The Pavilion at Star Lake, originally Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater, is an outdoor amphitheater near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 miles (40 km) west of Pittsburgh. The venue holds approximately 23,000 fans: 7,100 in a reserved-seating, open-air pavilion and an additional 16,000 on a general-admission lawn.
- Venue
- The Pavilion at Star Lake
- Address
- 665 Route 18, Burgettstown, PA 15021
- Town
- Hanover Township, US
The Pavilion at Star Lake, originally Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater, is an outdoor amphitheater near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 miles (40 km) west of Pittsburgh. The venue holds approximately 23,000 fans: 7,100 in a reserved-seating, open-air pavilion and an additional 16,000 on a general-admission lawn. It is owned and operated by Live Nation. The venue opened as Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater and hosted its first national act, Billy Joel, on June 17, 1990. A second show was added on June 18, 1990 due to the record-breaking response. In 2000, the name of the venue was changed to the Post-Gazette Pavilion after the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bought the naming rights. President George W. Bush visited the venue on November 1, 2004 along with Curt Schilling & Lynn Swann. In February 2010, the Post-Gazette announced it had not renewed its contract for naming rights to the facility. This led First Niagara Bank to snatch up the naming rights, after which the venue was named First Niagara Pavilion. The facility was renamed again in 2016, becoming KeyBank Pavilion after KeyCorp acquired First Niagara. It was renamed S&T Bank Music Park in 2020 upon the expiration of KeyCorp's naming rights deal, but renamed to The Pavilion at Star Lake the following year. The venue is well known for having traffic control problems, with concerts frequently causing gridlock and leaving attendees stranded for hours after shows begin, sometimes unable to use their tickets. Janet Jackson was scheduled to perform at the amphitheater during her Rhythm Nation World Tour on September 3, 1990, but the show was canceled. Grateful Dead played the venue twice, on June 22 and 23, 1992). Depeche Mode performed at the venue on June 29, 1994 during their Exotic Tour/Summer Tour '94. Metallica played the venue on August 12, 1994 as part of the Summer Sh*t Tour. INXS played their final concert with former lead vocalist Michael Hutchence on September 27, 1997, less than two months before