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Merriweather Named Fourth Best Amphitheater in America by Rolling Stone

by Andrew Metcalf

As if you didn't already know your local concert venue is awesome, Rolling Stone has named Merriweather Post Pavilion the fourth best amphitheater in America.

The storied rock and roll magazine wrote, "Designed by architect Frank Gehry, known for shapes that seem structurally impossible, this outdoor theater is a huge wooden slab that seems to float over a hillside near Baltimore. Since opening in 1967, it's hosted everyone from Phish to Led Zeppelin – and in 2009, it gained a new kind of fame when Animal Collective, who grew up in Baltimore, named their latest album Merriweather Post Pavilion."

The amphitheater was ranked behind other vaunted venues—theGorge Amphiteather in George, WA, The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and the perennial powerhouse Red Rocks in Morrison, CO.

In 2010, Merriweather was ranked second in a Billboard Magazine ranking of the top amphitheaters in the country.

The ranking was part of a Rolling Stone series called "Venues that Rock" that, when finished, will rank the best rock clubs, big rooms, amphitheaters, dance clubs and arenas.

Merriweather takes its name from cereal magnate Marjorie Merriweather Post, a patron, and has a capacity of 15,000.

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