Garth Brooks’ Vegas shows sell out
Garth Brooks (Associated Press photo)
After spending most of this decade in retirement, Oklahoma music superstar Garth Brooks is back in demand – big time.
Tickets for Brooks’ first 20 shows at the Wynn Las Vegas resort sold out in less than five hours after going on sale Saturday morning, according to The Associated Press. The resort said Saturday it reached maximum capacity for callers at 141,934, with many getting busy signals.
Officials told the AP that the ticket Web site had more than 5.4 million page views with 40,000 waiting to buy tickets online at one point.
Brooks recently announced that he was coming out of retirement and entering a five-year deal with casino owner Steve Wynn that includes 15 weeks of shows a year in the Encore Theater, which seats about 1,500. Tickets were priced at $125 plus fees.
The Tulsa native, who the RIAA has declared the best-selling solo act in U.S. history, will play Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays select weeks beginning Dec. 11.
Brooks retired in 2001 to devote more time to his family, and he said Wynn was able to draw him out of retirement by catering to his desire to continue to spend time with his wife and children. Brooks lives in Owasso with his wife, fellow country star Trisha Yearwood, and three daughters from his previous marriage.
-BAM
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