Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
Former names	Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre (1988-1995; 2003-2010) Coors Amphitheatre (1995-2003)
Location	6350 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
Broke ground	1982
Opened	1988
Owner	Museum of Outdoor Arts
Operator	Live Nation
Architect	George Hargreaves
Capacity	18,000

Comfort Dental Amphitheatre is a 18,000 capacity amphitheatre located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the largest outdoor amphitheatre in the Denver metropolitan area. The amphitheatre is generally open every year from May to September.

It features 7,500 fixed seats and a general admission lawn section. The amphitheatre is nestled in Greenwood Plaza near the Denver Technological Center amongst office buildings. It opened in 1988 under the original name of Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre with a performance by Dan Fogelberg on June 11, 1988. It was later renamed to Coors Amphitheatre and had an exclusive operating contract with House of Blues until its sale to the new operator Live Nation. John Mayer and Counting Crows opened their 2003 tour with Maroon 5 on July 7, 2003 at Coors Amphitheatre with pre-tour rehearsals taking place at Coors Amphitheatre. The name had reverted back to Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, but is now Comfort Dental Amphitheatre. In 1995, Van Halen performed during a snowstorm on their Balance tour.

The Museum of Outdoor Arts MOA, a local non-profit, owns Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre and gave the venue its name when it originally opened. The amphitheatre began as an earth sculpture (made up only of earth and grass) where local business people could break for a lunchtime concert series sponsored by Museum of Outdoor Arts. Later, walls and seats were installed to make it the venue it is today. MOA has leased the venue out to large promoters such as MCA Concerts, House of Blues and currently Live Nation.

Also owned by MOA is Samson Park, which is connected to Comfort Dental Amphitheatre. Samson Park features outdoor sculptures owned by Museum of Outdoor Arts, including its famous bronze series of Alice in Wonderland by artist Harry Marinsky, Stickworks by internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty, kinetic sculpture Estacas by Ken Bortolazzo, African sculpture by Agnes Nyanhongo and also features seasonal installations by renowned Colorado-based artist Lonnie Hanzon.

2007 season

• Honda Civic Tour, with Fall Out Boy
• Ozzfest
• Family Values Tour
• Poison
• Marilyn Manson & Slayer
• Def Leppard, Foreigner & Styx
• Projekt Revolution
• Tool, Hilary Duff & many more popular acts.

2008 season

• John Legend
• Jewel
• Summer Jam (featuring Lil Wayne, Ice Cube, Wyclef Jean and more)
• Stevie Wonder
• Journey
• Heart
• Cheap Trick
• The Jonas Brothers
• Demi Lovato
• Mayhem Festival (featuring Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, and Mastodon)
• Channel 93.3's Big Gig (featuring The Offspring, Paramore, Dropkick Murphys with the Spill Canvas and Dropping Daylight)
• Crüe Fest (featuring Mötley Crüe, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. & Trapt)
• Martina McBride
• Jack Ingram
• Chris Young
• Project Revolution (featuring Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Atreyu)
• Santana with Salvador Santana Band.

2009 season

• Nine Inch Nails, with Jane's Addiction & Street Sweeper Social Club
• No Doubt, with Paramore
• KS 107.5 Summer Jam (featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Soulja Boy & Flo Rida)
• Channel 93.3's Big Gig (featuring All-American Rejects, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus & The Spill Canvas)
• Chicago, with Earth, Wind & Fire
• New Kids on the Block
• Mayhem Festival (featuring Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine & Killswitch Engage)
• Rod Stewart
• Aerosmith, with ZZ Top
• Crüe Fest 2 (featuring Mötley Crüe, Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman & Drowning Pool)
• Toby Keith
• Def Leppard, with Poison & Cheap Trick
• Nickleback, with Papa Roach
• Blink-182, with Weezer & Taking Back Sunday
• Creed

2010 season

• American Idols LIVE! Tour 2010
• Lilith Fair featuring Sarah McLachlan
• Kings of Leon
• Tim McGraw and Lady Antebellum with Love & Theft
• Toby Keith with Trace Adkins and James Otto
• Green Day with AFI
• Brad Paisley with Darius Rucker and Justin Moore
• Korn and Rob Zombie as part of Mayhem Festival
• Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold as part of the Uproar Fest
• Iron Maiden

Due to bad scheduling, concerts by Rihanna, Kesha, Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Miranda Lambert and Kelly Clarkson were cancelled.

2011 season

• System of a Down, a part of their Reunion Tour, on May 18, 2011.
• Disturbed, with Godsmack and Megadeth, a part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on July 17th.
• Tim McGraw on August 5th.
• Sugarland on August 19th.
• Def Leppard on August 29th.
• Honda Civic Tour/ Channel 93.3's Big Gig (featuring Blink-182, My Chemical Romance & Rancid) on September 4th.
• Journey with special guests Foreigner and Night Ranger on October 1st.

See also

• List of contemporary amphitheatres
• Red Rocks Amphitheatre

May 10th K0 107.5 summer jam Ft. Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Bobby Brackins< llyod and many more

References

• Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Official Site
• Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Aerial Photo on Live Search
• Museum of Outdoor Arts
• Light Rail and bus service to site. Walk from Arapahoe at Village Center Station.

Coordinates: 39°36′01.77″N 104°53′38.26″W / 39.6004917°N 104.8939611°W / 39.6004917; -104.8939611