Tickets sold so fast Feb. 1 for the Eagles concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park that promoters added two more shows. A few days later, a fourth concert date was announced.
"Due to the overwhelming demand, a fourth and final Eagles concert has just been added on Tuesday, May 20," said Holly Clausen in an e-mail release Feb. 6.
Tickets for the Eagles on May 20 go on sale Monday, Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. Tickets will be available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone 404-249-6400
The Eagles open their American tour Wednesday, May 14 in the new amphitheatre, which is still being built. The other two concerts will be Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17.
Don Fox, chief financial officer for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and the executive in charge of the amphitheatre said the importance of the ticket sales is several fold.
"Certainly it speaks to the popularity of the act, the Eagles themselves, the largest selling American band," he said. "I think it speaks to the excitement of the community for not only the act, but this new venue. This is a venue that's not yet complete, and there's obviously a great enthusiasm for what is going to be happening in the Alpharetta community.
"It certainly suggests a validation of sorts of all of our hopes and aspirations of what the building might be," Fox said. "The ticket sales certainly exceeded our expectations and hopes. Obviously adding extra shows is indicative of that," he said.
"We will have a fair number of symphony events up there as well, which we hope will be equally as well received in a relative sense," he said.
The ASO first performs to open the building May 10, under the direction of Music Director Robert Spano. Fox promises an exciting evening, with the concert program being released closer to show date.
Fox referred to newspapers articles that spoke about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Rush announcing they planned to perform at the amphitheatre as indicating the kind of talent promoters plan to bring to the amphitheatre and the community.
"Certainly not every act is going to be as big as the Eagles," he said.
But entertainment from orchestral events to popular concerts, with community events thrown into the mix, are planned.
"And we do hope to host the Alpharetta High School graduation in May as well," Fox said.
He said neither the graduation ceremonies nor the other two concerts have been finalized, though they are working with both acts to bring them to Alpharetta.
The ASO and Woodruff Arts Foundation have made concessions to Georgia's drought conditions, digging a well for irrigation.
"Remember that the amphitheatre itself is designed to be really quite a showplace aesthetically. And landscaping was always an important part of that," Fox said.
"We drilled a well on site that will provide enough well water for irrigation of the entire site without using any public water facilities," he said.
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