Eagles: Official opening band for arenas across the heartland?
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When the curtain goes up Saturday at Tulsa’s BOK Center, the Eagles will be the band opening the sparkling new $178 million, 18,500-seat arena.
Perhaps the quartet of Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmidt should be declared the official first musical act of arenas throughout these parts.
The Eagles, which has consisted of the current quartet since 2001, was the first band to play in Oklahoma City’s Ford Center back on June 29, 2002. (The first show there was actually the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus a few weeks earlier.)
The classic rockers also performed opening act honors at the American Airlines Center in Dallas and Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver back in summer 2001.
Why are the Eagles such a popular choice to open arenas across the heartland?
“I think the Eagles are a great choice because they appeal to so many generations; whether you’re a 17-year-old or a 68-year-old, everybody really likes The Eagles. It’s kind of a great open-building act because they have such mass appeal, and they don’t tour a lot,” John Bolton, BOK Center general manager, told me in a recent interview.
The band certainly has a gift for selling out its opening shows. The 2002 Ford Center concert was a sell-out.
Demand for tickets to Saturday night’s sold-out Tulsa show has been so high, the Eagles actually have added a second BOK Center concert to their tour schedule.
The second Eagles show at the BOK Center will be on Nov. 11.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.
They are available by phone at (866) 7BOKCTR, online at www.bokcenter.com, and at area Homeland and Reasor’s stores and Arby’s Box Office.
Ticket prices are $187, $87, and $52.
-BAM
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