Red Rocks Amphitheatre is a rock structure in Red Rocks Park near Morrison, Colorado (west of Denver), where concerts are given in the open air amphitheatre. There is a large, tilted, disc-shaped rock behind the stage, a huge vertical rock angled outwards from stage right, several large boulders angled outwards from stage left and seating area for up to 9,450 people in between. The amphitheatre is owned and operated by the City and County of Denver, Colorado. It was created by the workers of the Civilian Conservation Corps under the New Deal. Geologically, the rocks are representative of the Fountain Formation. Originally the place was known as the Garden of the Angels (1870s-1906), and then as Garden of the Titans (1906-28). The park, however, had always been known by the folk name of Red Rocks, which it was formally named when Denver acquired it in 1928. The amphitheatre's rocks are named Creation Rock on the north, Ship Rock on the south, and Stage Rock to the east. Red Rocks Amphitheatre was designed by Denver architect Burnham Hoyt.
