SYMPHONY PARK KOKA BOOTH AMPHITHEATER, NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY AND THE TOWN OF CARY
CARY, NC
An outdoor yet covered Stage and Back of House Pavilion, VIP Dining and Audience Pavilion, Concession, Ticketing and Restroom Pavilions were built within a wooded pine forest at the edge of Symphony Lake in Cary, NC. The facility has a seating capacity of 7000–10000 on a central lawn and under the surrounding pines. The venue is the summer stage for the North Carolina Symphony, the Triangle Opera, the Carolina Ballet Company, assorted national touring entertainers and local community groups.
(Alan Joslin, as a Principal-in-Charge of Design with William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.)
Photography copyright Robert Benson and Michael Zirkel
”...an expressive steel, wood, and glass pavilion that is every bit as awe-inspiring as the performances it hosts.”
Vernon Mays
Architecture, August 2002