FRISCO, TX - Reigning Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney is coming back to Pizza Hut Park for the third consecutive summer. Kenny Chesney's 2008 Poets & Pirates Tour, which also includes four-time Entertainers of the Year Brooks & Dunn and Grammy-winning tour mate LeAnn Rimes, comes to Frisco on Saturday, May 3 for the second stop of a 14-stadium summer tour.
"My fans are used to a lot of energy and a lot of fun," explains the three-in-a-row and current Academy of Country Music and triple and reigning Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year. "So when you're trying to make a big show out of what we're already doing, you have to really pay attention, really make sure you've got the very best of the best...because we're trying to give them as much as they throw back at us."
FC Dallas Season Ticket holders will have a chance to order tickets to the concert during a special pre-sale from 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 until 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22. Please contact the FCD front office for more information (888.FCD.GOAL).
Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Saturday, February 23 at 10:00 a.m. at all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 972-647-5700 or 214-373-8000. Ticket prices are $75.75, $65.75, and $55.75 plus convenience fees. Tickets are not available through the Pizza Hut Park box office.
Chesney returns to Pizza Hut Park for the third consecutive summer, having drawn crowds of 27,337 fans in 2006 and 26,342 in 2007, which rank as the second and fifth largest concert crowds respectively at Pizza Hut Park.
Chesney's shows - known for the tailgating, cook-outs, touch football and Frisbee playing and general block party vibe long before the gates even open - are the ultimate good time. It has helped the singer/songwriter from Luttrell, Tennessee become the only artist to sell in excess of a million concert tickets for the last six summers - with 2007's Flip Flop Summer Tour being the 2nd biggest tour behind the Police's Reunion.
ABOUT PIZZA HUT PARK
Opened on August 6, 2005, Pizza Hut Park is a 145-acre multipurpose sports and entertainment facility located at the intersection of Main Street and Dallas North Tollway in Frisco, Texas, and is the home stadium for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. The stadium, which has a permanent stage on the north end situated off the playing surface, has a capacity of 20,500 fans for sporting events and can expand to accommodate over 27,000 fans for concerts by utilizing field seats. The complex also includes 17 tournament-grade fields used for youth and adult soccer, as well as high school sports and other events. The $105 million public-private complex is owned by the City of Frisco in partnership with the Hunt Sports Group (HSG), the Frisco Independent School District, and Collin County. Since opening, over 1.5 million spectators and participants have visited the complex each year for FC Dallas games, concerts, soccer tournaments, and other special events through the year.
