Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon , United States , near Autzen Stadium . In June 1967, it was dedicated to Alton F. Baker Sr., the eleventh owner (60 years after it was founded) of Eugene's The Guard newspaper (later The Register-Guard ). It features duck ponds , bicycle trails , a dog park and a disc golf course, and directly touches the Ferry Street Bridge across the Willamette River .
5-620: Other amenities include the Cuthbert Amphitheater , a venue for outdoor musical and drama performances. The amphitheater is named for Fred Cuthbert , the park's designer. PRE TRAIL1st development in Alton Baker Park The less developed, eastern part of Alton Baker Park is known as the Wilhamut Natural Area and links to Springfield 's Eastgate Woodlands via bicycle paths and open space. "Wilhamut"
10-710: A park is the first Nobel Peace Park in the United States. The prize recipients honored in the park are Cuthbert Amphitheater The Hult Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue in Eugene , Oregon . The Hult Center is located downtown on Willamette Street between 6th & 7th Avenues, adjacent to the Graduate Eugene (previously Hilton Eugene) and Conference Center. Built using funds that were approved by voters in 1978,
15-549: Is a Kalapuya word that means "where the river ripples and runs fast". A ceremony to rename the former East Alton Baker Park took place on September 7, 2002 and included a traditional Kalapuya naming ceremony. In April, 2013, the Nobel Peace Laureate Project opened a one-acre parcel inside Alton Baker Park to celebrate the United States recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize . The park within
20-624: The Hult Center and the Hilton were completed in 1982 as part of the same urban renewal project. The Hult Center is operated by the City of Eugene and is one of two performing arts venues owned by the City. Cuthbert Amphitheater, located in Eugene's Alton Baker Park, is also owned by the City and is operated by Kesey Enterprises. Twenty-seven architectural firms competed for the opportunity to design
25-622: The center, but in the end, the Eugene City Council awarded the contract to the New York firm of Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. The firm had previously designed the $ 7.5-million, 2,700-seat Minneapolis Orchestra Hall and the $ 13-million Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts . The Hult Center houses 2 performance halls, a meeting venue and a variety of public art: Resident companies at
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