IRVINE, CA—Michael Jackson played the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater on his 1988 "Bad" tour. Bob Dylan performed there too, and hundreds of other acts have graced the stage since it was build in 1981. But after the final performances next fall, the 16,000-capacity amphitheater will be torn down, and Orange County will lose its largest outdoor music venue, and The Irvine Co. will develop apartments on the property.
The lease that concert promoter Live Nation holds for the property will expire in 2017. The Irvine Co., which owns the land, will begin building the second phase of its Los Olivos apartment development on the site. There are no immediate plans for a replacement, according to the Orange County Register.
Irvine Meadows opened in 1981 and at different times shared the 500-acre swath of land with a drive-through animal park and a water park. Both of those have since closed. After the Wild Rivers Waterpark shut down in 2011, the Irvine Co. built the first of two phases of its Los Olivos apartment community on its former site, opening the development in 2013.
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David Phillips
David Phillips is a Chicago-based freelance writer and consultant with more than 20 years experience in business and community news. He also has extensive reporting experience in the food manufacturing industry for national trade publications.
