Garth Brooks performs at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2017. On Aug. 14, he’ll become the first artist to do a solo concert at Memorial Stadium.
Garth Brooks took the stage with a performance of his classic tune, “Callin’ Baton Rouge.”
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The Aug. 14 Garth Brooks Memorial Stadium concert is a sellout.
More than 83,000 tickets were sold for the show, which will be the largest attended concert in Nebraska history. About 67,000 people attended Farm Aid III in 1987, the only other concert to take place in Memorial Stadium.
More than 70,000 tickets for Brooks’ concert were sold in 47 minutes Friday morning.
By 11:30 a.m. — 90 minutes after tickets went on sale — all the tickets had been snatched up.
The concert will be presented in-the-round, with the stage near the center of the field, allowing sales of tickets for the entire bowl. At $94.95, including tax and handling fees, the 83,000 tickets brought in $7.9 million Friday.
The Memorial Stadium show became the fifth sellout on Brooks’ 2021 stadium tour, joining Salt Lake City’s Rice-Eccles Stadium (50,000), Cincinnati’s Paul Brown Stadium (75,000), Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium (75,000) and Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium (65,000). All tickets are also gone for a July 23 concert at Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming.
Brooks last played Lincoln four years ago, doing five shows in three days at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Those shows sold, in total, 68,000 tickets.
Photos: Garth Brooks kicks off Lincoln shows
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Garth Brooks onstage with his band at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2017.
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Garth Brooks performs Friday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Brooks will be performing five concerts in Lincoln over the weekend.
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Garth Brooks and guitarists Jimmy Mattingly (center) and Johnny Garcia (left) perform the opening number Friday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Brooks will be performing five concerts in Lincoln over the weekend.
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Garth Brooks performs in 2017 at Pinnacle Bank Arena, where he did five concerts over a weekend.
Mike Palmer
Drummer Mike Palmer performs with Garth Brook on Friday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Brooks will be performing five concerts in Lincoln over the weekend.
Garth Brooks Concert
Garth Brooks performs Friday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Brooks will be performing five concerts in Lincoln over the weekend.
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Garth Brooks performs in 2017, at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Johnny Garcia
Johnny Garcia performs an opening number with Garth Brooks on Friday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Brooks will be performing five concerts in Lincoln over the weekend.
Jimmy Mattingly
Jimmy Mattingly performs with Garth Brooks on Friday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Brooks will be performing five concerts in Lincoln over the weekend.
Photos: Garth Brooks entertains Lincoln fans from a distance
Garth Brooks Drive-In Concert, 6.27
Grant and Jen Schmailzl and Monica Fayad talk and Mason Schmailzl and Rylie Lambrecht sit in the cab of the pickup truck looking at their phones at the Garth Brooks drive-in concert Saturday at the Lancaster Event Center.
Garth Brooks Drive-In Concert, 6.27
The band, Silas Creek, finish up its first set with “Friends in Low Places” at the Garth Brooks drive-in concert Saturday at the Lancaster Event Center.
Garth Brooks Drive-In Concert
Stephanie Carpenter and Justin Doyle dance the two-step as Silas Creek performs at the Garth Brooks drive-in concert Saturday, June 27, at the Lancaster Event Center.
Garth Brooks Drive-In Concert, 6.27
Hundreds of cars crowded into the parking lots at the Garth Brooks drive-in concert Saturday at the Lancaster Event Center.
Garth Brooks Drive-In Concert, 6.27
The Lancaster Event Center hosted a Garth Brooks drive-in concert in June.
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