Toyota Amphitheatre is an outdoor concert venue in unincorporated Yuba County, California, sitting between the towns of Wheatland and Plumas Lake roughly 35 miles north of Sacramento. Built at a cost of about $25 million on 90 acres, the amphitheatre opened on June 10, 2000, with a sold-out show headlined by Stone Temple Pilots and Papa Roach, and it has since hosted more than 100 concerts and over 2 million attendees.
The venue holds about 18,500 people, split between roughly 8,000 fixed stadium-style seats and about 10,500 spots on the open lawn. Now operated by Live Nation Entertainment, it remains one of the primary outdoor stops for major rock and country tours passing through Northern California’s Central Valley.
Stats at a Glance
- Location: Yuba County, California (between Wheatland and Plumas Lake)
- Type: Outdoor amphitheater
- Opened: June 10, 2000
- Capacity: About 18,500
- Seating: About 8,000 fixed seats plus about 10,500 lawn seats
- Operator: Live Nation Entertainment
- Famous for: Opening night sellout with Stone Temple Pilots and Papa Roach
The Concert Experience
Designed by Heller Manus Architects and built by DPR Construction, the amphitheatre pairs a covered, fixed-seating bowl with a sloped lawn area, giving concertgoers a choice between reserved stadium seats and a more casual blanket-and-chairs setup on the grass. The layout was built to keep sightlines and sound quality consistent across both sections, a design the venue has leaned on to host national rock and country tours in a region that otherwise has few large outdoor stages.
Because it sits outside any single city, the venue draws crowds from across the greater Sacramento Valley and northern California rather than one metro area alone. Its size and open-lawn capacity make it a natural stop for touring acts routing between the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest.
A Venue With Several Names
The amphitheatre has carried four different names since it opened, a reflection of shifting naming-rights sponsors rather than any change in ownership or location. It debuted as Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre in June 2000, was briefly AutoWest Amphitheatre in 2002, and then spent over a decade as Sleep Train Amphitheatre from January 2003 to May 2015.
Toyota took over the naming rights in May 2015, and the venue has operated as Toyota Amphitheatre ever since. Longtime local concertgoers still sometimes refer to it by its older names, particularly Sleep Train, given how long that branding lasted.
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Toyota Amphitheatre FAQs
What is the capacity of Toyota Amphitheatre?
It holds about 18,500 people, combining roughly 8,000 fixed stadium seats with about 10,500 open lawn spots.
Where is Toyota Amphitheatre located?
It’s in unincorporated Yuba County, California, between the towns of Wheatland and Plumas Lake, about 35 miles north of Sacramento.
Has Toyota Amphitheatre always had that name?
No. It opened in 2000 as Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre, was briefly AutoWest Amphitheatre in 2002, became Sleep Train Amphitheatre from 2003 to 2015, and has been Toyota Amphitheatre since May 2015.
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