The Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview (formerly known as the Lakeview Amphitheater and St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview) is an outdoor concert venue located on the shores of Onondaga Lake in the Town of Geddes, near the western edge of Syracuse, New York.
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- Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater
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- Syracuse, US
The Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview (formerly known as the Lakeview Amphitheater and St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview) is an outdoor concert venue located on the shores of Onondaga Lake in the Town of Geddes, near the western edge of Syracuse, New York. It is an extension of the Empire Expo Center, home to the Great New York State Fair. It replaced the aging Mohegan Sun Grandstand and is the main stage for concerts during the fair season. Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater holds 17,500 spectators - 5,000 seats under the pavilion and 12,500 lawn seats. Plans for an amphitheater, at the time named "Lakehouse Concert Pavilion Performance Arts Center," located on the shores Onondaga Lake were announced in January 2014 by then-New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo as part of phase one of the Onondaga Lake Revitilzation program. The land for the amphitheater was unused land already owned by Onondaga County, part of which is a former landfill. The venue aimed to draw music and entertainment acts to Central New York that were bypassing the area in favor of Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, located approximately 120 miles west of the new amphitheater, and Saratoga Performing Arts Center, located approximately 140 miles east of the new amphitheater. Construction began November 2014 and was completed August 24, 2015, at a cost of over $40 million. The amphitheater was designed by Westlake Reed Leskosky (now DLR Group) of Cleveland, OH. The venue opened on September 3, 2015 with a concert held by country singer, Miranda Lambert. In 2016 the amphitheater was awarded “Best of the Best Government/Public Building Project” by Engineering News-Record as well as "Exceptional Facility Design" from New York State Recreation & Park Society. St. Joseph's Health purchased the naming rights for the venue, with the new name going into effect beginning in June 2018. In October 2023, Empower Federal Credit Union paid $4 million for the amphitheater's n