The Amphitheatre at Veterans Memorial Park
The amphitheatre outdoor event complex is located in Veterans Memorial Park on Merritt Island.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the Amphitheatre at Veterans Memorial Park in Merritt Island was held on October 29, 2024. The project is slated for completion in late 2025.
The Amphitheatre was conceived through a collaborative effort beginning in 2016 between MIRA, The Veterans Memorial Center, Brevard County Natural Resources, and the Brevard County Parks and Recreation Department. The project is the culmination of MIRA and Brevard County’s multiple-year efforts, with MIRA providing $2 Million to fund the acquisition of the 80-acre parklands, which were slated to be a Pulte homes development, creating the Master Plan for the Veterans Memorial Park, and making an additional $1.5 Million in a series of permanent improvements, that will serve the veterans, visitors, and citizens of Brevard County for decades.
In August 2024, the Brevard County Board of Commissioners approved and amended the original $1.2 Million Tourist Development Council (TDC) Grant awarded in 2020 to $2.5 Million to complete the project.
The TDC contributions provided $2.5 million for the project, including restrooms, concessions, a picnic pavilion, and the amphitheater. MIRA received additional grants from the Florida Department of Commerce for $1 million.
AMPHITHEATRE FUNDING: $8.2 Million Project
- $1 Million grant from the State of Florida Department of Commerce
- $4.7 Million contribution from the Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency (including architectural, permitting and engineering)
- $2.5 Million in TDC grants approved by the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners
The park and its amenities, including the amphitheater, will be operated by Brevard County Parks and Recreation.
- Acoustically engineered with an estimated tiered lawn seating capacity of 2,350 and over 5,000 including adjacent park areas
- Amphitheatre performance stage, green room, vendor docking and storage facilities, electrical infrastructure and stage lighting and digital performance level sound production
- Concession facilities and picnic seating, parking, walkways and restrooms
- A well-designed park makes the venue perfect for spectators and vendors. The park is designed to handle inclement weather through a 24-acre master planned onsite stormwater lake
- Handicapped accessible parking
- Landscaping, irrigation and sight utilities (power, water, sewer, data/communications)
