[1][2] SAFE Credit Union acquired the naming rights to the convention center for $23 million over 25 years.
[7] Designed in the brutalist style, it underwent renovations for the first time in 2021, carried out by architectural firm DLR Group.
California music acts that have performed at the auditorium include The Beach Boys (1963),[10] The Righteous Brothers (1965),[11] Ike & Tina Turner (1965),[11] Sonny & Cher (1965),[12] The Turtles (1967),[13] The 5th Dimension (1967),[14] Grateful Dead (1968),[15] Jefferson Airplane (1968),[16] The Doors (1968),[17] Chicago as Chicago Transit Authority[18] (1969),[19] Eric Burdon & War (1970),[20] Frank Zappa in (1971),[21] Cheech & Chong (1972),[22] Canned Heat (1972),[23] Doobie Brothers (1972),[24] The Eagles (1974),[25] Steppenwolf (1974),[25] Fleetwood Mac (1975),[25] Journey (band) (1977),[25] Sammy Hagar (1977),[26] Toto (1977),[25] Santana (1979),[25] America (1979),[25] Huey Lewis and the News (1979),[25] Go-Go's (1982),[27] Mötley Crüe (1983),[27] Ratt (1984),[27] Night Ranger (1984),[27] Metallica (1985),[27] Dishwalla (1997),[28] John Fogerty (1997), Primus (1997),[29] 311 (1997),[29] Jane's Addiction (1997),[29] Tool (1998), [29]Sacramento's Deftones (1998),[29] Sacramento's Cake (1999),[29] The Offspring (1999),[29] 98 Degrees (1999),[29] Lit (1999),[29] The Wallflowers (2000), System of a Down (2000), Linkin Park (2000), Incubus (2001), No Doubt (2002), Papa Roach (2002), Eve 6 (2003), Audioslave (2005), Avenged Sevenfold (2006), Pat Monahan (of Train) (2007), Stone Temple Pilots (2008), Atreyu (2009), Third Eye Blind (2015), Queens of the Stone Age (2018), Los Lobos (2019), Weird Al Yankovic (2019), and Bob Dylan (2022).
[30] The Jean Runyon Little Theater, located at 1515 J Street in the Memorial Auditorium (38°34′42″N 121°29′09″W / 38.5783°N 121.4859°W / 38.5783; -121.4859), is a 272-seat entertainment venue for smaller events.
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