Garth Brooks sells out first 20 Las Vegas gigs in 5 hours

Garth Brooks’ first 20 gigs scheduled in Las Vegas sold out in less than five hours, the AP reports. He comes out of semi-retirement to play the shows at the Wynn Las Vegas resort starting Dec. 11. He signed a five-year deal with Steve Wynn that includes 15 weeks of shows per year in the 1,500-seat Encore theater.

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couchgrouch
Sun 10/25/09 12:46 PM

1,500 hundred seaters? in Vegas? BFD.

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Rob
Sun 10/25/09 1:18 PM

I just saw Mariah at the 2,500 seat theater at the Palms, and she didn’t sell out ANY of the 4 dates she played.

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don
Sun 10/25/09 1:56 PM

unfortunately the headline is nice, but the venues and casinos usually buy up most of the tickets and give them as comps…so did those ticket sales= fans or freebies…my guess is the latter..

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- Preston
  Sun 10/25/09 3:32 PM
  
  I disagree. I’m sure that Garth Brooks’ fans went crazy for those Las Vegas tickets and immediately went to the computer to order their tickets online or called the toll-free number! His fans have stayed loyal since the ’90s! At least it’s a smaller venue and those tickets might have scooped up that quick in those 5 hours!
  
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couchgrouch
Sun 10/25/09 2:26 PM

Mariah’s more of a video artist…boobs hangin’ out, guest rappers etc. seeing her shriek those awful songs live ain’t much of a threel.

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rod
Sun 10/25/09 5:18 PM

Country fans are devoted and when one resurfaces, they are always there. Not to mention Garth’s top price is a lot less than most headliners in LV and that is affecting the big sales. He’ll sell out every show for the next couple of years.

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Laura
Sun 10/25/09 5:57 PM

Considering on his 2007 tour (after being gone for ~10 years), he sold out his KC date and they had to had more shows, I’m not surprised by the headline.

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NavyResGirl
Sun 10/25/09 7:34 PM

Way to go Garth. I’m happy that you’ll be able to do the thing you love (play live) and still be able to be with your daughters.

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