The Glen Helen Amphitheater (originally Blockbuster Pavilion and formerly Hyundai Pavilion and San Manuel Amphitheater) is a 65,000-capacity

amphitheater An amphitheatre ( U.S. English: amphitheater) 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 ('), meaning "place for vie ...

located in the hills of

Glen Helen Regional Park Glen Helen Regional Park is a county park located in San Bernardino, California, United States adjacent to the Cajon Pass. It was the site of both US Festivals of the early 1980s. It is also home to the San Manuel Amphitheater, Glen Helen Amphith ...

San Bernardino San Bernardino ( ) is a city in and the 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 census, making it the List of ...

, 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. It was originally built for the

US Festival The US Festival is the name of two early 1980s music and culture festivals held near San Bernardino, California. Background Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple and creator of the Apple I and Apple II personal computers, believed that the 197 ...

, and again for US Festival 2 and originally held 300,000 people "grass only". 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

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, Area Festival, Battle of San Bernardino Festival, Crüe Fest, Crüe Fest 2,

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Festival,

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, It's Not Dead Festival,

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, KROQ's LA Invasion Festival,

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, Rock & Roll Blowout Festival,

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Festival and Smokeout Music Festival.

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performed during her

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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 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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had 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 was in 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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