Ford Amphitheater (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
| Address | 95 Spectrum Loop Colorado Springs, Colorado United States |
|---|---|
| Owner | JW Roth |
| Operator | Venu |
| Executive suites | 90 |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2024 |
| Opened | 6 August 2024 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Ford Amphitheater, formerly the Sunset Amphitheater, is an 8,000 person capacity open-air concert venue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that opened on August 6, 2024.[1]
History
[edit]Colorado Springs already has an extensive history of being a musical destination, especially in the 1960s and 1970s; however, by the late 1990s and early 2000s many of these larger venues would close due to declining sales leaving only smaller clubs.[2] The venue was the long-term project of JW Roth, a Colorado Springs native and the CEO of the hospitality company Notes Live (later renamed Venu) who also began work on similar facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia.[3] The theater had the name Sunset Amphitheater while it was being constructed, with the Ford motor company buying the naming rights shortly before its opening.[3][4] The city has been supportive of the Amphitheater, seeing it as a way to attract bigger names to perform in the city.[2] The "soft opening" show at the Amphitheater was on August 6, 2024 and was a performance by Cage the Elephant, with its "grand opening" being a sold out run by OneRepublic from the 9th to the 11th.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ford Amphitheater". Visit Colorodo Springs. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Mulson, Jennifer. "Ford Amphitheater addition the latest in Colorado Springs' ever-shifting musical landscape". The Denver Gazette. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Ferguson, Emily. "First Look: The Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs, Opening This Week". Westword. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Ferguson, Emily. "Sunset Amphitheater Changes Name to Ford Amphitheater". Westword. Retrieved 10 June 2025.