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Maine's entertainment & sporting venues
Ranked by capacity
Maine's entertainment & sporting venues
Ranked by capacity
Capacity
Employees/
Volunteers Description Top executive
Year
founded
1 Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
1 Railroad St., Bangor 04401
358-9327, waterfrontconcerts.com
16,000 N/A
N/A
Outdoor amphitheater concert venue on the shore of the
Penobscot River
Jeff Wheelden 2010
2 Harold Alfond Sports Stadium
University of Maine, Orono 04469
581-1865, goblackbears.com
10,000 50
50
Home to University of Maine football Ken Ralph 1998
3 Cross Insurance Center
515 Main St., Bangor 04401
561-8300, crossinsurancecenter.com
7,550 N/A
N/A
Multi-purpose arena and conference center Anthony Vail 2013
4 Hadlock Field Portland Sea Dogs
271 Park Ave., Portland 04102
874-9300, seadogs.com
7,368 250
0
Hadlock Field is home to the Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A
affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
Geoff Iacuessa 1994
5 Cross Insurance Arena
1 Civic Center Square, Portland 04101
270.791.2200,
http://www.crossarenaportland.com/
6,200 N/A
N/A
Multi-use venue and home of the Maine Mariners Melanie Henkes 1977
6 Thompson's Point Concert Venue
1 Thompson's Point, Portland 04101
https://statetheatreportland.com/
thompsons-point-listing/
6,000 N/A
N/A
Depot Pavilion + Concessions, outdoor, waterfront venue; part
of larger Thompson's Point development
Lauren Wayne 2015
7 Harold Alfond Sports Arena
University of Maine, Orono 04469
581-1865, goblackbears.com
5,712 100
50
Home of University of Maine men's and women's ice hockey
teams
Ken Ralph 1977
8 Augusta Civic Center
76 Community Drive, Augusta 04330
626-2400, augustamaine.gov
5,099 N/A
N/A
Multi-use convention center Earl Kingsbury 1973
9 Androscoggin Bank Colisée
190 Birch St., Lewiston 04240
783-2009, thecolisee.com
4,000 N/A
N/A
Multi-purpose facility & ice rink. Home of the NAHL Maine
Nordiques.
Mike Cain 1958
10 Portland Exposition Building
239 Park Ave., Portland 04102
808-5400, portlandevents.com
3,000 10
N/A
Five-building complex with 24,000 square feet of exhibition
space. Home to the Maine Celtics.
Andrew Downs 1916
11 Merrill Auditorium
20 Myrtle St., Portland 04101
808-5400, portlandevents.com
1,908 10
N/A
Performing arts theater, home to the Portland Symphony
Orchestra
Andrew Downs 1912
1
12 State Theatre
609 Congress St., Portland 04101
956-6000, statetheatreportland.com
1,870 N/A
N/A
Performing arts venue Lauren Wayne 2010
13 William B. Troubh Ice Arena
225 Park Ave., Portland 04102
750 N/A
N/A
Indoor skating facility with NHL regulation-size ice rink Ethan Hipple 1985
