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{{Short description|Outdoor music venue in Illinois, U.S.}}
{{About|the amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois|the similarly named amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri|Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (Maryland Heights, Missouri)}}
{{Infobox venue
| name = Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
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| address = 19100 Ridgeland Ave.
| location = [[Tinley Park, Illinois]]
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| type = outdoor [[Amphitheatre]]
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| opened = {{Start date|1990|06|2}}
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| owner = [[Live Nation (events promoter)|Live Nation]]
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| former_names = World Music Theatre (1990–1995)<br />New World Music Theatre (1995–2001)<br />[[Tweeter (store)|Tweeter]] Center (2001–2006)<br />First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (2006–2015)<br />Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (2015–2023)
| seating_type = Reserved, Lawn
| seating_capacity = 28,739
| website = {{URL|https://www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEktFA/hollywood-casino-amphitheatre-chicago-il-events|www.livenation.com}}
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'''Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre''' (originally '''World Music Theatre''' and formerly '''New World Music Theatre''', '''[[Tweeter (store)|Tweeter]] Center''', '''First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre''' and '''Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre''') is an outdoor music venue located in [[Tinley Park, Illinois]], that opened in 1990 and was built by Gierczyk Development. It is one of the largest music venues in the [[Chicago]] area, with a capacity of up to 28,000 spectators: 11,000 reserved seats and 17,000 lawn seats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKseAQAAMAAJ&q=world+music+theatre+|work=Realty and Building| year=1990 |publisher=Economist Publishing Company|access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref>

[[Nederlander Organization|Nederlander Concerts]] and Jam Productions co-managed the venue from 1994 to 1999.

[[Penn National Gaming|Hollywood Casino]] acquired the [[naming rights]], beginning in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vickroy|first1=Donna|last2=Nolan|first2=Mike|title=Tinley Park music theater gets new name, again|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-tinley-concert-venue-st-0717-20150716-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> The venue is owned by [[Live Nation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL|url=http://www.livenation.com/venues/14482/hollywood-casino-amphitheatre-chicago-il|website=Live Nation}}</ref>

On April 25, 2023, [[Credit Union 1 (Illinois)|Credit Union 1]] bought the naming rights for the former Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, now known as the Credit Union 1 Amphitheater, in Tinley Park, Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|title=Concert confusion alert: When 2 music venues become Credit Union 1|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/4/25/23697447/credit-union-1-amphitheatre-name-hollywood-casino-tinley-park-venue|website=Chicago Sun-Times|date=25 April 2023 }}</ref>

==Concerts and music festivals==
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[[File:David-Bowie Chicago 2002-08-08 photoby Adam-Bielawski.jpg|thumb|right|David Bowie at the then Tweeter Center in August 2002]]
The venue has hosted many concerts and music festivals, including [[All That! Music and More Festival]], [[Anger Management Tour]], [[Area Festival]], [[B96 Pepsi SummerBash]], [[Crüe Fest]], [[Crüe Fest 2]], [[The Cure#1999–2005: The Trilogy and more personnel changes|Curiosa]] Festival, [[Family Values Tour]], [[Farm Aid]], Furthur Festival, [[Gigantour]], [[The Grateful Dead]], [[H.O.R.D.E.]] Festival, [[Honda Civic Tour]], [[Lilith Fair]], [[Lollapalooza]], [[Mayhem Festival]], [[Ozzfest]], [[Projekt Revolution]], [[Rock the Bells]] Festival, [[Uproar Festival]], [[Vans Warped Tour]] and [[WKQX (FM)|WKQX]] Q101.1's Jamboree.

[[Cher]] was the first entertainer to perform at the venue, as part of her [[Heart of Stone Tour]], on June 2, 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cher puts the World in orbit|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-06-04-9002150426-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|date=4 June 1990 |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref>

[[KISS (band)|Kiss]] headlined the venue's second day of operation on their [[Hot in The Shade Tour]] on June 3, 1990.

[[Depeche Mode]] performed two consecutive shows during their [[World Violation Tour]] on July 2–3, 1990, with [[Nitzer Ebb]] as their opening act. Live footage shot by longtime collaborator [[Anton Corbijn]] was used for the official music video to their song "[[World in My Eyes]]".

The [[Grateful Dead]] show on July 23, 1990, was the last show that keyboard player [[Brent Mydland]] played before his death three days later.

[[Whitney Houston]] performed at the venue during her [[I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour]] on June 30, 1991.

[[Bon Jovi]] played at the venue during their [[I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour]] on July 24, 1993, and as part of their [[These Days Tour]] on August 12, 1995.

The [[Spice Girls]] performed a sold-out show on July 27, 1998, as part of their ''[[Spiceworld Tour]]''.

[[Bob Dylan]] and [[Paul Simon]] performed here during their [[Never Ending Tour 1999|Never Ending Tour]] on July 9, 1999.

[[Phish]] performed during their [[Rift (album)|Rift]] Tour on August 14, 1993, the show was recorded and later released, as ''[[Live Phish Volume 7]]'', on April 16, 2002.

[[Rush (band)|Rush]] performed during their [[Test for Echo Tour]] on June 14, 1997. Much of this show was featured on their live album, entitled ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'', released on November 10, 1998.
 
[[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] performed during Q101.1's 2001 Jamboree; they used live footage of their song "[[Down with the Sickness]]" for its official music video.

[[Fall Out Boy]] and [[Paramore]] performed during their co-headlining [[Monumentour]] on July 11, 2014, with [[New Politics (band)|New Politics]] as their opening act. Paramore used live footage from this show in the music video for their new song "Last Hope". Fall Out Boy returned on July 11, 2015, this time on tour with rapper [[Wiz Khalifa]].

[[AJR]] performed at the venue on June 3, 2022, for their tour supporting their album "[[OK Orchestra]]".

[[Janet Jackson]] performed on May 27, 2023, on her [[Janet Jackson: Together Again|Together Again]] tour with opening act [[Ludacris]].

==See also==
*[[List of contemporary amphitheatres]]
*[[Live Nation (events promoter)|Live Nation]]
*[[Credit Union 1 Arena]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEktFA/hollywood-casino-amphitheatre-chicago-il-events Official site]

{{Live Nation}}
{{Music venues of Illinois}}
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[[Category:Amphitheaters in the United States]]
[[Category:Music venues in Illinois]]
[[Category:Tinley Park, Illinois]]