NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation
Entertainment and the City of
Nashville today announced details behind the opening of
Ascend Amphitheater - the city's new Live
Nation-operated amphitheater. The state of the art venue will
feature its first concert with GRAMMY Award®-winner Eric Church on July 30,
2015. The venue also revealed its inaugural summer season
line-up with some of the biggest names in music including
Chicago and Earth, Wind &
Fire, Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn
Manson's End Times Tour, Idina
Menzel, Widespread Panic, Phish, Steely Dan and more. A full
line-up is below.
Live Nation has entered a multi-year partnership with Ascend
Federal Credit Union to have the naming rights of the newly
designed venue located on Nashville's beautiful West Riverfront Park.
With their multi-year naming rights partnership for the
amphitheater, Ascend Federal Credit Union is aligning their brand
with the power of live music in one of the greatest cities for
music in the U.S.
"We pursue partnerships that lend stability and trust to our
brand," said Caren Gabriel, Ascend
president and CEO. "Nashville
residents are familiar with Ascend through our television and radio
advertisements and the construction of two new financial centers
here last year. But, this amphitheater will make the Ascend brand
synonymous with Music City USA."
Through the promotional products and services, and advertising
benefits that this marketing partnership is providing, Ascend will
extend the knowledge of their services and brand as a whole to
music fans and potential members. The opportunity with the venue
benefits Ascend's members as well with the ability for them to
purchase tickets for events at the venue.
"We look forward to working closely with Ascend over the span of
this long-term marketing alliance," said Andy Peikon, senior vice president of sales at
Live Nation. "The naming rights platform at this beautiful new
venue features an array of assets that will bring exciting
visibility to the Ascend brand, enhance member benefits and drive
member acquisition."
Stretching across a 1.5 acre event lawn called "The Green,"
Ascend Amphitheater has a capacity of 6,800, including 2,300
reserve and 4,500 lawn seating. Live Nation's management agreement
with the city extends until 2025 with the ability for the company
to host 30 events per year with an additional six symphony events
and 10 civic events including 4th of July, New Year's Eve, CMA Fest and more.
ASCEND AMPHITHEATER INAUGURAL SUMMER SEASON 2015
LINE-UP
All dates and artists listed below subject to
change.
DATE
|
SHOW
|
7.30.15
|
Eric
Church
|
8.1.15
|
Chicago & Earth
Wind and Fire
|
8.4.15
|
Phish
|
8.5.15
|
Jill Scott
|
8.7.15
|
Counting Crows with
Citizen Cope and Hollis Brown
|
8.8.15
|
Steely Dan with
special guest Elvis Costello
|
8.9.15
|
The Smashing Pumpkins
& Marilyn Manson
|
8.18.15
|
Sublime with Rome,
Rebelution, Pepper and Mickey Avalon
|
8.14.15
|
NEEDTOBREATHE,
Switchfoot, Drew Holcomb, and Colony House
|
8.15.15
|
Idina
Menzel
|
8.16.15
|
Peter Frampton &
Cheap Trick
|
8.22.15
|
Australian Pink Floyd
with LedZeppelin2
|
8.28.15
|
Old Crow Medicine
Show
|
8.29.15
|
Under The Sun
Tour
|
9.1.15
|
ZZ Top with
Blackberry Smoke
|
9.5.15
|
Widespread
Panic
|
9.6.15
|
Widespread
Panic
|
9.14.15
|
Daryl Hall and John
Oates
|
10.2.15
|
Lynyrd
Skynyrd
|
10.8.15
|
Chris Tomlin (in
partnership with Awakening Events)
|
10.10.15
|
Grace Potter and the
Nocturnals with Lake Street Dive(in partnership with
NS2)
|
Ascend Federal Credit Union
With $1.7 billion in assets and more than 150,000
members, Ascend is the largest credit union in Middle Tennessee and
one of the largest federally chartered credit unions in
the United States. The
Nashville Business Journal consistently lists Ascend as the
top credit union in Middle Tennessee. Ascend is federally insured
by the NCUA. Membership is limited.
Live Nation Entertainment
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(NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment company
comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation
Concerts, Live Nation Media & Sponsorship and Artist Nation
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