sf of Azek clapboard siding, 750,000 tons of steel, 16,500 seats (of which 6400 are fixed seats from Hussey Seating), over 10,000 cubic yards of concrete, a 500,000-gallon subsurface water treatment center for stormwater runoff, and the largest sheet pile sequence of any wall in Maine, making it the largest single building in the entire state of Maine.
DESIGN PROGRAM
The client hired Ervin Architecture to develop and implement an ambitious set of evolving variables from one season to the next. This forced the Ervin Architecture Commercial Design Team to address this immediately without limiting the propensity for future expansion. The compounding success of each season led the Client and Architect on a journey that led them to push to a new standard of excellence for a venue that ultimately became the Maine Savings Amphitheater.....
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 Design Approach
01:17 Importance of Sightline Study
02:06 Dream Come True

[@jeffersonbarnes3663]

nice work Rob!

[@ervinarchitecture]

Appreciate that. Come a long way since RPI huh? Time flies!

[@DustinCreviston]

You look like Julian from Trailer Park Boys.

[@ervinarchitecture]

haha. i had to look him up and yes I kinda do!