Erie DOOH · Bayfront · Presque Isle · Peach Street · July 2026
Pennsylvania's Great Lakes port near 93,000 in a metro near 268,000, from the bayfront and Presque Isle to State Street and the Peach Street retail spine, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Erie actually moves.
Erie billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Upper Peach Street / Millcreek Mall, I-90 and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Erie screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.25, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart Erie play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.
Billboard ranking points
Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.
Upper Peach Street around the Millcreek Mall is the region's dominant retail and dining strip, the heaviest daily corridor in northwest Pennsylvania.
The bayfront around Dobbins Landing, the Bicentennial Tower and the convention center pulls festival, concert and waterfront dining crowds all summer.
State Street and Perry Square carry the weekday office flow around the Erie Insurance campus and the city's dining and going-out blocks.
Interstate 90 crosses I-79 south of the city, catching the Cleveland-to-Buffalo through traffic and the regional commute into Erie.
Peninsula Drive and West 8th Street funnel the beach-day surge onto Presque Isle, the most-visited state park in Pennsylvania.
The Gannon University campus and the midtown avenues carry a steady student and neighborhood flow between downtown and the south side.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Erie's media owners, Lamar Advertising, EMTA transit media, Clear Channel Outdoor among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Erie's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:
Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.
Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.
Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.
High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.
EMTA buses (the e) and the Intermodal Transportation Center on the bayfront plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.
Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.
Location insights
Erie sits on Pennsylvania's only Great Lakes shore, and its rhythm follows the water. Presque Isle pulls millions of beach-day visitors down Peninsula Drive each summer, the bayfront and Dobbins Landing fill for concerts and festivals, and State Street links it all to Perry Square downtown. Upper Peach Street around the Millcreek Mall is the region's dominant retail strip, feeding the I-90 and I-79 interchanges. Gannon University keeps midtown moving in term time. Buy the Peach Street drive-time and the summer bayfront crowd.
Bayfront / Dobbins Landing and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.
I-90 and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.
Upper Peach Street / Millcreek Mall shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.
Location intelligence summary
Erie doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch | Upper Peach Street / Millcreek Mall + Bayfront / Dobbins Landing | 6–11 PM |
| Commuter frequency | Downtown / State Street, Bayfront / Dobbins Landing | 7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM |
| Retail foot traffic | I-90, Upper Peach Street / Millcreek Mall | 12–8 PM |
| B2B / decision-makers | Presque Isle Gateway / West 8th, Bayfront / Dobbins Landing | Weekdays 9 AM–6 PM |
| Tourism & events | Upper Peach Street / Millcreek Mall, Gannon / Midtown | 10 AM–8 PM |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Erie’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadside & interstate digital | from ~$0.25 per play | $100 buys hourly bursts on I-90 and I-79 | drive-time and regional reach |
| Peach Street retail digital | from ~$0.41 per play | the Millcreek Mall shopping strip | dominant regional shopper crowd |
| Bayfront spectacular | from ~$0.38 per play | the Dobbins Landing waterfront | festival and tourist dwell |
| Downtown State Street digital | from ~$0.35 per play | the Perry Square office core | office and nightlife audiences |
| EMTA transit screens | from ~$0.25 per play | the bayfront hub and routes | walk-up urban commuters |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
Four things move the price on any Erie screen: the format (pricing runs higher on EMTA transit screens than on roadside & interstate digital), the zone (Upper Peach Street / Millcreek Mall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.
What a campaign costs
Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Commute test
A week of morning and evening bursts on Peach Street and the interchanges.
Multi-zone Erie push
The bayfront, Peach Street and downtown running together across peak dayparts.
Bayfront flagship
Full bayfront and Peach Street saturation timed to the Presque Isle summer.
FAQ
No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Lamar Advertising, EMTA transit media, Clear Channel Outdoor among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.
Specs vary by screen: orientation, resolution and file format differ from one panel to the next. Every screen shows its exact requirements in the platform before you upload, so there's no separate spec sheet to track down before you book.
Yes, on Blindspot every Erie screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.
Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across Erie onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as Lamar Advertising, EMTA transit media, Clear Channel Outdoor.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic Bayfront / Dobbins Landing corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.
No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Erie campaign.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
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Open the map, filter Erie by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
02
Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
03
Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
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