Bend High School’s future auditorium will have a balcony, 1,400 seats and a more spacious lobby than the previous one. The design plans were revealed at an open house last week in Bend High’s gym.

The Bend Senior High School auditorium will be demolished as soon as possible, Bend-La Pine Schools announced Monday. Officials said the decision follows a determination that the 69-year-old ...

Workers watch as equipment is unloaded to prepare to demolish the Bend Senior High School auditorium, pictured left in Bend, Ore., on July 22, 2024. Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB.

The Bend High auditorium, constructed in 1955, is scheduled to be renovated as part of the four-year modernization and expansion of the school. The auditorium renovation is planned for Phase 3 ...