The Ruoff Music Center (originally Deer Creek Music Center and formerly Verizon Wireless Music Center, Klipsch Music Center, and Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center) is an outdoor
amphitheatre
An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both ) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ...
located in
Noblesville, Indiana
Noblesville is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, a part of the north Indianapolis suburbs along the White River. The population was 51,969 at the 2010 census making it the state's 14th largest city/town ...
. It is the largest outdoor music venue in the
Indianapolis metropolitan area of central
Indiana
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, with 6,147 seats under a pavilion and 18,000 general admission lawn seats. It is used mainly for large concerts, but is also frequently a host for high school graduations and political rallies.
Concerts and music festivals
The Ruoff Music Center is an open-air concert venue capable of hosting live, high-profile concerts and outdoor music festivals. It opened in 1989, at a site along Sand Creek, just north of exit 210 on
Interstate 69, near the junction of former
State Road 238 (at the time also known as Greenfield Avenue; now rebuilt and renamed as Southeastern Parkway), 146th Street and Boden Road. In 1997, Sunshine Promotions, which built the amphitheater, was acquired by SFX; corporate successor
Live Nation Entertainment continues to own it. On December 19, 2018, ''
Pollstar
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History and profile
Founded in 1981 in Fr ...
'', a
trade publication
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for the
concert
A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variet ...
industry, ranked the center as the world's top concert amphitheater based on annual ticket sales in 2018.During the previous year, the venue ranked third among the list of the world's top concert amphitheaters. In 2021, the venue ranked second on the same list.
2006–2007: Possible sale
On December 28, 2006, Live Nation, the owner of the music center, confirmed they were putting up for sale the of land that constitutes the amphitheater complex, then known as the Verizon Wireless Music Center. In 2011,
Klipsch Group, Inc., whose international headquarters are located nearby, acquired naming rights to the venue.
The venue remained under the ownership of Live Nation and continued to draw major acts during the summer months.
2017: Naming rights change
On September 27, 2017, Live Nation announced that the music center had acquired a new naming rights sponsor from Ruoff Home Mortgage after the previous 5-year contract with Klipsch expired in 2016 and left the venue without a title sponsor for a year. The venue officially became the Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center simultaneously with the announcement. On December 5, 2019, it was announced that the name of the music center would be shortened to Ruoff Music Center.
See also
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Live Nation
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References
External links
Official website
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Amphitheaters in the United States
Buildings and structures in Hamilton County, Indiana
Tourist attractions in Hamilton County, Indiana
Music venues in Indiana