The town has accredited plans for a ten,000-plus capability open-air music venue set to launch by spring 2026.
With the Pacific Ocean simply yards away and the historic Queen Mary standing sentinel, Lengthy Seaside is orchestrating a transfer to amplify its cultural footprint by constructing a brand-new amphitheater designed to rival the area’s most iconic music venues.
The Lengthy Seaside Metropolis Council has accredited the development of a large-scale, open-air live performance venue dubbed the Lengthy Seaside Bowl. Backed by a $16.5 million funding, the venue is reportedly primed to debut by spring 2026 with a seating capability between 10,000 and 12,000, simply in time to fill the regional void left by the closure of Irvine’s FivePoint Amphitheatre in 2023.
The town will allocate $14 million to cowl design, allowing and development, together with $4 million for infrastructure enhancements corresponding to grading the land and upgrading parking tons, in accordance with Lengthy Seaside Native Information. Income is projected to hit $26 million in internet revenue, $6 million in new parking and $11 million in extra taxes over the following decade.
The Queen Mary Waterfront has hosted a number of main EDM festivals, together with Dreamstate SoCal, Apocalypse Zombieland and Day Journey Competition, all of that are owned and operated by occasions powerhouse Insomniac.
Set in opposition to the backdrop of the Queen Mary and the Lengthy Seaside harbor, the brand new amphitheatre will span 5 acres alongside Queens Freeway, bordering Harry Bridges Memorial Park. Renderings of the location depict sweeping grandstands, a semicircular stage and a panoramic view of the waterfront, marking a sweeping vote of confidence for town’s leisure future.
Mayor Rex Richardson, who first teased the undertaking throughout his State of the Metropolis deal with in January, referred to as the amphitheater “a top-10 venue that may’t be ignored,” emphasizing town’s readiness to transition towards new revenue-generating industries. “It’s one thing that’s going so as to add worth and be aesthetically vital and one thing that our neighborhood can be pleased with,” he added.
The group hopes the venue’s stage, grandstand and seating can be accomplished by December 2025 in time for the 2026 live performance season.
