First look: Here’s the early design for the new Bend Senior High Auditorium; open house set for next week

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Bend-La Pine Schools on Monday invited the community to see the preliminary design for the new Bend Senior High School Auditorium during an open house on Thursday, May 15, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the school’s main gymnasium.

(Use the gym entrance to the left of the main entrance.)

Architectural renderings will be on display and representatives of the school district and BBT Architects will be available to answer questions. Those attending may provide feedback on the design with a link to an online form.

The school district demolished the old auditorium last summer after the building was found to be structurally unsound. The new auditorium will be built on the same spot and have 1,400 seats – the same seating capacity as the former venue. The proposed design includes seats on the main floor and in a balcony.

The district is working with BBT and Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company, the same team that is leading the four-year rebuild of most of Bend High as part of the 2022 voter-approved bond program.

Auditorium design work will continue through this year, followed by city permit work. Construction is expected to begin in June of 2026 and be substantially completed by the fall of 2028. That corresponds with the anticipated completion of the entire Bend High rebuild.