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The amphitheater West Valley City

The state's largest outdoor stage, under a name it took in 2024

The Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre, in practice

Twenty five thousand people on a field at 5150 South 6055 West: about 7,000 in fixed seats and about 18,000 on the lawn, opened on 3 July 2003 and built for 9.4 million dollars, taking the national summer tours from roughly May to October. It was the USANA Amphitheatre until January 2024. Here is the name, the bag rule, the free parking, the prohibited list and the part of the night nobody warns you about.

Scott BuehlerBy Scott Buehler, Moving Utah Updated October 2026

The short answer

The Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre is the largest outdoor concert venue in Utah, out on the south west edge of West Valley City at 5150 South 6055 West. It holds about 25,000 people, roughly 7,000 in fixed seats and 18,000 on the lawn behind them, and it takes the national summer tours from about May or June through October before the field goes quiet for the winter. Three things catch first timers out: the name, because it was the USANA Amphitheatre until January 2024; the bag rule, because it is clear plastic only and lawn chairs are not allowed; and the exit, because parking is free but 25,000 people leave this corner of the valley all at once. The rest of this page is how the name, the rules, the parking and the season actually work.

Where5150 South 6055 West, on the south west edge of West Valley City
CapacityAbout 25,000, roughly 7,000 seats and 18,000 on the lawn
SeasonRoughly May or June through October, on the touring calendar
ParkingFree with your ticket; paid upgrades buy a shorter walk, not a space
The nameUtah First Credit Union Amphitheatre since 2024; USANA before that

Start here


Twenty five thousand people on a field at the south west corner of the valley

The Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre sits at 5150 South 6055 West, also published as 5150 Upper Ridge Road, well out on the south west side of West Valley City. It holds 25,000 people: about 7,000 in fixed seats under the roof line and about 18,000 more on the lawn behind them, with the Wasatch Range standing across the valley behind the stage.

It broke ground in September 2002, opened on 3 July 2003 and cost 9.4 million dollars to build, which is a strikingly small figure for a room that takes the biggest touring acts in the country. United Concerts owns it and Live Nation operates it, and that is worth knowing, because it means the calendar, the ticketing and every rule you meet at the gate are the operator's rather than the city's. Two large video screens went in before the 2019 season, which is what makes a lawn ticket worth buying.

The season runs from about May or June through October and then the field goes quiet, so this is an address with two completely different halves of the year. Everything below is the practical side: the name it lost, what you may carry in, what parking actually costs, and the part nobody puts in a listing, which is how long it takes 25,000 people to leave a field on this edge of the valley.

The venue, in short

Where5150 South 6055 West, also published as 5150 Upper Ridge Road, on the city's south west side
Opened3 July 2003, after breaking ground in September 2002
Built for9.4 million dollars
CapacityAbout 25,000, roughly 7,000 seats and 18,000 lawn
Owned and run byUnited Concerts owns it, Live Nation operates it

The name


It was USANA for twenty one years and it has not been since January 2024

This is the single most common source of confusion about anything in West Valley City, and it is worth setting out plainly, because half the material online still uses the retired name and the two point at the same field.

The old nameThe current name
What it was calledUSANA AmphitheatreUtah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
WhenFrom the opening on 3 July 2003 until January 2024From the naming rights announcement on 23 January 2024 onward
Where the name came fromUSANA Health Sciences, a company headquartered in this cityUtah First Credit Union, under a naming rights agreement
The address5150 South 6055 West5150 South 6055 West, unchanged, also published as 5150 Upper Ridge Road
What changed on the groundNothing about the field, the seats or the lawnSignage, ticketing and the venue's own web address
Which one to searchIt still finds the venue, and it dates whatever you are readingThis is what the operator, the ticketing sites and the venue publish now

Two published addresses, one field. Some listings give this venue as 5150 South 6055 West and others as 5150 Upper Ridge Road. Both are current and both resolve to the same site on the south west side of the city. If a navigation app disagrees with your ticket, follow the one your ticket carries and expect to arrive at the same gate either way.

What you can bring


The bag rule is the one that turns people away at the gate

Bags must be either clear plastic no larger than 12 by 12 by 6 inches, or a clutch, wristlet or small waist bag no larger than 6 by 9 inches. Medical and infant bags are allowed after inspection. Everything is subject to search on entry, and you may decline the search, in which case the venue may decline the entry. That is a stricter rule than most Utah venues run and it is applied at the gate rather than at the ticket scan, so a bag that has been fine somewhere else is not evidence of anything here.

Lawn chairs and stadium seats are on the prohibited list, which surprises anybody who has been to a lawn show elsewhere. The venue has at times offered chair rentals for a fee, returned at the end of the night, and when it does that is the only seating you will get on the grass. Frozen water bottles and metal water bottles are also prohibited even though bottles as a category are not, which is a distinction easy to miss when you are packing.

Two more operational facts change how the night runs. Entry is mobile only, so the ticket needs to be in the operator's own app on a charged phone before you leave home rather than screenshotted in the parking lot. And the venue is cash free throughout, with cash to card booths on site if you turn up with cash. None of this is unusual for a large modern venue; all of it is the sort of thing that produces a bad first hour if you learn it in the line.

Tailgating in the parking lots is prohibited and it is enforced. Open flame cooking and drinking alcohol in the lots are both prohibited under local rules, and the city's police enforce it rather than treating it as venue guidance. The lots open at noon on show days and the temptation on a long summer evening is obvious, which is exactly why it gets policed. Plan the pre show part of the night somewhere other than the parking lot.

Arriving and leaving


Parking is free, and the exit is the thing worth planning

This venue sits on the south west edge of the valley, away from the rail network, which means essentially everybody drives and essentially everybody leaves at once. Here is the honest arithmetic of the two halves of the evening.

ArrivingLeaving
What it costsNothing. General parking is included with your ticketNothing, except time, which is the real currency here
When it opensLots and the box office open at noon on show days; gates typically 90 minutes before the startThe lots empty from the moment the encore ends, which is the slowest part of the night
What the upgrades buyReserved, premier and ultra premier parking, with the south east lots held for premier buyersA shorter walk and an earlier place in the line, which is what you are actually paying for
Best strategyArrive well before the gate time if you want a short walk on a sold out nightEither leave a song early or accept a wait, because there is no third option
RideshareEncouraged by the operator, along with carpoolingThe pickup point fills quickly, so agree a spot before the show rather than during
WeatherShows go ahead in most conditionsExtreme wind and lightning are the exceptions the operator names

Individual shows publish their own gate times, so read the event listing rather than assuming the usual pattern.

Directions

The venue is free to park at and expensive to leave, and the currency is the same either way: half an hour of your evening.

Quick answers


The amphitheater, answered

Yes, it is the same venue at the same address. It opened on 3 July 2003 as the USANA Amphitheatre, named for USANA Health Sciences, which is headquartered in West Valley City, and kept that name until a naming rights agreement with Utah First Credit Union was announced on 23 January 2024. The field, the seats, the lawn and the address at 5150 South 6055 West are unchanged. Anything still using the old name was written before 2024.

Twenty five thousand, which makes it the largest outdoor concert venue in Utah. That splits into about 7,000 fixed seats and about 18,000 on the lawn behind them, so roughly three quarters of the capacity is grass rather than seat. Not every show fills the whole field, so treat 25,000 as the ceiling rather than the crowd on any given night.

General parking is free and included with your ticket. What is sold separately are reserved, premier and ultra premier upgrades, with the south east lots held back for premier buyers, and what those buy is a shorter walk in and an earlier exit rather than a space you would not otherwise have had. The lots open at noon on show days, and the operator encourages rideshare and carpooling because the exit is the slow part of the night.

Bags must be clear plastic no larger than 12 by 12 by 6 inches, or a clutch, wristlet or small waist bag no larger than 6 by 9 inches. Medical and infant bags are permitted after inspection. Every bag is subject to search at entry, and you are free to refuse the search, in which case the venue may refuse entry. It is stricter than many Utah venues, and it is checked at the gate rather than at the ticket scan.

No. Lawn chairs and stadium seats are on the prohibited list, which surprises people who have been to lawn shows elsewhere. The venue has at times offered chair rentals for a fee, returned at the end of the event, and when it does that is the only seating available on the grass. Frozen water bottles and metal water bottles are also prohibited, even though bottles in general are not, so check what you are packing.

Typically 90 minutes before the advertised showtime, though individual events publish their own gate times, so read the listing rather than assuming. The parking lots and the box office both open at noon on show days, which is considerably earlier than the gates. The box office operates on show days only, so a ticket problem on a non event day is a phone or online question rather than a drive out to the venue.

No. Open flame cooking and drinking alcohol in the parking lots are both prohibited under local rules, and West Valley City police enforce it rather than the venue treating it as guidance. Since the lots open at noon and shows start in the evening, the temptation is obvious, which is precisely why it is policed. If a pre show gathering is part of the plan, arrange it somewhere other than the venue's parking lots.

Roughly May or June through October, following the national touring calendar rather than a fixed civic season. The field is outdoors and uncovered on the lawn, so the program is built around the warm half of the year and then stops. Shows go ahead in most weather; the operator names extreme wind and lightning as the exceptions. Between November and April the city's live calendar moves indoors to the arena and the Cultural Celebration Center.

United Concerts owns the venue and Live Nation operates it, which is a different arrangement from the city's arena a few miles away and matters more than it sounds. Every rule you meet here, from the bag dimensions to the parking tiers to the cash free policy, is set by the operator rather than by West Valley City, so the city's own departments are not the right place to ask about them. The venue's number is 801-355-5522.

Scott Buehler, Moving Utah

A field that fills twenty five thousand times over on a summer night

The largest outdoor stage in the state sits on the south west corner of this city, which means the blocks nearest it get dozens of evenings each summer of traffic and sound and the rest of the year of nothing at all. That is a real trade off and it is one you can only judge by standing there during the season rather than reading about it. Tell me what you are weighing and I will put you with a Salt Lake County partner agent who works these streets, and stay on the file for the homework and the financing side.

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