Time Warner Cable Amphitheater

{{Short description|Outdoor music venue in Cleveland, Ohio}} {{For|the venue formerly known as Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion|Coastal Credit Union Music Park}} {{Infobox venue | name = Time Warner Cable Amphitheater | nickname = | image = [[File:Bridge and amphitheater.jpg|250px]] | image_caption = The amphitheater sat near the [[Lorain–Carnegie Bridge]]. ({{circa|2012}}) | address = 1887 W 3rd St<br>[[Cleveland]], [[Ohio|OH]] 44113-1444 | location = | coordinates =  | type = [[amphitheater]] | event = | built = | opened = October 6, 2001 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = March 31, 2011 | demolished = 2012 | owner = Forest City Enterprises | construction_cost = | former_names = Tower City Amphitheater (2001–2007) | seating_type = | seating_capacity = 5,000 | website = }}

The '''Time Warner Cable Amphitheater'''<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=Time Warner Cable and Live Nation Announce Venue Name Change |url=http://markets.livenation.com/belkin/TWC_Naming_Rights.pdf |location=Cleveland, Ohio |publisher=Live Nation Entertainment |date=March 28, 2007 |access-date=April 11, 2019}}</ref> (formerly '''Tower City Amphitheater''') was an outdoor [[concert venue]] and part of the mixed-use [[Tower City Center]] development in [[Downtown Cleveland|downtown]] [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]].

The approximately 5,000-seat venue opened in 2001 and closed in March 2011 due to construction related to the [[Horseshoe Casino Cleveland]].<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Soeder |title=Time Warner Cable Amphitheater Closes; Nautica Pavilion Reborn as Jacobs Pavilion |url=http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2011/03/time_warner_cable_amphitheater.html |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=March 30, 2011 |accessdate=March 30, 2011 }}</ref> The structure later was used for covered [[parking]] until it was removed in April 2012.

With a location along the banks of the [[Cuyahoga River]], the structure offered scenic views of the city lights and the river bridges. The amphitheater typically hosted 25–30 events per year, including festivals such as Great American Rib Cook-off and the Taste of Cleveland. Shows sometimes began as early as April and typically ran through September.

In 2006, the building played host to such acts as [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Rob Zombie]], [[Dave Chappelle]] and [[Alice Cooper]].

Time Warner Cable Amphitheater was owned and operated by [[Live Nation]], a company that also runs [[Jacobs Pavilion]] and [[Blossom Music Center]].

==See also== *[[List of contemporary amphitheatres]]

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[[Category:Amphitheaters in Ohio]] [[Category:Former music venues in the United States]] [[Category:Music venues completed in 2001]] [[Category:Music venues in Cleveland]] [[Category:Forest City Realty Trust]]