"Shoreline" | |
 Shoreline Amphitheatre as seen from ground level | |
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| Address | One Amphitheatre Parkway |
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| Location | Mountain View, California |
| Coordinates | 37°25′36″N122°04′51″W / 37.426778°N 122.080733°W /37.426778; -122.080733 |
| Owner | City of Mountain View |
| Operator | Live Nation |
| Type | Outdooramphitheatre |
| Seating type | reserved, lawn |
| Capacity | 22,500 |
| Opened | 1986 |
| Website | |
| www.livenation.com | |
Shoreline Amphitheatre is an outdooramphitheater located inMountain View, California, in theSan Francisco Bay Area. The venue has a capacity of 22,500, with 6,500 reserved seats and 16,000 general admission on the lawn. When the parking lot is utilized for festival stages, the total capacity of the venue can reach 30,000. The venue has hosted popular music festivals such asLollapalooza andOzzfest, and also developer conferences such as theGoogle I/O.
The amphitheatre was built in 1985–1986 by the city of Mountain View, in cooperation with local promoterBill Graham, as part of theShoreline Park project. Graham designed the amphitheatre to resemble TheGrateful Dead's "steal your face" logo.[1]
The premiere season was during the summer of 1986, it was planned to open with a concert by The Grateful Dead, who had to cancel as a result ofJerry Garcia's coma. The first performance at the amphitheater was comedienneRoseanne Barr,[citation needed] opening forJulio Iglesias on June 29, 1986.[2]
The amphitheatre hosted the "Bay Area" edition of large hip-hop music festivalRolling Loud from October 21–22, 2017. Headliners includedTravis Scott,Lil Wayne, andSchoolboy Q.
The amphitheatre was the site of two homicides. In 2015, a man was fatally shot backstage during aWiz Khalifa concert.[3] In 2022, a man died as a result of a fistfight involving theHells Angels during aChris Stapleton concert.[4]
Until his death in 2019, the final concert at Shoreline was usually anEddie Money concert in late September, as the Shoreline shows represented his homecoming concert.
In its opening year, a fan attending aSteve Winwood concert flicked a cigarette lighter and ignited methane that had been leaking from alandfill beneath the theater. Several small fires were reported that season. After those incidents, the city of Mountain View commissioned methane testing studies to define the location of methane vapors emanating from the soil within the amphitheater.[5] These tests were used in developing a design for improved methane monitoring and more efficient methane extraction to ensure the amphitheater became safe as an outdoor venue. Ultimately, the lawn was removed, a gas barrier and methane removal equipment were installed, and then the lawn was re-installed.
