Blockbuster Pavilion Renamed Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Effective immediately, Verizon Wireless, has become the name-in-title sponsor of the 10-year-old Blockbuster Pavilion in Charlotte, N. C., and renamed the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. This is the third SFX amphitheater to bear the name of the wireless communications provider, the others being in Los Angeles and Indianpolis.

Among the shows scheduled at the amphitheater this year are Dave Matthews Band, date tba; The Coors Light Neon Circus & Wild West Show featuring Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, and Keith Urban on June 2; and James Taylor on June 8.