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Leader Bank Pavilion

{{Short description|Amphitheater in Boston, Massachusetts, US}}

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{{Infobox venue

| name = Leader Bank Pavilion

| fullname = Leader Bank Pavilion

| former names = Harbor Lights Pavilion {{small|(1994-98)}}
BankBoston Pavilion {{small|(1999)}}
FleetBoston Pavilion {{small|(2000-04)}}
Bank of America Pavilion {{small|(2004-13)}}
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion {{small|(2014-19)}}
Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion {{small|(2019-21)}}

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| image = File:2017 Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion from Boston Harbor.jpg

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| caption = from Boston Harbor (2017)

| address = 290 Northern Ave
Boston, MA 02210-2016

| location = Seaport District

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| opened = {{Start date|1994|08|12}}

| renovated = 1998-99

| closed =

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| owner = Live Nation

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| architect = FTL Associates

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| structural engineer = Ross Dalland, P.E.

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| capacity = 5,000

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| ren_architect = A.Form Architecture

| ren_engineer = BuroHappold

| ren_contractor = Beacon Skanska

| ren_str_engineer = Spandome Center

| ren_civ_engineer = H. W. Moore Associates, Inc.

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| website = {{URL|https://www.leaderbank.com/about/leader-bank-pavilion/}}

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The Leader Bank Pavilion is an outdoor amphitheater located in Boston, Massachusetts, used for concerts. It seats 5,000. Its season runs from May until October. The venue originally opened in August 1994 near Fan Pier. Due to land rights, it closed at the end of its season in 1998 and the tensile structure was relocated to its current location in South Boston, where it reopened in July 1999.

Name rights

  • Harbor Lights Pavilion was the original name. Originally located at the site of the current US District Courthouse at Fan Pier, it was moved a few hundred yards down the street when the courthouse was built.{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Kronenburg |orig-year=1996 |year=2008 |title=Portable Architecture: Design and Technology |location=Basel / Boston / Berlin |publisher=Birkhäuser |isbn=978-3-7643-8324-4 |page=68 }}
  • Bank of Boston Pavilion.{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonpavilion.net/ |title=Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion |access-date=December 13, 2021 }}
  • BankBoston Pavilion. When Bank of Boston and Baybank merged in 1996 to form BankBoston, the pavilion likewise changed its name to the BankBoston Pavilion.{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/1999/12/20/story1.html |title=BankBoston Pavilion: Good-bye South Boston? |last1=Goodison |first1=Donna L. |date=December 20, 1999 |work=Boston Business Journal |access-date=May 30, 2017}}
  • FleetBoston Pavilion. In 1999, Live Nation purchased the venue and sold the naming rights to FleetBoston Financial, renaming it FleetBoston Pavilion.{{cite news |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V120/N29/No_Doubt_review.29a.html |title=No Doubt, Lit, Black Eyed Peas |last1=Cholankeril |first1= Eric J.|last2=Sunkavally |first2=Naveen |date=July 12, 2000 |newspaper=The Tech |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |access-date=May 30, 2017}}
  • Bank of America Pavilion. In 2004 FleetBoston merged with Bank of America and the pavilion was then renamed to Bank of America Pavilion.{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/09/23/bank-america-pavilion-will-need-new-name/aIX9u6EwQNu9pRkJESnXvO/story.html |title=Seaport concert venue in search of a name |last1=Fernandes |first1=Deirdre |date=September 24, 2013 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |access-date=May 30, 2017}}
  • Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. Beginning January 1, 2014, Blue Hills Bank won the naming rights for the venue for a period of just under 10 years.{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/12/14/blue-hills-bank-gets-its-name-waterfront-pavilion-blue-hills-bank-name-concert-venue/F0zKk8cEf8QuqcVNb70nyK/story.html|title=Blue Hills Bank gets its name on waterfront pavilion|last1=Fernandes |first1=Deirdre |date=December 14, 2013 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |access-date=May 30, 2017}}
  • Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion. Beginning February 4, 2019, following Rockland Trust Bank's acquisition of Blue Hills Bank.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/02/04/rockland-trust-hoists-its-name-onto-seaport-concert-pavilion/RbvL3Y3QyPUB7ydnLQt7uL/story.html|title=Blue Hills Bank Pavilion is no more—meet the Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion |newspaper=The Boston Globe|first=Jon |last=Chesto |date=2019-02-04}}
  • Leader Bank Pavilion. Beginning April 5, 2021, Leader Bank won the naming rights for the venue.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2021/04/05/leader-bank-seaport-concert-pavilion.html|title=Leader Bank nabs naming rights for Seaport concert pavilion|first1=Gintautas |last1=Dumcius |first2=Greg |last2=Ryan |newspaper=Boston Business Journal |date=2021-04-05}}

Noted performers

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Recordings

On September 7, 1997, Widespread Panic recorded a version of their song "Pickin' Up the Pieces" with special guest Branford Marsalis for the live album Light Fuse, Get Away.{{cite web |author=Curtis |url=https://www.panicstream.com/vault/widespread-panic-09071997-boston-ma/ |title=Widespread Panic – 09/07/1997 – Boston, MA |website=Panic Stream |date=August 26, 2012 |access-date=December 13, 2021 }}

On August 21, 2007, progressive metal band Dream Theater recorded three songs for their live album and DVD Chaos in Motion 2007–2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2541488-Dream-Theater-Chaos-In-Motion |title=Dream Theater – Chaos In Motion |website=Discogs |access-date=December 13, 2021 }}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{Commons category-inline|Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion}}

{{Live Nation}}

{{Music venues of Massachusetts}}

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Category:Music venues completed in 1994

Category:Amphitheaters in the United States

Category:Music venues in Boston

Category:1994 establishments in Massachusetts

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