The Glen Helen Amphitheater (originally Blockbuster Pavilion and formerly Hyundai Pavilion and San Manuel Amphitheater) is a 65,000-capacity amphitheater located in the hills of Glen Helen Regional Park in

San Bernardino San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cens ...

, California. It is the largest outdoor music venue in the United States. The orchestra, box, and loge sections seat a combined 10,902 people, and the lawn section seats 54,098. It opened in 1993. The amphitheater's concert season begins in March and ends in November, for the winter season. The amphitheater has played host to many music festivals, including Anger Management Tour, Area Festival, Battle of San Bernardino Festival,

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, Family Values Tour, Gigantour, H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Identity Festival, It's Not Dead Festival,

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, KROQ, LA Invasion Festival,

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, Projekt Revolution, Rock & Roll Blowout Festival, Rock the Bells Festival and Smokeout Music Festival.

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performed during her What's Love? Tour on September 15, 1993, the show was recorded and was broadcast on Fox, entitled ''What's Love...? Live''. On July 11, 2008, the

San Manuel Casino The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Serrano people in San Bernardino County, California.

announced that it had acquired a long-term agreement to the naming rights of the amphitheater, which was thereafter known as the San Manuel Amphitheater. In January 2017, the San Manuel Indian Casino's naming rights contract expired, and the venue is now named the Glen Helen Amphitheater. Beginning in 2019,

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has a three-year contract to perform an annual concert at the Glen Helen Amphitheater as part of his Stadium Tour. The last of his three concerts at Glen Helen is slated for 2021.

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Glen Helen Amphitheater Web Site - Live NationGlen Helen Amphitheater Seating Chart
{{Authority control Amphitheaters in California Music venues in California Buildings and structures in San Bernardino County, California Tourist attractions in San Bernardino County, California 1982 establishments in California Music venues completed in 1982

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