Shoreline Amphitheatre
| "Shoreline" | |
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| Location | Mountain View, California |
| Coordinates | 37°25′36″N 122°04′51″W / 37.426778°N 122.080733°WCoordinates: 37°25′36″N 122°04′51″W / 37.426778°N 122.080733°W |
| Type | Outdoor amphitheatre |
| Opened | 1986 |
| Owner | Live Nation |
| Seating type | reserved, lawn |
| Capacity | 22,500 |
Shoreline Amphitheatre is an outdoor amphitheater in Mountain View, California, USA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The venue has a capacity of 22,500, with 6,500 reserved seats and 16,000 general admission on the lawn. When the parking lot is utilized for festival stages, the total capacity of the venue can reach 30,000.
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History [edit]
The amphitheatre was built in 1985-1986 by the city of Mountain View, in cooperation with local promoter Bill Graham, as part of the Shoreline Park project. Graham designed the amphitheatre to resemble The Grateful Dead's "steal your face" logo. Each row of fixed seating at the amphitheatre has a pitch of three feet, providing ample legroom and space for dancing.
The premiere season was during the summer of 1986; it was planned to open with a concert by The Grateful Dead, who had to cancel as a result of Jerry Garcia's coma. They first performed at Shoreline Amphitheater on October 2, 1987, and played a total of 39 concerts there. Shows from October 3, 1987, and June 16, 1990, were recorded and later released as a live album entitled View from the Vault, Volume Three.
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe performed and recorded their live album An Evening of Yes Music Plus at Shoreline on September 9, 1989.
The Dave Matthews Band performed and recorded a show on July 6, 1997, which was later released as a live album entitled Live Trax Vol. 17.
The amphitheatre has also played host to music festivals, including The Vans Warped Tour, The Mayhem Festival, The Area:One and Area2 Festival, Lollapalooza, H.O.R.D.E., Projekt Revolution, Ozzfest and Lilith Fair.
Built on a landfill [edit]
In its opening year, a fan attending a Steve Winwood concert flicked a cigarette lighter and ignited methane that had been leaking from a landfill underneath the theatre. Several small fires were reported that season. After those incidents, the city of Mountain View commissioned methane testing studies to define the locus of methane vapors emanating from the soil within the amphitheater.[1] These tests were used in developing a design for improved methane monitoring and more efficient methane extraction to assure the amphitheater became safe as an outdoor venue. Ultimately, the lawn was removed, a gas barrier and better methane removal equipment was installed, and then the lawn was re-installed.
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References [edit]
- ^ Methane testing in the vicinity of landfill environs, EMI prepared for the City of Mountain View, Ca., 1986-87
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- Visitor attractions in Silicon Valley
- Event venues established in 1986
- Amphitheaters in California
- Buildings and structures in Santa Clara County, California
- Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Mountain View, California
- Music venues in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Theatres in California
- Visitor attractions in Santa Clara County, California
