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| Address | 95 Spectrum Loop Colorado Springs, Colorado United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°01′06″N104°49′24″W / 39.0183°N 104.8234°W |
| Owner | JW Roth |
| Operator | Venu |
| Executive suites | 90 |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2024 |
| Opened | 6 August 2024 |
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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]
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]