Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater
| Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater | |
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| View of the pool, around 1920. | |
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| place |
 Jerusalem
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 46 '18.1 " N , 35 ° 13' 34.3" E |
| owner | Jerusalem Foundation |
| opening | 1981 |
| Renovations | 1988 |
| Extensions | 1988 |
| capacity | 10,000 seats |
The Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater in the southern part of the Sultan Basin is an open-air venue in the Gehinnom Valley , Jerusalem .
The venue was built in 1981 and had a capacity of around 6,000 seats for concerts and other events. After an extensive renovation in 1988, the audience capacity of the open-air arena was expanded to 10,000 seats. The first concert by an international musician was given by the British Eric Clapton on July 13, 1989 during his Journeyman World Tour . After the Clapton concert in 1989, international artists such as BB King , Dizzy Gillespie and Dire Straits later performed in the amphitheater. Parts of the complex have also been used as a museum since 2010 . Since 2015 the "Jerusalem Opera Festival" has also taken place annually in June.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater at Sultan's Pool Zion. Setlist.fm, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- ^ Sultan's Pool (Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater). Petitfute.com, accessed April 19, 2016 (French).
- ↑ Jerusalem's Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater. Israelightly.com, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Eric Clapton Concert Setlist at Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater at Sultan's Pool, Zion on July 13, 1989. Setlist.fm, accessed April 19, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater. (No longer available online.) Jerusalem Foundation, archived from the original on April 19, 2016 ; accessed on April 19, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater (Sultan's Pool). Petitfute.uk.com, accessed April 19, 2016 .
