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The Trib Total Media Amphitheatre at Station Square is an outdoor music pavilion at Station Square
Station Square
Station Square is a indoor and outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment complex located in the South Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

. The venue has a seating capacity of 5,000 people. In January 2007 it was announced that the amphitheatre would be changing its name to The Amphitheatre at Sandcastle and moving to West Homestead, Pennsylvania
West Homestead, Pennsylvania
West Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River. Heavy industries associated with nearby steel mills existed here. Established were axle works, brickworks, and manufactories of machinery, car wheels, etc. In 1910, 3,009 people lived...

. The amphitheater was not opened for 2007, and there were tentative plans for opening in spring 2008.

The beginning

In 1989, DiCesare-Engler Productions announced that they had partnered with the owners of the Station Square Festival Tent to open the Melody Amphitheatre at Station Square. The site hosted acts such as The Judds, Kenny G, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, as well as various ethnic festivals. The venue became known as the IC Light Amphitheatre in the early 1990s.

I.C. Light Amphitheater

IC Light Amphitheater hosted as many as 200,000 people per summer for events such as concerts, weekend festivals, and the yearly Fright Fest designed by Tom Savini
Tom Savini
Thomas Vincent "Tom" Savini is an American actor, stuntman, director, award-winning special effects and makeup artist. He is known for his work on the Living Dead films directed by George A. Romero, as well as Creepshow, The Burning, Friday the 13th, The Prowler, and Maniac. He directed the 1990...

  The amphitheater briefly moved to Pittsburgh's South Side
South Side (Pittsburgh)
South Side is an area in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, located along the Monongahela River across from Downtown Pittsburgh. The South Side is officially divided into two neighborhoods, South Side Flats and South Side Slopes. Both the Flats and the Slopes are represented on Pittsburgh City...

 in 1994, but was relocated to its original location in 1995 when DiCesare-Engler invested $400,000 to build a more permanent structure and increased the seating capacity from 4,000 to 5,000.
In 1999 DiCesare-Engler renovated the amphitheater again, changing the direction of the stage to face west and adding a roof to cover as many as 4,000 seats.

Chevrolet Amphitheatre

The venue went through another name change in 2003, when it became the Chevrolet Amphitheatre at Station Square. Its last season as the Chevrolet Amphitheater was 2006. Forest City Enterprises
Forest City Enterprises
Forest City Enterprises is a $9-billion diversified real estate management and development company based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Its portfolio includes interests in retail centers, apartment communities, office buildings and mixed-use projects in the U.S...

 did not extend the lease for the amphitheater. The company was preparing for possible redevelopment of the site. Live Nation
Live Nation
Live Nation is a live-events company based in Beverly Hills, California, focused on concert promotions. Live Nation formed in 2005 as a spin-off from Clear Channel Communications, which then merged with Ticketmaster in 2010 to become Live Nation Entertainment....

 made tentative plans to move the amphitheater to West Homestead, but the plans were postponed. The lot remained vacant until 2009.

Today

On May 25, 2009, Brian Drusky, a former DiCesare-Engler employee who was laid off by Live Nation in 2005, promoted the first concert at the new amphitheatre. The new venue seats up to 6000.

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