New Andy Warhol Museum Concert & Events Center Plans Advancing

PITTSBURGH, PA — The Andy Warhol Museum is moving forward with a $45 million expansion plan that will include a new events center.

The Pittsburgh Planning Commission was briefed Tuesday on the Pop District building, which will include a concert venue and event space. The four-story building will be built at at the corner of Sandusky and East General Robinson Streets in the location of the current Warhol Museum parking lot.

The facility includes a concert venue with standing room for up to 1,000 people on the first floor, a second floor mezzanine, offices and support spaces on the third floor and 360-person events space on the fourth floor.

The new building will be a significant component of The Pop District, which is both a cultural and economic development project spearheaded by the Warhol Museum. A specific construction timetable for the center has yet to be determined.

The Warhol intends to transform a six-block section of the museum’s neighborhood on Pittsburgh’s North Shore into a hub for expansive cultural programming, creative workforce development and ultimately a new and enhanced cultural tourism destination.