The Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell is a venue for outdoor concerts and other large gatherings in the Waikiki area of Honolulu, Hawaii . Built in 1956, the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell seats 2,400 persons and the lawn area has capacity for an additional 6,000 persons. It is under the management of the Neal S. Blaisdell Center . It has been compared to the Hollywood Bowl .
8-620: The venue is located in Kapiolani Park in Waikiki, between the dense high-rises of the neighborhood and the dormant tuff cone volcano, Diamond Head . In 2018 the venue was renamed "The Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell", in memory of Hawaii's first rock DJ, later a concert promoter. Moffatt died in 2016. This article about a sports venue in Hawaii is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to Honolulu
16-515: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kapiolani Park Queen Kapiʻolani Regional Park is the largest and second-oldest public park in Hawaii , located in Honolulu on the east end of Waikiki just beyond Kuhio Beach Park and the Waikiki residential neighborhood. The 300-acre (1.2 km ) park, named after Queen Kapiʻolani , the queen consort of King David Kalākaua ,
24-538: Is home to the Waikiki Shell and the Honolulu Zoo . In the 1870s, King Kalākaua was asked to find a permanent, dry course for horse racing . Since Waikiki was popular with wealthy racing fans, Kalākaua chose the unoccupied and dry plain at the foot of Diamond Head where the park now stands. On June 11, 1877, the park was dedicated as the first Hawaiian public space. Scotsman Archibald Scott Cleghorn
32-415: The Honolulu Zoo and the Waikiki Shell , the park includes tennis and basketball courts, soccer , baseball , lacrosse and rugby fields and an archery range. The park hosts many international lacrosse and rugby tournaments a year. Its bandstand serves as an entertainment venue. It is also a popular course for joggers who utilize its two-mile (3 km) circumference. The park also serves as both
40-650: The properties were returned to the city or condemned. A lease was granted to the Honolulu Cricket Club in 1893. Top cricket players from San Francisco's California Cricket Association played for local teams. After the overthrow, the land was conveyed to the Republic of Hawaii and managed by the Honolulu Park Commission. The legislation provided that the park be set aside permanently as a free public park and recreation ground, forbade
48-536: The sale or lease of land in the park, and prohibited charging of any entrance fees. Since 1913, the park has been maintained by the City and County of Honolulu 's Department of Parks & Recreation. In the 1920s, plans to drain the Ala Wai Canal through Kapiolani Park filled the park with mud and rubbish. It was rarely used until 1952, when it was renovated and its current boundaries were established. Besides
56-681: The starting and finish lines of road races in Honolulu, including the Honolulu Marathon . Kapiʻolani park is also home to Honolulu Cricket Club, the only cricket club in the Hawaiian Islands. Founded in 1893, it is the oldest sporting club in the Pacific according to Guinness World Records . As Kapiʻolani Park continues south, it becomes Kapiʻolani Beach Park, adjacent to Kuhio Beach and Waikiki Beach. The park serves as
64-555: Was vice president and later president of the Kapiʻolani Park Association, a group of businessmen who convinced Kalākaua to give them a 30-year lease for $ 1 per year. A share in the association cost $ 50, and allowed shareholders to lease property on Waikiki Beach . By the 1880s, many of Hawaii's wealthiest citizens had leased property through the association until the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii , during which most of
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