Sandstone Amphitheater

Capitol Federal Park

Logo for 2008 venue rebranding
Address	633 North 130th Street Bonner Springs, Kansas 66012
Coordinates	39.113796°N 94.876717°W / 39.113796; -94.876717
Type	Open-air amphitheatre
Opened	1984
Renovated	2008
Owner	The Unified Government
Former name(s)	Sandstone Center for the Performing Arts (1983–1993) Sandstone Amphitheater (1993–2002, 2008) Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (2002–2007)
Seating type	Reserved, box and lawn seating
Capacity	18,000
Website	www.sandstoneamp.com

Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone (originally Sandstone Center for the Performing Arts and formerly Sandstone Amphitheater and Verizon Wireless Amphitheater) is an open-air amphitheater, located in Bonner Springs, Kansas, near the Village West development. It is owned by the unified government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, shares its grounds with the Kansas City Renaissance Festival and is located adjacent to the Wyandotte County Park.

History

Designed by Bird Engineering, it originally opened in 1984, as the 'Sandstone Center for the Performing Arts'. It was renamed 'Verizon Wireless Amphitheater', in June 2002, after Verizon Wireless bought the naming rights, for seven years, from Houston-based Clear Channel Entertainment, for an undisclosed amount. Clear Channel Communications spun off its live events management division, in 2005, to form Los Angeles-based Live Nation, which continued to manage the venue through the 2007 concert season. Locals simply refer to the venue as "Sandstone".

In September 2007, Live Nation announced that it would let its managing contract expire, on December 31, 2007. In January 2008, the Unified Government Commission ratified a pact with local promoter Chris Fritz’s New West Presentations, Inc., to operate the venue through the end of 2009, with a two-year option to extend the contract. Under the new deal with New West, the name would revert back to Sandstone.

Through 2007, the venue featured 6,700 reserved seats and general admission lawn seating. Beginning in 2008, plans are underway to remove the majority of the reserved seats closest to the stage, in order to make that area a general admission section. The change in the seating configuration is designed to let more fans get closer to the performers and eliminate costs of the extra security normally required. Additional structural changes include an upgraded VIP club and new sound and video systems.

Through the years the stage has fought several limitations, a 37-foot roof is well below the norm which often proves challenging to book shows.

Green initiatives

A primary component of the changes, in 2008, involve the venue's efforts to "go green" and become more environmentally friendly. These initiatives are evidenced in the venue's new logo. Free parking will be offered to those who carpool with, at least, 4 people in a vehicle or those who arrive in alternative fuel vehicles. LEED certification will also be a goal the venue hopes to achieve, by the use of solar panels and wind turbines for energy, setting up a compost site and allowing bio-fueled vehicle owners to collect used cooking oil.

Music events

• The Moody Blues - June 7, 1984, June 28, 1987, August 16, 1988 with Cheap Trick and Glass Tiger, August 21, 1990, with The Jimmy Ryser Band, May 31, 1992, with Chicago, June 3, 1994, June 29, 1996, June 28, 1997 and August 27, 1999
• Dio - August 3, 1984, with Twisted Sister and August 23, 1985, with Rough Cutt
• Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band - August 8, 1984, June 7, 1986, August 4, 1987, September 30, 1995 and May 3, 1997
• The Go-Go's - September 7, 1984, with The Red Rockers
• Yes - September 16, 1984, July 4, 1994, July 1, 2000, with Kansas and July 23, 2002
• Eric Clapton - July 9, 1985, with Graham Parker and August 28, 1990
• Huey Lewis and the News - August 7, 1985
• Sting - August 31, 1985, August 4, 1996, with Lyle Lovett and July 23, 2000, with Tracy Chapman
• Tangerine Dream - June 13, 1986
• The Beach Boys - July 2, 1986, with The Moody Blues and The Fixx, June 15, 1987, August 21, 1989, with Chicago and June 6, 1997, with Chicago
• Stevie Nicks - July 21, 1986, with Peter Frampton, August 17, 1994, with Darden Smith and July 12, 1998, with Boz Scaggs
• Bob Dylan - July 24, 1986, with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, August 22, 1989, with Steve Earle and July 7, 2000
• Jackson Browne - July 29, 1986, July 9, 1989, August 13, 1994, with John Hiatt and July 18, 2001, with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Elton John - August 21, 1986, August 12, 1989 and September 26, 1995
• Duran Duran - July 20, 1987, with Erasure
• Def Leppard - August 9, 1988, July 18, 1993, August 21, 1996, June 29, 2002, September 6, 2006, with Journey and Stoll Vaughan and July 3, 2007, with Foreigner and Styx
• Chicago - August 21, 1988, with Henry Lee Summer, June 20, 1998 with Hall & Oates and August 8, 1999, with The Doobie Brothers
• Robert Plant - October 8, 1988, with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts {CANCELLED due to Robert Plant's drummer injury}
• Ratt - May 27, 1989, with Great White and Warrant, June 25, 1999, with Poison and July 15, 2007, with Poison and Vains of Jenna
• Metallica - June 21, 1989, with The Cult, June 21, 1992, with Metal Church, August 10, 1994 and July 29, 1998, with Jerry Cantrell and Days of the New
• New Order - June 25, 1989, with Public Image Ltd and The Sugarcubes
• The Doobie Brothers - September 15, 1989, with Henry Lee Summer
• KISS - May 12, 1990 with Faster Pussycat and Slaughter, August 26, 2000 with Ted Nugent and Skid Row, September 24, 2003, with Aerosmith and Saliva and June 27, 2004
• David Bowie - June 6, 1990
• Fleetwood Mac - June 16, 1990, with Squeeze
• The Grateful Dead - July 4, 1990 and June 24-25, 1991
• Aerosmith - July 11, 1990 with The Black Crowes, September 28, 1994, August 26, 1997, September 27, 1998, July 21, 2001, with Fuel and October 6, 2002, with Kid Rock and Run–D.M.C.
• Mötley Crüe - July 22, 1990, June 24, 1994, August 22, 2000, with Megadeth and Anthrax and October 17, 2006, with Aerosmith
• The Allman Brothers Band - August 12, 1990, with George Thorogood & The Destroyers, July 24, 1994, September 10, 1995, with Rusted Root, June 16, 1999, with Curtis Stigers and August 29, 2000, with The Pat McGee Band
• Slayer - June 7, 1991, with Megadeth, Anthrax and Alice in Chains, July 21, 2009 and August 23, 2010, with Megadeth and Testament
• Lollapalooza - July 30, 1991, July 10, 1995, July 29, 1997 and July 8, 2003
• ZZ Top - August 16, 1991, with Extreme, August 10, 1997 and June 1, 2003
• Van Halen - August 26, 1991 with Alice in Chains, July 27, 1993, with Vince Neil, July 21, 1995 and July 18, 1998
• Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band - June 28, 1992
• Iron Maiden - July 9, 1992 with Testament and Corrosion of Conformity and August 20, 2000, with Queensrÿche and Halford
• Joe Walsh - June 11, 1993, with Glenn Frey
• Tina Turner - June 22, 1993, with Lindsey Buckingham and June 2, 1997, with Cyndi Lauper
• REO Speedwagon - June 25, 1993 with Cheap Trick and .38 Special, August 11, 1996, with Foreigner and Peter Frampton, June 20, 1997, August 22, 1998 and June 10, 2000, with Eddie Money and Styx
• Barry Manilow - July 2, 1993 and September 5, 1999
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - July 4, 1993 with Bad Company and May 22, 1994 with Ted Nugent
• H.O.R.D.E. - July 5, 1993, July 24, 1994, August 8, 1996 and July 14, 1998
• Bon Jovi - July 7, 1993, with Extreme and August 16, 1995
• Delbert McClinton - July 10, 1993 with Molly Hatchet and The Georgia Satellites
• Soul Asylum - July 31, 1993, with The Spin Doctors and The Smashing Pumpkins
• Kansas - August 1, 1993, with ELO Part II and Foghat, June 29, 1994, with REO Speedwagon and Starship, July 28, 1996, with Styx, October 3, 2003, with Lou Gramm and September 7, 2007, with REO Speedwagon and .38 Special
• They Might Be Giants - September 12, 1993
• INXS - April 20, 1994
• Bryan Adams - May 27, 1994
• Depeche Mode - May 28, 1994, with Primal Scream and Stabbing Westward
• .38 Special - June 9, 1994 with The Marshall Tucker Band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Outlaws and Barefoot Servants
• Foghat - July 3, 1994, with Head East, Bachman–Turner Overdrive and ELO Part II and July 8, 1995, with Blue Öyster Cult, Nazareth, Steppenwolf and Missouri
• Janet Jackson - July 8, 1994
• Traffic - July 16, 1994
• Crosby, Stills & Nash - July 17, 1994, with Fleetwood Mac
• Celine Dion - July 23, 1994, with Michael Bolton and August 19, 1996, with The Corrs
• Phil Collins - July 25, 1994
• The Stone Temple Pilots - August 6, 1994, with The Meat Puppets, Redd Kross and Jawbox and June 3, 2000
• Gin Blossoms - August 18, 1994
• The Eagles - April 30, 1995
• Queensrÿche - May 1, 1995 and July 8, 1997
• Boston - May 21 and August 24, 1995, with Head East, Starship and The Doobie Brothers and August 24, 1997
• Ted Nugent - May 26, 1995, with Bad Company and Slick Lilly and July 23, 1999 with Night Ranger, Quiet Riot and Slaughter
• R.E.M. - May 27-28, 1995, with Sonic Youth
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - June 3, 1995, with Pete Droge, August 4, 1999, August 16, 2002, with Jackson Browne and July 10, 2005, with The Black Crowes
• The Cranberries - August 22, 1995
• Live - August 25, 1995, with PJ Harvey and Veruca Salt, August 27, 1997, with Luscious Jackson, July 28, 2000, with The Counting Crows and June 9, 2001
• Santana - August 28, 1995, with Jeff Beck, June 24, 1997, with Rusted Root and September 30, 2000, with Everlast
• 311 - June 8, 1996, with No Doubt and The Urge, September 20, 1997, with Fishbone, June 5, 2000, with Incubus and Grasshopper Takeover, July 15, 2004, with The Roots, July 10, 2008, with Snoop Dogg and Fiction Plane and July 3, 2010, with The Offspring and Pepper
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - June 13, 1996
• Steppenwolf - June 22, 1996
• The Vans Warped Tour - July 16, 1996, June 27, 2002, July 26, 2004, June 22, 2005, June 19, 2006, August 15, 2007, July 2, 2008, August 4, 2009, August 2, 2010 and July 6, 2011
• Scorpions - July 17, 1996, with Alice Cooper and August 31, 1999, with Mötley Crüe and July 19, 2002, with Deep Purple and Dio
• RatDog - July 18, 1996, with John Wesley Harding
• Everclear - July 26-27, 1996, with Spacehog, 7 Year Bitch and Tracy Bonham
• Pantera - August 3, 1996, with White Zombie and The Deftones and August 16, 2000
• Steely Dan - August 6, 1996
• King Crimson - August 8, 1996, with Rusted Root
• Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers - August 25, 1996
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - September 14, 1996, with Jethro Tull
• The Dave Matthews Band - October 28, 1996, with Meshell Ndegeocello, May 27, 1998, with Poi Dog Pondering, June 12, 1999, with Gov't Mule, September 20, 2000, with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, September 3, 2002, with Corey Harris & The 5 X 5, July 12, 2003, with Red West, August 16, 2004, with The Graham Colton Band, September 7, 2005, with The Victor Wooten Band, May 31, 2006, with G. Love & Special Sauce and August 28, 2007, with Umphrey's McGee
• Bush - May 4, 1997, with Veruca Salt
• Rush - June 7, 1997, August 1, 2002, June 13, 2004 and August 23, 2007
• No Doubt - June 10, 1997 and July 13, 2000
• Styx - June 14, 1997, with Pat Benatar, May 13, 2001, with Bad Company and Billy Squier and May 8, 2004, with Peter Frampton and Nelson
• Lilith Fair - July 4, 1997, July 2, 1998, August 26, 1999 and July 15, 2010
• The Eric Stuart Band - July 19, 1997
• The Wallflowers - August 28, 1997 and August 25, 2001
• Rage Against the Machine - September 1, 1997
• Creed - June 7, 1998
• James Taylor - June 27, 1998 and August 15, 2001
• Pearl Jam - July 3, 1998 with The Murder City Devils, October 12, 2000 with Supergrass and June 12, 2003, with Idlewild
• Shania Twain - July 17, 1998 and May 14, 1999
• Ozzfest - July 26, 1998, July 9, 1999, August 16, 2000, June 19, 2001, August 20, 2002, July 17, 2003, August 10, 2004, July 14, 2006 and July 30, 2007
• System of a Down - July 27, 1997
• Phish - July 28, 1998, June 30, 1999 and September 25, 2000
• The Spice Girls - August 3, 1998
• Blue Öyster Cult - August 9, 1998, with Nazareth, April Wine, Iron Butterfly, Jim Dandy's Black Oak Arkansas and Joey Skidmore Band
• Gravity Kills - September 4, 1998
• Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas - May 30, 1999, and August 22, 2003
• The Goo Goo Dolls - July 30, 1999 and July 9, 2003
• Cher - August 5, 1999, with Cyndi Lauper and Wild Orchid
• 'N Sync - August 10, 1999
• Rusted Root - August 17, 1999
• Sheryl Crow - August 26, 1999, with K's Choice, August 29, 2001 and September 21, 2002, with Michelle Branch
• Little Feat - May 7, 2000
• Poison - June 23, 2000 with Cinderalla, Dokken and Slaughter, June 27, 2001, July 20, 2002 and June 27, 2004
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers - June 28, 2000, with The Foo Fighters and Blonde Redhead
• Dwight Yoakam - July 12, 2000
• Britney Spears - July 17, 2000, with A-Teens
• Christina Aguilera - July 31, 2000
• Lonestar - August 26, 2000
• The Charlie Daniels Band - June 3, 2001, with Dickey Betts & Great Southern, .38 Special and Trent Summar & the New Row Mob
• Paul Simon - June 26, 2001, with Brian Wilson
• Deep Purple - July 3, 2001 with Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Skynyrd and August 25, 2004, with Thin Lizzy and Joe Satriani
• The String Cheese Incident - July 6, 2001, with Widespread Panic
• Less Than Jake - July 10, 2001, with The Bouncing Souls
• Blink-182 - July 13, 2001, with New Found Glory and The Alkaline Trio, May 7, 2002, with Green Day and Jimmy Eat World and September 4, 2009, with Weezer and Taking Back Sunday
• Brooks & Dunn - July 15, 2001, with Toby Keith, July 12, 2002, with Chris Cagle, Dwight Yoakam and Trick Pony, May 18, 2003, with Brad Paisley and The Rascal Flatts, August 28, 2004, with Montgomery Gentry and Gretchen Wilson, September 9, 2005, with Big & Rich and June 3, 2007, with Alan Jackson
• Journey - July 28, 2001, with Peter Frampton and John Waite
• Jo Dee Messina - August 18, 2001, with The Rascal Flatts and August 27, 2005, with Montgomery Gentry
• Tim McGraw - August 21, 2001 and July 11, 2004, with The Dancehall Doctors and Big & Rich
• Matchbox 20 - September 16, 2001
• Usher - May 19, 2002, with Faith Evans
• David Lee Roth - July 26, 2002 with Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas
• Foreigner - June 23, 2002
• Mary J. Blige - July 2, 2002, with Tweet
• Jerry Cantrell - July 6, 2002, with Udo Lindenberg
• Blondie - July 13, 2002
• Vanessa Carlton - August 4, 2002
• Rob Zombie - August 20, 2002
• The Anger Management Tour - August 25, 2002
• Udo Lindenberg - September 1, 2002
• Alabama - September 27, 2002 and September 14, 2003
• Rancid - June 24, 2003, with Face to Face
• Boston - July 19, 2003
• Clay Walker - July 26, 2003, with Gary Allan and Terri Clark and August 21, 2004, with Tracy Lawrence
• The Counting Crows - July 28, 2003, with John Mayer
• Toby Keith - August 3, 2003 and July 30, 2004
• Whitesnake - August 9, 2003 with Warrant, Kip Winger and Slaughter
• Rick Springfield - September 20, 2003
• Travis Tritt - October 4, 2003 and October 7, 2004, with Gary Allan
• Kenny Chesney - June 4, 2004, with The Rascal Flatts and Uncle Kracker and August 9, 2007, with Sugarland and Pat Green
• Jessica Simpson - July 8, 2004
• Twisted Sister - July 10, 2004 with Warrant, Slaughter, Kevin DuBrow, Ron West, Racy Grace, Jimmie VanZant, Jim Dandy's Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers and Hank Rotten Jr.
• Dickey Betts - July 17, 2004, with Great Southern
• Taking Back Sunday - July 27, 2004
• Evanescence - August 4, 2004
• Projekt Revolution - August 24, 2004 and August 13, 2008
• Hall & Oates - September 1, 2004, with Michael McDonald
• Reba McEntire - May 28, 2005, with Brad Paisley and Terri Clark
• Weezer - July 5, 2005, with Cake and Story of the Year
• The Rascal Flatts - July 21, 2005, with LeAnn Rimes and Uncle John's Band, August 5, 2006 and March 14, 2009, with Jessica Simpson
• The Backstreet Boys - August 21, 2005
• Coldplay - September 21, 2005
• Mix 93.3's Red, White & Boom - July 1, 2006 and June 28, 2008
• Kelly Clarkson - July 21, 2006, with Rooney
• Yellowcard - July 29, 2006
• The Family Values Tour - August 6, 2006 and August 22, 2007
• Cherish - September 24, 2006
• Brad Paisley - May 11, 2007, with Jack Ingram, Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift
• The Honda Civic Tour - May 12, 2007 and September 9, 2011
• Daughtry - June 10, 2007
• John Mayer - June 19, 2007, with Ben Folds and Brett Dennen
• Boys Like Girls - August 14, 2007 and June 27, 2008
• Staind - July 8, 2008, with Hinder
• Keith Anderson - July 11, 2008, with Gary Allan
• O.A.R. - July 20, 2008 and June 6, 2009, with Brett Dennen
• The Mayhem Festival - July 22, 2008 and July 21, 2009
• Jack Johnson - August 15, 2008, with Rogue Wave and Neil Halstead and August 16, 2010
• Buckcherry - September 19, 2008, with Seether, Shinedown and Theory of a Deadman
• Billy Idol - September 27, 2008, with Devo and Blondie
• Alejandra Guzmán - March 21, 2009
• The Killers - May 2, 2009
• The Offspring - June 5, 2009, with The Alkaline Trio and The Street Dogs
• David Cook - June 20, 2009, with The Veronicas
• Kid Rock - July 4, 2009, with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights
• The Flaming Lips - April 23, 2010, with The Dead Weather
• The Bamboozle Road Show - June 9, 2010
• Limp Bizkit - August 3, 2010
• The Uproar Festival - August 18, 2010 and September 24, 2011
• 96.5's The Buzz Beach Ball - September 25, 2010
• Alice in Chains - October 2, 2010, with Mastodon and The Deftones
• Eric Church - August 27, 2011, with Hunter Hayes and The Dirt Drifters
• Bullet for My Valentine - September 24, 2011

See also

• List of contemporary amphitheatres