The America’s Cup Pavilion will host multiple events during summer 2013 in San Francisco’s first outdoor, waterfront concert venue.
An artist’s drawing depicts the planned America’s Cup Pavilion on Piers 27/29 on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. Scheduled to open by this summer, it will be San Francisco’s first outdoor waterfront concert venue. Image Courtesy of Live Nation
Published: February, 2013
The America’s Cup Pavilion will host multiple events during summer 2013 in San Francisco’s first outdoor, waterfront concert venue. The temporary 9,000-seat venue will be centered in the America’s Cup Park and will host concerts, family shows, community and business events, comedy, as well as America’s Cup race activities and viewing sessions.
Sting, the multi-Grammy award winning musician, is the first headline act to be announced for the America’s Cup Concert Series at the America’s Cup Pavilion, located between Piers 27/29. Tickets for the June 2 concert, part of the critically acclaimed Back to Bass world tour, will go on sale beginning Friday, February 22 at 10 a.m. Additional events will be announced throughout the concert season that runs through October.
The America’s Cup Concert Series is a major live entertainment initiative in support of the America’s Cup Park on the Embarcadero, intended to create a vibrant, public space with a full range of activities for sailors and non-sailors alike. The concert series will run throughout summer 2013 and coincide with the Louis Vuitton Cup (the America’s Cup Challenger Series), the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup and the America’s Cup finals.
The America’s Cup Park at Piers 27/29 on the Embarcadero is the center of event activities during the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco. This is where fans will find team bases, interactive exhibits and food and beverage courts, as well as shops featuring their favorite team gear. This is also the place to come on race days for the dock-in and dock-out shows, as well as team and guest hospitality.
"The America’s Cup is one of the world’s great sporting events and by partnering with Live Nation we can create a fun atmosphere with both entertainment and educational opportunities in the family-friendly environment of the America’s Cup Park," said Stephen Barclay, CEO of the 34th America’s Cup. "San Francisco’s storied music history is part of the fabric of this great community and we plan to continue to celebrate music and culture as part of the America’s Cup."
"We’re honored to partner with an event as prestigious as the America’s Cup to bring an exciting new entertainment venue to San Francisco," said Jodi Goodman, president of Live Nation Northern California. "An outdoor venue in the City of San Francisco is long overdue. The America’s Cup Park will truly add to our rich San Francisco culture and bring more value to our City and its waterfront."
The stage and seating on Piers 27/29 will allow America’s Cup organizers to host a range of both ticketed and non-ticketed events. In addition to a full music line-up, the amphitheatre will offer daytime shows featuring educational topics themed around the America’s Cup and race viewing opportunities on a large screen.
Construction is set to begin in spring 2013 with the first events anticipated by mid-May and running through October 2013.
