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The iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre is a 20,000-seat open-air (Approx. 8,000 seats under cover and approx. 12,000 lawn seats)
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in
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. The facility, owned by the South Florida Fairgrounds, is a modern
amphitheatre An amphitheatre (American English, U.S. English: amphitheater) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ('), meani ...
used primarily for
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s and other
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s. The loading dock and backstage area is sometimes used for concerts that are general admission standing room only (mostly heavy metal concerts), while the amphitheatre stage is used as the backstage area in these situations.


History

The venue opened on April 26, 1996. Since opening, the venue has gone through numerous name changes; it is the amphitheatre that has had the most name changes in the United States. It was initially named Coral Sky Amphitheatre because the seats face into the west, often in view of a colorful
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. The venue was renamed to Mars Music Amphitheatre on January 6, 2000, named after the music store chain Mars Music. However, Mars Music filed for
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in 2002, and in August 2002 the venue reverted to its previous name. It then changed again when Sound Advice became the new sponsor, and was renamed Sound Advice Amphitheatre on June 1, 2003. In early 2008, the venue was renamed again following a new sponsorship agreement with
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, becoming the Cruzan Amphitheatre on February 1, 2008. On February 11, 2015, the venue reverted to its original name, the Coral Sky Amphitheatre, while owners looked for a new sponsor. In June, the venue succeeded in securing a new sponsorship with Perfect Vodka, and it was renamed to the Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Its name reverted again to Coral Sky Amphiteatre on August 4, 2017. On January 16, 2020, the name was changed to iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, after a sponsorship deal with iTHINK Financial Credit Union.


Performances

Because of the Palm Beaches' climate, many major concert tours that would visit arenas in other cities usually stop at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, enabling it to be used as a year-round concert venue. Other events include The
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,
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, The
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,
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,
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's Easter services,
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,
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,
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, The
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and The
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, among others. On November 2, 1996,
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played the amphitheatre as part of their 1996 fall tour. They were joined by Karl Perazzo (of
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fame) on percussion for the entire show. Portions of this performance were released to the syndicated radio program The Album Network. This show was released as the Coral Sky DVD in 2010 and is available as a download from LivePhish. On June 15, 1998, the
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kicked off the US leg of the
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; two weeks prior,
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had left the group. On September 4, 2003
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played her last concert of her
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tour here. It was filmed and released on DVD one year later, in May 2004, called Welcome to Sunny Florida. The venue was scheduled to host the final Ozzfest tour date of 2004, on September 4, but the show was cancelled due to
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. On June 16, 2015
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played her last concert of
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performing songs like Honeymoon and Florida Kilos for the first time. May 20, 2017 the band
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played there along with
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and
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. May 27, 2017 the band
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played at the amphitheater for their "Play that song" world tour, along with
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and
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Since 1996
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has performed at the amphitheater more than 30 times, playing two-night stands at the venue nearly each year, beginning in 2002.


See also

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List of contemporary amphitheatres This is a list of amphitheatres in use today with a capacity of at least 1,000. Amphitheatres by capacity See also * List of concert halls * List of jazz venues * List of opera houses * List of Roman amphitheatres * Lists of stadiums Ex ...
*
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References


External links


Official LiveNation Page
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