Real Life Amphitheater

29°35′50″N 98°19′15″W / 29.59722°N 98.32083°W / 29.59722; -98.32083OwnerRiver City Community ChurchOperatorRiver City Community ChurchTypeAmphitheaterGenre(s)Concert and event venueSeating typeReserved and lawn seatingCapacity20,000ConstructionOpened2001, reopened 2019Renovated2018Expanded2018Closed2009, reopened in 2019WebsiteReallifeamp.com

The Real Life Amphitheater is an open-air amphitheater, located in Selma, Texas.

In 2001 it was opened as the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. It closed in 2009 due to a lack of performances.

Its overall capacity is 20,000, with 6,000 seated and approximately 14,000 on the lawn, and has more than 4,200 parking spaces.

The facility was purchased by River City Community Church in 2011 and hosts a wide variety of entertainment and community outreach events.

History

The facility was opened in 2001 by Clear Channel Entertainment. That company's successor, Live Nation, put the facility on the market in 2007 and sold it to a Dallas-based real estate company, Stream Realty, in 2009. The sale included a 7-year restriction against its continuing use as a concert venue.^[1]

After initially considering redevelopment, Stream Realty decided to market the property for resale. Later that year, a large local church, River City Community Church, entered into a contract to buy the facility, but had to cancel the transaction (and forfeit a deposit) after failing to find financing.^[2] However, the property remained on the market, and in 2011 River City Community Church was successful in its renewed effort to buy the facility.^[3] The church commenced renovation of the facility^[4] and reopened for shows in November 2019 under the new name.

Concerts

List of Concerts

Third Eye Blind – May 6, 2001, with The Go-Go's
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – May 19, 2001, with The Wallflowers, August 10, 2002, August 24, 2003 and August 26, 2008, with Steve Winwood
Styx – May 20, 2001, with Bad Company, Survivor, Blue Öyster Cult, Billy Squier and Joe Stark and May 16, 2004, with Peter Frampton and Nelson
Poison – May 26, 2001, with Warrant, Quiet Riot, Enuff Z'nuff, The Vince Neil Band, Great White and The BulletBoys and July 8, 2006, with Cinderella and Endeverafter
KC's Boogie Blast – June 3, 2001, August 12, 2006 and July 29, 2007
Journey – June 9, 2001, with Peter Frampton and John Waite, September 21, 2005 and July 25, 2008, with Cheap Trick and Heart
Rod Stewart – June 22, 2001 and July 31, 2004
Staind – June 29, 2001, with Rammstein, Cold and Crossbreed
Brooks & Dunn – July 1, 2001, with Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Keith Urban and Cledus T. Judd and October 22, 2005, with Deana Carter and The Warren Brothers
Ozzfest – July 3, 2001, September 7, 2002, June 28, 2003, August 7, 2004, August 28, 2005, July 11, 2006 and August 4, 2007
Deep Purple – July 7, 2001, with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Cheap Trick and August 27, 2004, with Thin Lizzy and The Joe Satriani Band
Depeche Mode – July 15, 2001, with Poe
The Dave Matthews Band – July 17, 2001, with Junior Brown, May 2, 2002, with Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band, July 19, 2003, with Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack, August 18, 2004, with The Graham Colton Band and September 2, 2005, with The Victor Wooten Band
The Warped Tour – July 21, 2001, June 30, 2002, July 18, 2003, June 27, 2004, June 26, 2005, July 2, 2006, July 13, 2007 and July 5, 2008
The Deftones – July 28, 2001, with Godsmack and Puddle of Mudd
Sade – July 29, 2001, with India.Arie
The MTV Total Request Live Tour – August 3, 2001
Blink-182 – August 9, 2001, with New Found Glory and Midtown and May 4, 2004, with Taking Back Sunday and Cypress Hill
Willie Nelson & Family – August 11, 2001, with Dwight Yoakam, Gary Allan and Robert Earl Keen, August 3, 2002, with Lee Ann Womack and Bob Schneider and July 4, 2008, with Merle Haggard & The Strangers, Ray Price and Asleep at the Wheel
The Barenaked Ladies – August 14, 2001
Kenny Chesney – August 18, 2001, with Tim McGraw and Mark Collie, May 17, 2002, with Montgomery Gentry, Phil Vassar and Jamie O'Neal, April 3 and July 2, 2003, May 15, 2005, with Gretchen Wilson and Uncle Kracker and June 17, 2007, with Sugarland and Pat Green
John Mellencamp – August 22, 2001, with The Wallflowers
The Gipsy Kings – August 24, 2001
James Taylor – August 25, 2001 and May 16, 2003
Aerosmith – August 28, 2001, with Fuel, October 28, 2002, with The Stone Temple Pilots, Run–D.M.C., Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker and Must and November 17, 2006, with Mötley Crüe
Crosby, Stills & Nash – September 4, 2001
Matchbox 20 – September 7, 2001, with Train and Davíd Garza
Clay Walker – September 8, 2001, with Blake Shelton and Lila McCann
The Guess Who – October 13, 2001, with Joe Cocker
Ángeles del Infierno – October 14, 2001
Phil Vassar – October 21, 2001
Tool – October 25, 2001, with Tricky
KZEP 93.3's Classic Rock Concert – November 3, 2001
John Mayer – April 27, with Ryan Adams, September 12, 2002 and October 9, 2006
Green Day – May 10, 2002, with Blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder – May 24, 2002, with Robert Earl Keen, Cory Morrow, Charlie Robison and Cowboy Mouth
Scorpions – June 7, 2002, with Deep Purple and Dio
Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker – June 8, 2002
Chris Isaak – June 21, 2002, with Natalie Merchant
Foreigner – June 28, 2002, with Bad Company and Cheap Trick and July 24, 2008, with Bryan Adams
Usher – July 4, 2002, with Faith Evans
Barry Manilow – July 6, 2002, with Curtis Stigers
Train – July 27, 2002, with O.A.R.
David Lee Roth – July 28, 2002, with Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas
Weezer – August 4, 2002, with Dashboard Confessional and Sparta
Chicago – August 9, 2002, June 12, 2004, with Earth, Wind & Fire, August 19, 2005, with Earth, Wind & Fire, June 24, 2006, with Huey Lewis and the News and April 28, 2007, with Kool & the Gang
Marc Anthony – August 16, 2002, with Tony Lucca and Joey Vega, August 24, 2005, with Chayanne and Alejandro Fernández and July 22, 2006, with Marco Antonio Solís and Laura Pausini
Rush – August 17, 2002, June 25, 2004 and August 12, 2007
Lenny Kravitz – August 18, 2002, with P!nk and October 8, 2004
Creed – September 20, 2002, with Sevendust, 12 Stones and Cinder
Angie Stone – September 21, 2002
Vicente Fernández – September 22, 2002
Enrique Iglesias – October 5, 2002, with Paulina Rubio
Montgomery Gentry – October 12, 2002
Lil Wayne – October 19, 2002
Maná – October 20, 2002
Toby Keith – October 26, 2002, with The Rascal Flatts, August 16, 2003, with Blake Shelton and Junior Brown, August 14, 2004, with Terri Clark and Scotty Emerick and September 7, 2008, with Montgomery Gentry
Incubus – October 31, 2002, with Har Mar Superstar
KoЯn – November 2, 2002, with Disturbed, Trust Company, Earshot and Marz
Pearl Jam – April 5, 2003, with Sleater-Kinney
ZZ Top – April 29, 2003, with Ted Nugent and The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and August 5, 2007, with The Pretenders, The Stray Cats and Whitestarr
Our Lady Peace – May 11, 2003, with Finger Eleven, Stone Sour and Seether
Def Leppard – May 30, 2003, October 30, 2005, with Cheap Trick and Ricky Warwick, July 28, 2006, with Journey and Stoll Vaughan and August 30, 2007, with Styx and Foreigner
The Red Hot Chili Peppers – June 13, 2003, with The Mars Volta and Snoop Dogg
Evanescence – June 14, 2003
Beck – June 27, 2003, with The Black Keys
Counting Crows – July 24, 2003, with John Mayer and September 8, 2006, with Goo Goo Dolls and Eliot Morris
tobyMac & The Diverse City Band – July 27, 2003, with Third Day and April 16, 2005
JAY Z – August 1, 2003, with 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Fabolous
Boston – August 8, 2003 and June 21, 2008, with Styx and Smash Mouth
Lollapalooza – August 9, 2003
Iron Maiden – August 15, 2003, with Dio and Motörhead and May 21, 2008, with Lauren Harris
N.E.R.D – August 22, 2003, with Talib Kweli
Joan Osborne – September 18, 2003
The Gourds – September 20, 2003, with Los Lonely Boys
Cher – September 27, 2003, with Tommy Drake
KISS – October 4, 2003, with Aerosmith and Saliva and June 10, 2004, with Poison and ZO2
LeAnn Rimes – October 11, 2003
Good Charlotte – November 8, 2003
The Blue Man Group – November 14, 2003, with Tracy Bonham and Venus Hum
Drowning Pool – April 16, 2004, with Hatebreed, Unearth and Damageplan
The Steve Miller Band – July 3, 2004 and September 29, 2006
The John Mayer Trio – July 25, 2004, with Maroon 5 and DJ Logic
Tim McGraw – July 30, 2004, with Big & Rich and The Warren Brothers
Projekt Revolution – August 21, 2004 and August 3, 2007
Sting – September 17, 2004, with Annie Lennox and Dominic Miller
Hall & Oates – October 9, 2004, with Michael McDonald and The Average White Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd – October 10, 2004, with The Allman Brothers Band and July 7, 2006, with 3 Doors Down and Shooter Jennings
Norah Jones & The Handsome Band – October 16, 2004, with Amos Lee
Gary Allan – October 17, 2004, with Dierks Bentley and Pat Green
Velvet Revolver – October 28, 2004, with Shinedown
Snoop Dogg – May 14, 2005, with The Game
The Moody Blues – June 18, 2005
Judas Priest – June 25, 2005, with Queensrÿche and August 24, 2008, with Motörhead, Testament and Heaven & Hell
The Anger Management Tour – July 29, 2005
3 Doors Down – October 1, 2005, with Shinedown and Alter Bridge
Pat Green – October 29, 2005, with Shooter Jennings and Wade Bowen
Bryan Adams – November 12, 2005
The Honda Civic Tour – April 9, 2006 and June 20, 2007
Kanye West – May 6, 2006, with Daddy Yankee and Baby Bash
Nine Inch Nails – June 2, 2006, with TV on the Radio and Bauhaus
Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas – June 9, 2006
The Rascal Flatts – June 17, 2006, with The Wreckers and June 22, 2008, with Taylor Swift
Steely Dan – July 15, 2006
The Sounds of the Underground Music Festival – July 23, 2006
The Family Values Tour – August 4, 2006 and August 19, 2007
Lee Rocker – August 5, 2006
Mary J. Blige – August 9, 2006, with LeToya Luckett and Jaheim
Earth, Wind & Fire – August 18, 2006, with Chris Botti
Godsmack – August 26, 2006, with Rob Zombie and Shinedown
Toots and the Maytals – September 2, 2006, with Maxi Priest
Chris Brown – September 21, 2006, with Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana and Dem Franchize Boyz
KISS FM 99.5's Fall Festival – October 7, 2006
Heaven & Hell – May 1, 2007, with Megadeth and Machine Head
Boys Like Girls – July 12, 2007
The Automatic – July 18, 2007
78violet – July 24, 2007, with Drake Bell, Corbin Bleu and Bianca Ryan
Marilyn Manson – September 1, 2007, with Slayer and Bleeding Through
Brad Paisley & The Drama Kings – November 2–3, 2007, with Rodney Atkins and Taylor Swift and October 18, 2008, with Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough
The Pre–Summer Country Music Festival – April 12, 2008
Breaking Benjamin – April 25, 2008, with Three Days Grace and Seether
Avril Lavigne – April 27, 2008, with Boys Like Girls
Martina McBride – July 17, 2008, with Jack Ingram and Chris Young
Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam – July 18, 2008
The Crüe Fest – July 23, 2008
The Mayhem Festival – July 26, 2008
Santana – September 19, 2008, with The Salvador Santana Band
The Jars of Clay – October 4, 2008, with Third Day, Switchfoot and Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – October 14, 2008
Kings of Leon – October 28, 2008

References

^ "Live Nation inks deal to sell amphitheater", San Antonio Business Journal, March 1, 2009.
^ David DeKunder, "Church hits roadblock in bid to buy amphitheater", San Antonio Express-News, December 2, 2009.
^ Abe Levy, "Old Verizon Wireless Amphitheater a godsend to growing church: River City Community Church counts blessings after acquiring Verizon Wireless Amphitheater." San Antonio Express-News, May 28, 2011.
^ Hollie O'Connor, "Churches pull out all stops for big crowds", San Antonio Express-News, April 6, 2012.

External links

[River City Community Church, www.reallife.org]
https://web.archive.org/web/20090304034321/http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/Live_Nation_sells_Verizon_Amphitheater.html

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