Levitt Pavilion Arlington
Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic Spine & Hospitality Center
When completed, the new facility will feature a second-story hospitality suite above the permanent bathrooms that will accommodate 100 people for special events, meetings and private parties.
The City of Arlington will tout a downtown hospitality center at its Levitt Pavilion in months to come.
The venue, made possible by thousands of dollars in donations, will accommodate up to 100 people. It will include a second-floor hospitality suite to be constructed over permanent on-site bathrooms the Levitt Pavilion is also constructing.
An outdoor deck will allow guests to see the Levitt's concert stage from the suite. "With more organizations using the Levitt outside of its free concert season, the hospitality suite makes the venue more appealing to those organizing festivals and events for Arlington's thriving downtown," Levitt Pavilion Arlington Communications said in a release.
The Baylor Scott & White Health system donated $750,000 toward the project. For that reason, the venue’s official name will be the Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic & Spine Hospitality Center. Similarly, the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation awarded $500,000 toward the project—the second-floor hospitality suite will be branded after the organization.
The hospitality center-to-be is being built at the pavilion's southwest corner, where South and Pecan streets intersect. Arlington construction company, J. Hutcherson Construction, estimates the project will take eight months, making the facility ready in time for the 2020 concert season and the completion of the Abram Street revitalization project.
Built in 2008, the Levitt Pavilion was made possible with support from the Levitt Foundation and a grassroots community effort to raise the construction funds. Once it was built, it was gifted to the City of Arlington for Founders' Plaza, a city park in Downtown Arlington at 100 W. Abram St.
Nonprofit Levitt Pavilion Arlington puts on more than 50 free concerts a year, which attracts more than 100,000 people annually.
