Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center

The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is a multi-venue arts center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, which opened on October 3, 2008. The building is named after Curtis Priem, co-founder of NVIDIA and graduate of the RPI Class of 1982, who donated $40 million to the Institute in 2004.

Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
EMPAC on RPI's campus with the brutalist Folsom Library reflecting in the glass.
Alternative namesEMPAC
EtymologyNamed for Curtis Priem
General information
Town or cityTroy, New York
CountryUnited States
OpenedOctober 3, 2008
Cost$141,000,000
OwnerRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Technical details
Floor count7
Design and construction
Architecture firmGrimshaw Architects, Davis Brody Bond
EngineerBuro Happold
Other information
Seating capacity1,200 (main concert hall), 400 (theater)
Website
https://empac.rpi.edu/
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