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Operator
  
Live Nation

Capacity
  
20,000

Construction cost
  
10 million USD

Opened
  
26 April 1996

Phone
  
+1 561-795-8883

Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre

Former names
  
Coral Sky Amphitheatre (1996-2000; 2002-03; 2015) Mars Music Amphitheatre (2000-02) Sound Advice Amphitheatre (2003-08) Cruzan Amphitheatre (2008-15) Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre (from 2015)

Location
  
South Florida Fairgrounds

Owner
  
South Florida Fair & Palm Beach County Expositions, Inc.

Address
  
601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach, FL 33411, USA

Similar
  
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Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre is a 20,000-seat open-air (Approx. 8,000 seats under cover and approx. 12,000 lawn seats) music venue in West Palm Beach, Florida. The facility, owned by the South Florida Fairgrounds, is a modern amphitheatre used primarily for concerts and other performances. The loading dock and backstage area is sometimes used for concerts that are general admission standing room only (mostly heavy metal concerts), while the amphitheatre stage is used as the backstage area in these situations.

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History

The venue opened on April 26, 1996. Since opening, the venue has gone through numerous name changes. It was initially named Coral Sky Amphitheatre because the seats face into the west, often in view of a colorful sunset. After many years becoming familiar with that name, people still use that name despite the various sponsorships and name changes since then. The first sponsor was Mars Music (making the venue Mars Music Amphitheatre on January 6, 2000), but when Mars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002, the Mars Music name was removed in August 2002 and the venue reverted to its previous name until 2003. After a short return to the Coral Sky name, it changed again when Sound Advice became the new sponsor, and was renamed Sound Advice Amphitheatre on June 1, 2003. In early 2008, the venue was renamed again following a new sponsorship agreement with Cruzan Rum, becoming the Cruzan Amphitheatre on February 1, 2008. Effective as of February 11, 2015, LiveNation.com sent a press release announcing that the venue would revert to its original name, the Coral Sky Amphitheatre.. However, the release says "that it is looking for a new brand partner" so another name change would be a distinct possibility. Like the last reversion to the Coral Sky name, this one also proved to be short-lived. In June, the venue succeeded in securing new sponsorship, and announced it would now be called the Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre at the South Florida Fairgrounds.

Performances

Other events include The Buzz Bake Sale, Curiosa, Lilith Fair, The Gigantour, Projekt Revolution, Ozzfest, Crüe Fest, Crüe Fest 2, The Mayhem Festival and The Vans Warped Tour, among others.

On November 2, 1996, Phish played the amphitheatre as part of their 1996 fall tour. They were joined by Karl Perazzo (of Santana fame) on percussion for the entire show. Portions of this performance were released to the syndicated radio program The Album Network. This show was released as the Coral Sky DVD in 2010 and is available as a download from LivePhish.

On June 15, 1998, the Spice Girls kicked off the US leg of the Spiceworld Tour, two weeks before that, Geri Halliwell had left the group.

The venue was scheduled to host the final Ozzfest tour date of 2004, on September 4, but the show was cancelled due to Hurricane Frances.

The venue is also proud to host the closing concert of the Lana Del Rey: Endless Summer Tour in 2015.

Because of the Palm Beaches' climate, many major concert tours that would visit arenas in other cities usually stop at Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre, enabling it to be used as an year-round concert venue.

References

Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre Wikipedia