Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Pritzker Pavilion, or Pritzker Music Pavilion is a band shell in Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The pavilion was designed by Frank Gehry, named for Pritzker family member Jay Pritzker, and was constructed between June 1999 and July 2004. It is located on the south side of Randolph Street and east of the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District.
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Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Pritzker Pavilion, or Pritzker Music Pavilion is a band shell in Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The pavilion was designed by Frank Gehry, named for Pritzker family member Jay Pritzker, and was constructed between June 1999 and July 2004. It is located on the south side of Randolph Street and east of the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District.
It is the park's outdoor performing arts venue and the new home of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Grant Park Music Festival, the nation's only remaining free outdoor classical music series. Sharing a loading dock and backstage facilities with the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, the structure, which is the park's outddor performing arts venue, is built partially atop the park's indoor performing arts venues. It serves as the centerpiece for the park that was opened on July 16, 2004. At first the lawn seats were free for all...
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