Alpine Valley Music Theater
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Atreyu performing at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI on Ozzfest 2006.jpg
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| Location | County Highway D East Troy, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 42°44′16″N 88°26′01″W / 42.737778°N 88.433611°WCoordinates: 42°44′16″N 88°26′01″W / 42.737778°N 88.433611°W |
| Owner | Live Nation |
| Operator | Live Nation |
| Type | Outdoor amphitheater |
| Seating type | Reserved, Lawn |
| Capacity | 37,000 |
| Opened | 1977 |
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Alpine Valley Music Theatre is a 37,000-capacity amphitheater located on County Highway D in East Troy, Wisconsin. The seasonal venue was built in 1977 and it features a characteristic wooden roof, covering the 7,500-seat pavilion and a sprawling lawn. It was reported on Urban Milwaukee Dial on August 25, 2014 to be for sale for over $8 million.
The theatre is located roughly equidistant between Madison, Milwaukee, Rockford, and Chicago, and therefore draws a wide regional audience.
Alpine Valley is generally considered the Milwaukee stop on major tours and the Chicago stop when the act doesn't perform in Illinois.
Until 1993, when the San Manuel Amphitheater was built in California, it was the largest amphitheater in the United States. That year, it was taken over by Nederlander Concerts. SFX (now Live Nation) acquired Alpine Valley from the Nederlanders in 1999.
The amphitheater has played host to many concerts and music festivals, including Family Values Tour, Furthur Festival, H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Lollapalooza, Monsters of Rock Festival, Ozzfest, PJ20 Festival, Projekt Revolution, Tibetan Freedom Concert and World Series of Rock Festival.
Boz Scaggs headlined the venue's inaugural event on June 30, 1977.
Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band played during its inaugural summer of 1977 and every subsequent year since 1995, with the exception of 2005.
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