Brace yourself for a few extra days of backups on the Stadium Way off-ramp this summer.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have partnered with the recently formed Oak View Group to bring more concerts to Dodger Stadium. Though the terms of the deal haven't been disclosed, you can expect the firm, chaired by ex-AEG executive Tim Leiweke and music industry maven Irving Azoff, to use its professional connections to bring more big-spectacle shows to Chavez Ravine.
The stadium has typically hosted one or two concerts a year—think AC/DC, Paul McCartney, Kiss—but this summer should bring two or three shows. That number is expected to increase, baseball schedule permitting, in later years, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Oak View Group isn't a promoter like Coachella-organizer Goldenvoice, but something more like a high-profile group of entertainment industry advisors. In other words, the potential shows won't be confined to a single corporate stable of artists.
Dodger Stadium's 50,000-person concert capacity positions it somewhere between arena-sized shows at the Staples Center and the massive summer tours at the Rose Bowl, which is currently working on staging its own music festival.
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