Joe Walsh rocked the stage at the 2012 grand opening performance.
Luke Combs, The Lumineers, Phish’s Trey Anastasio and countless other rock, country and metal bands have also captivated audiences there over the years.
But nearly fifteen years after its debut, Garden City’s Revolution Music Hall and Events Center is closing. The news, revealed by owner Creston Thornton on his Facebook page, is the result of Meridian’s expansion.
Revolution Music Hall is moving to a new, modern facility at 1170 S. Silverstone Way in Eagle View Landing, city documents show. Thornton wrote on social media that it would be close to Topgolf and three hotels and would have access to more than 1,000 shared parking spaces.
The original Revolution site, 4983 North Glenwood Street, will remain open “as we build the next and final home for the Revolution Center,” Thornton wrote. Construction of the Meridian project, dubbed “Revolution 2.0,” has not yet begun.
Promoter Creston Thornton posted architectural renderings of the new Revolution Music Hall on his Facebook page.
Thornton, a longtime Eagle resident who co-founded The Big Easy (now located at the Knitting Factory Music Hall in downtown Boise) in 2000, is now president of the Live Nation promoter in the mountains.
Like Revolution Hall in Garden City, the new Meridian venue will seat 2,200 people: 1,900 in the main concert area downstairs and 300 in a VIP area upstairs, with reserved seating on three levels, Thornton wrote.
There will also be a “box office bar” with a capacity of 120 people, which will be open daily and suitable for smaller shows, he added.
Thornton said hiring for the new Revolution Hall is expected to begin in the third quarter of this year.
In 2013, the Lumineers performed at the Revolution Center.
(Darrin Oswald/Statesman Files)