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Photo Credit: Long Beach Amphitheater rendering<\/p>\n
Now that naming rights have been secured by FMB, Long Beach\u2019s new $21 million amphitheater opens this week with a show from hometown hero Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n
California\u2019s new waterfront amphitheater, the FMB Amphitheater of Long Beach, will open this week<\/a>, only six months after Legends Global broke ground on the $21 million project. Naming rights were secured by Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach in a multi-year agreement.<\/p>\n Now, Long Beach native Snoop Dogg will headline the venue\u2019s grand opening on Saturday, June 6, with surprise guests set to join in to celebrate the city\u2019s first outdoor venue.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want this venue to feel like it truly belongs to Long Beach, which means serving the full range of the community,\u201d said Tra Jones, the amphitheater\u2019s general manager. \u201cWe want major international headliners on this stage, but we also see this as a platform for emerging artists and community celebrations. We are proud to build this next chapter alongside a partner with such deep roots in this community.\u201d<\/p>\n The timing couldn\u2019t be better, with a slew of major entertainment events kicking off in the Los Angeles area in the next couple of years. That includes this year\u2019s World Cup, the Super Bowl in 2027, and the Olympics in 2028.<\/p>\n Aside from Snoop Dogg<\/a>, acts like Ice Cube<\/a>, Lil Wayne<\/a>, Toto<\/a>, Luke Bryan<\/a>, M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce<\/a>, and Claypool Gold<\/a> have already been booked for performances lined up through October. The venue is expected to host over 300,000 people annually, with a flexible capacity of 6,000 to 11,000. It will feature premier VIP and hospitality areas and premium coastal views.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an exciting milestone for F&M Bank and the Long Beach community we\u2019ve proudly served since 1907,\u201d said F&M Bank CEO Henry Walker. \u201cSupporting the FMB Amphitheater of Long Beach is a natural extension of our commitment to investing in the people and places that make this community thrive. We\u2019re honored to support a venue that will bring people together, enhance quality of life, and serve as a vibrant centerpiece for entertainment and community pride for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Credit: Long Beach Amphitheater rendering Now that naming rights have been secured by FMB, Long Beach\u2019s new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-341924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}