Waikiki Shell

{{short description|Hawaiian concert venue in Honolulu}}

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| location = Kapiolani Park, Honolulu, HI

| coordinates = {{coord|21.2682|-157.8184}}

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| opened = 1956

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| owner = City and County of Honolulu

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| website = [http://www.blaisdellcenter.com/venues/waikiki-shell/ Waikiki Shell Web Site]

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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,{{cite web |url=http://www.blaisdellcenter.com/about-us/aloha-and-welcome/ |title=Aloha and Welcome |publisher=The Neal S. Blaisdell Center |accessdate=January 24, 2015}} the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell seats 2,400 persons and the lawn area has capacity for an additional 6,000 persons.{{cite web |url=http://www.blaisdellcenter.com/venues/waikiki-shell/ |title=Waikiki Shell |publisher=The Neal S. Blaisdell Center |accessdate=January 24, 2015}} It is under the management of the Neal S. Blaisdell Center. It has been compared to the Hollywood Bowl.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-01-tr-653-story.html |title=Kapiolani Is Honolulu's Crown Jewel |author=Billiter, Bill (Staff Writer) |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=October 1, 1989 |access-date=May 18, 2019}}

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.{{cite news |title=Waikiki Shell officially named after concert promoter Tom Moffatt |date=September 23, 2018 |author=Staff |publisher=Hawaii News Now |access-date=May 18, 2019 |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/39116551/waikiki-shell-officially-named-after-concert-promoter-tom-moffatt/}}

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