Lubbock Entertainment & Performing Arts Association
- community, landscape architecture, interiors
- Lubbock, Texas
Project Scope
220,000 SF
Project Delivery Method
Construction Manager at Risk
Project Components
Helen DeVitt Jones Main Theater
The Crickets Studio Theater
Multipurpose Event Center
Ballet Lubbock Pre-Professional Academy
Christine DeVitt Main Lobby
Commercial kitchen and bistro, backstage amenities
The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences will be the cultural hub of Lubbock and the cornerstone of downtown revitalization, in addition to fueling the economy for years to come. This project is not a single-tenant, single-purpose facility. The stakeholders are diverse including Ballet Lubbock, the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Lubbock Independent School District Visual and Performing Arts, and Broadway producer The American Theater Guild. Buddy Holly Hall is a unique model not found anywhere else in the world. The state-of-the-art campus features two theatres, event space, a full-service bistro, and a ballet academy all under one roof. The facility will accommodate large touring musicals as well as intimate dance performances. It will facilitate education and banquets and be acoustically flexible to adapt to any musical genre.
This 220,000-SF campus includes:
Helen DeVitt Jones Main Theater
2,200 seats comfortably rise over four levels with two VIP lounges
Acoustic rating NC 15
The Crickets Studio Theater
24,225 SF designed with Lubbock ISD’s needs in mind
425 seats, concessions and lounge area, dedicated lobby area, and private west entrance
Acoustic rating NC15
Multipurpose Event Room
6,000 SF of sub-dividable space to function for receptions, banquets, lectures, meetings, and rehearsals
Ballet Lubbock Pre-Professional Academy
22,000-SF dance center, office, and storage space
Food and Dining
2,500-SF commercial kitchen to accommodate all venue catering
2,000-SF bistro with a 100-seat capacity
Christine DeVitt Main Lobby
Visual experience featuring an elliptical staircase; serves as the main entrance to Buddy Holly Hall
Accommodates 300 seats for banquets, weddings, and galas
Backstage
Loading docks, control rooms, dressing rooms, visiting company offices, conference room, management and administrative offices, performers’ lounges, and storage for sets and costumes
The Buddy Holly Hall is privately funded, owned and operated by The Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association with 100 percent of all contributions directly funding the construction of the project. Innovative partnerships with local arts organizations, public schools and universities, and private corporations will allow The Buddy Holly Hall to be financially self-sustaining upon opening in 2020. As Buddy Holly inspired the world’s best music and musicians with his unique abilities, the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences honors that legacy inspiring future generations of artists, musicians, and entertainers.
Awards
2022 AISC Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Award
National Award - $75 to $200 Million
2021 Glass Magazine Awards
ENR Texas & Louisiana
2021 Project of the Year Finalist
2021 Best Projects ENR Texas and Louisiana
Sports and Entertainment category
IIDA Texas Oklahoma | 2021 Excellence Awards
Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association
Best in City Center - West Texas
Hospitality
2021 Building Design+Construction
AIA Lubbock
2021 Design Awards
Project Leadership
- Mike Moss, AIA
- Richard Minckler, AIA
- Matt Laverty, PE
- Kelly Knowles, Associate AIA
- Bradley Blount, PE
- Isaac Aguilar, PE
- Chad Davis, RLA
- Alan Holly, PE
- Britni Wilkens, IIDA
- Jared Higgins, PE
- Roland Holder, PE
- Erik Guaderrama
- Josh Prothro
- Miles Hardaway, AIA
- Brandy Jackson
- Kaysie DuBois
- Troy Swinney, PE
- Arnie Castro
- Oscar Perez, PE
- David Kouth, PE
- Chandler Cooke, AIA
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