Masterdome

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The Masterdome was located at 137 S. G St. in San Bernardino, California and was a popular rave venue until its destruction. Originally, it was a trolley barn for the Pacific Electric Railway. The Masterdome was home to many raves from the late 90's to the summer of 2001. The city of San Bernardino unsuccessfully tried to close the Masterdome. It was ultimately closed on August 2nd, 2001 by the San Bernardino fire department because of a collapsing roof. The final event at the Masterdome was Summer Dreams by 26C which took place late in the summer of 2001. The building had already been condemned so the entire event took place in the outdoor area.

The Masterdome featured two areas for its guests. The inside of the Masterdome consisted of sunken dance area with walls on all sides, a stage and a bleacher area for sitting. The outside area had various curbs for people to sit on along the fence area and by the building for people to cool off once the inside of the Masterdome got too hot. The Venue was referred to as the G Street Arena until Ezzat Soliman owner of the Showcase Theater in Corona, CA and formerly of Spanky's Cafe in Riverside, CA leased the building.

The Masterdome was one of the constant weekly venues in LA that allowed the Rave scene to thrive, since it allowed underage club goers to attend. Although So Cal youths had difficulties getting into 21 and over clubs, they could enter masterdome with ease and drugs were readily available to all partygoers.