Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Chula Vista, CA 91911
Phone: (619) 671-3500
- Directions:
- Located 15 minutes South of Downtown San Diego. From the North: I-805 South to Auto Park Drive/Main Street Exit freeway, turn left onto Uato Park Drive Follow Auto Park Drive to entrance of Amphitheatre From the South: I-805 North to Auto Park Drive/Main Street Exit freeway, turn right onto Auto Park Drive Follow Auto PArk Drive to entrance of Amphitheatre.
Editorial Review for Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre – by Maren Dougherty
In Short
Fifteen minutes south of downtown San Diego, the outdoor theater is open year round for concerts and festivals. Open since 1998, the venue has reserved seating for more than 9,000 and seating for an additional 10,000 on a landscaped lawn, where concert-goers loune on blankets and beach chairs. On-site food vendors offer beer, hamburgers, hot dogs, nachos, and fries. The site is owned and operated by Live Nation.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You Go19,000 people can create a jam - and not always in a good way. Plan to get there early to avoid traffic delays.
The ExtrasArtists who have performed at Cricket include Snoop Dogg, Spice Girls, Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band, and Metallica.
ParkingVIP parking is $25 per car; general parking is included in the price of the ticket.
Fun FactOriginally, it was called Coors Amphitheatre.
User Reviews for Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
07/27/2008 Posted by kimokat
I saw the Police here as well. The parking situation was incredibly ridiculous. We were trapped for a long time on the freeway, but luckily I could use my nav system to route through a local neighborhood and shave off, easily another hour, trying to get through the lights 5 miles from the venue. The parking staff were pretty non-existant, and when they were, they were taking bribes from other vehicles to get into the premiere lot lanes. Not only that, they don't seem to be able to afford a simple Sharpie pen and some poster board to make the signs a little bit more numerous and understandable. All in all, the Police were good, but I'd never come to this stupid joint again. I've been to many concert venues across America. this is the worst. Save your money and see the same band no doubt playing also in LA or somewhere else. No one here cared about planning when choosing the location of this facility, but who cares, the fat cats are getting paid. I would hate to live near here during an event.
Pros: we paid for good seats, they were good seats. rarely rains.
Cons: parking, rude attendants, parking, dumb california regional "planners"
06/01/2008 Posted by CrktHtr
I was also at the Police concert. This was the first and will be the last concert at this venue. The Police were great, but this was the worst concert traffic ever! I spent over 2 1/2 hours in traffic directly associated with the concert getting in and over 1 and 15 minutes in the venue getting out (over 3 hours from my house to the venue and over 1 and 45 minutes return to home). This is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! The traffic staff at the stadium coming in were few, unproffessional and inexperienced. It also appears that this venue lacks the infastructure necessary to accomodate traffic for a sold out crowd - both parking spaces and direct access in and out of the venue - they only use one entrance to the parking lot and that narrowed down to 1 lane to park all the cars. How can you possibly park around 20,000 people using one lane? (Not to mention the limited freeway access to the venue plus no public transportation.) LiveNation Grade: F Venue Grade: F
Pros: The attract good bands
Cons: Thumbs way, way down: Parking, Service, Travel time to venue
Schedule
| 09/12/2008 | The Magic 92.5 Old School End of Summer Jam hosted by Art Laboe |
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| 7:00 pm | ||
| 09/13/2008 | Counting Crows |
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| 7:00 pm | ||
| 09/21/2008 | PARKING: LUIS MIGUEL |
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| 8:00 pm | ||
| 09/27/2008 | MUSIC BUILDS: THIRD DAY & SWITCHFOOT W/ ROBERT RANDOLPH, JARS OF CLAY |
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| 6:00 pm | ||
| 10/16/2008 | PREMIER PARKING |
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| 8:00 pm |
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