The Trib Total Media Amphitheatre was an outdoor music pavilion at Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The venue had a seating capacity of 5,000 people.
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| Former names | Melody Amphitheatre (1989-90) I.C. Light Amphitheatre (1990-2003) Chevrolet Amphitheatre (2003-06) The Amphitheatre at Station Square (2009-10) |
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| Address | 1 E Station Square Dr Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1157 |
| Location | South Shore |
| Owner | Tribune-Review Company |
| Type | Outdoor amphitheatre |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
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| Opened | May 31, 1989 |
| Closed |
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| Reopened | May 25, 2009 |
| Demolished | April 2012 |
In January 2007 it was announced that the amphitheatre would change its name to "The Amphitheatre at Sandcastle" and move to West Homestead, Pennsylvania.[1]
The amphitheatre closed in 2006 and remained vacant until reopening May 2009. The venue ultimately closed in January 2012 and was demolished in April 2012. The Highmark Stadium was built on the grounds of the former amphitheatre.
History
editIn 1989, DiCesare Engler Productions announced that they had partnered with the owners of the Station Square Festival Tent to open the Melody Amphitheatre at Station Square. The venue opened on May 31, 1989.[2] The site hosted acts such as The Judds, Kenny G, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, as well as various ethnic festivals.[3] The venue became known as the I.C. Light Amphitheatre in 1990.
By 1996, the amphitheatre hosted as many as 200,000[4] people per summer for events such as concerts, weekend festivals, and the yearly Fright Fest designed by Tom Savini[5] The amphitheatre briefly moved to Pittsburgh's South Side in 1994, but was relocated to its original location in 1995 when DiCesare-Engler invested $400,000 to build a more permanent structure and increased the seating capacity from 4,000 to 5,000.[6]
In 1999, DiCesare-Engler renovated the amphitheatre again, changing the direction of the stage to face west and adding a roof to cover as many as 4,000 seats.[7]
The venue went through another name change in 2003, when it became the Chevrolet Amphitheatre at Station Square.[8] Its last season as the Chevrolet Amphitheatre was 2006.[9]
Forest City Enterprises did not extend the lease for the amphitheatre. The company was preparing for possible redevelopment of the site. Live Nation made tentative plans to move the amphitheatre to West Homestead, but the plans were postponed. The lot remained vacant until 2009.[10][11]
On May 25, 2009, Brian Drusky, a former DiCesare-Engler employee who was laid off by Live Nation in 2005, promoted the first concert at the new amphitheatre.[12]
The new venue seated up to 6,000 and was renamed to "The Amphitheatre at Station Square". A year later, the venue was known as the "Trib Total Media Amphitheatre".[13] The venue closed after the 2011 season to make way for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer stadium, planned to begin construction in mid-2012.[14]
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ McNulty, Timothy (January 3, 2007). "Chevrolet Amphitheatre on the move to West Homestead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PG Publishing Company. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
- ^ "Melody Amphitheatre aims for summer variety". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Vol. 62, no. 261. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: PG Publishing Company. May 31, 1989. p. 15. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ "Station Square to get amphitheatre". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PG Publishing Company. May 5, 1989.
- ^ Lynne Margolis (November 2, 1996). "Concert-goers enjoy wide selection of venues, acts". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company.
- ^ Lubenski, Cathy (September 21, 1993). "Fright Fest. Savini to help with haunting". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company.
- ^ Margolis, Lynn (April 12, 1995). "IC Light site rollin' to old home". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company.
- ^ Ed Masley (1999-05-18). "Renovations set to transform I.C. Light Amphitheater". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PG Publishing Company.
- ^ Masley, Ed (April 3, 2003). "Station Square Amphitheater Changes Name, Sets Lineup". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PG Publishing Company.
- ^ Belko, Mark (August 9, 2007). "Station Square explores life without slots on 5-acre site". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PG Publishing Company. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ Hayes, John (April 18, 2007). "Opening postponed for Sandcastle amphitheater". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PG Publishing Company. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ Weigand, Jodi (May 29, 2008). "Sandcastle amphitheater plans stall again". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008.
- ^ Mervis, Scott (April 21, 2009). "Station Square concert honors slain officers". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PG Publishing Company. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012.
- ^ Behe, Rege (April 30, 2010). "Station Square site renamed Trib Total Media Amphitheatre". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tribune-Review Publishing Company. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ Mervis, Scott (January 25, 2012). "Rise Against show May 6 moves to Stage AE". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2012.