The Verizon Wireless Music Center (formerly known as Deer Creek Music Center) is an outdoor amphitheater owned by Live Nation located in Noblesville, Indiana. The center is the largest outdoor music venue in central Indiana with 6,000 seats under a pavilion and about 18,000 general admission lawn seats.
Concerts and Music Festivals
Verizon Wireless Music Center is a large open-air concert venue capable of hosting live, high-profile concerts. This facility is capable of hosting large, outdoor music festivals, such as Ozzfest and Van's Warped Tour. When it was known as Deer Creek Music Center, the Grateful Dead performed there on July 2, 1995, in one of their final concerts before their last venue at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, on July 7, 1995. During the Dead's visit, a number of fans stormed a rear fence, attempting to enter without paid admission. As a result, the Dead's last concert at the facility on the following night was canceled. Verizon Wireless Music Center was ranked 5th in the nation for tickets sold in 2006.
Possible Sale
On December 28, 2006, Live Nation, the owner of the music center, confirmed they were putting up for sale the 203-acres of land that currently holds the Verizon Wireless Music Center. Regardless of the sale, Live Nation said it was committed to the 2007 concert season. As of June 9, 2007, the Indianapolis Business Journal, a local business newspaper, reported, "But no acceptable offers have been received, and several local brokers say the unofficial asking price of more than $40 million is outrageous."2 On August 15, 2007, the Indianapolis Business Journal had a new report stating "Noblesville's Verizon Wireless Music Center is no longer for sale and will host a full lineup of shows in 2008, the facility's general manager, Steve Finkel, told IBJ this afternoon."
