SuperPages.com Center

Infobox Venue
name = Superpages.com Center
location = Dallas, Texas
coordinates = coord|32|46|31.55|N|96|45|23.90|W|type:landmark_scale:5000
type = Amphitheatre
opened = 1988

Superpages.com Center is an outdoor performing arts center located at 1818 1^st Ave in Dallas, Texas (USA). The stage/production area and covered pavilion will seat 7,533 persons while a sloping lawn will accommodate another 12,578. Completed in 1988, it is part of the Fair Park complex, which includes museums, an aquarium, gardens, and the cotton bowl football stadium. While the South Dallas site is owned by the City of Dallas, operation of the amphitheatre is contracted to a private leaseholder. No outside food drinks or coolers

This amphitheatre is a popular venue for music concerts and has offered fans performances from acts like Kanye West, Avril Lavigne, Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Metallica, Tori Amos, Coldplay, Radiohead, Widespread Panic, Phish, Tom Petty, Rush, Roger Waters, Iron Maiden, Drive-By Truckers, Blink-182, Jimmy Buffett, Kiss,Crue Fest, Journey and Dave Matthews Band.

Volunteers For America a benefit concert with proceeds going to Firemen's families who lost members in 9-11.

The venue opened in 1988 as the Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre. After Coca-Cola's naming rights expired in 1998, the venue was known simply as Starplex Amphitheatre. In 2000, naming rights to the amphitheatre were sold to the Smirnoff vodka company as a result of a corporate sponsorship agreement with The House of Blues which currently operates the venue. "The House of Blues" is owned by Live Nation, a publicly traded live events company based in Beverly Hills, California.

Naming rights were awarded again in January 2008 and its current name is Superpages.com Center. [Christensen, Thor, "Smirnoff Music Centre is now SuperPages.com Center", see below]

References

See also

* List of contemporary amphitheatres
* List of concert halls

External links

* [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/013108dngllivenation.7414d5f9.html Christensen, Thor, "Smirnoff Music Centre is now SuperPages.com Center", "The Dallas Morning News", January 30, 2008] received 14 February 2008

* [http://www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/240/ SuperPages.com Center official site at Live Nation]