Riverbend Music Center
Full name | J. Ralph Corbett Pavilion |
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Address | 6295 Kellogg Ave Cincinnati, OH 45230-7118 |
Location | Coney Island |
Owner | Music and Event Management, Inc. |
Operator | Music and Event Management, Inc. |
Capacity | 20,500 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | June 2, 1983 |
Opened | July 4, 1984 |
Renovated | 1999, 2009 |
Construction cost | $9 million ($27.5 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
Architect | Michael Graves |
Tenants | |
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (1984–present) Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (1984–present) | |
Website | |
Venue Website |
Riverbend Music Center is an outdoor
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Riverbend Music Center
When Riverbend opened in 1984, it was one of only 16 outdoor music amphitheaters in the United States and it helped revive the Cincinnati concert scene. Many concert promoters avoided Cincinnati following the December 3, 1979,
Riverbend was built for $9 million on 15 acres (61,000 m2) of land donated by
The venue's first performance was by Erich Kunzel & The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, with special guests Ella Fitzgerald and Neil Armstrong, on July 4, 1984. The British group the Spice Girls played a show, during the North American leg of their Spiceworld Tour, on July 18, 1998. On July 4, 2000, The Pops performed the first live concert televised from Cincinnati, which aired on PBS, featuring Rosemary Clooney and Doc Severinsen. The Dave Matthews Band performed and recorded their show, on June 26, 2000, which was later released as a live album, entitled Live Trax Vol. 16. Sting performed during his Symphonicities Tour on July 20, 2010, along with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
The amphitheatre has also played host to music festivals, including
Jimmy Buffett at Riverbend
Gulf and western singer-songwriter
During his two-night stay at Riverbend in 1990, he recorded live songs for the album Feeding Frenzy.
PNC Pavilion
Full name | PNC Pavilion at Riverbend |
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Former names | Riverbend Pavilion (planning/construction) National City Pavilion (2008) |
Owner | Music and Event Management, Inc. |
Operator | Music and Event Management, Inc. |
Capacity | 4,100 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 2007 |
Opened | May 24, 2008 |
Construction cost | $6.8 million ($9.99 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
Architect | GBBN Architects |
General contractor | Messer Construction |
Riverbend has built an additional 4,100 seat pavilion, The PNC Pavilion, adjacent to the current box office. The pavilion opened on May 24, 2008 with Cincinnati's Over the Rhine. The band performed their entire Ohio album on the venue's opening night.[6] In January 2009 National City Pavilion became PNC Pavilion due to PNC's purchase of National City bank.
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- ^ a b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Riverbend Music Center". 25 years of Riverbend memories. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Bird, Rick (2004-05-18). "Riverbend at 20 is still going strong". The Cincinnati Post. E. W. Scripps Company. Archived from the original on 2005-08-11.
- ^ Plan a Visit: History Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Coney Island Park.
- ^ "Shows by Venue: Riverbend Music Center". Archived from the original on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ "Over the Rhine to Perform Entire Album at Venue Premiere (April 15, 2008) : News : PlugInMusic.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2008-04-19.