97-08-19 Tickets on sale Aug. 23 for Rolling Stones Concert

TICKETS ON SALE AUG. 23 FOR ROLLING STONES CONCERT AT OHIO
STADIUM

     COLUMBUS -- The British rock group the Rolling Stones will
perform a concert at Ohio Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 as part
of the “Bridges to Babylon Tour 1997,” Ohio State University
officials announced Monday (8/18).

     Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday (8/23) through
Ticketmaster.  Tickets are $61 each plus a $5.25 service charge
payable by cash only at Ticketmaster outlets; a $6.75 service fee
will be charged for phone credit card sales through Ticketmaster,
431-3600.

     A random number distribution system will be used to order
the lines of ticket buyers at the outlets.  Random numbers will
be distributed one hour prior to the 10 a.m. sales time, with one
number per customer.  Fifteen minutes before tickets go on sale,
a random number will be drawn from all of the distributed stubs;
the customer holding that number will be first in line, and all
others will follow in numerical order.

     Some 59,000 tickets are available for sale, with accessible
seating available for people with disabilities.  There will be no
on-campus pre-sale tickets.  The “worst seats in the house”
tickets are $40.50 and also will be available for sale beginning
Saturday.

     As with the Irish rock group U2’s Popmart concert in May in
Ohio Stadium, the Rolling Stones concert is produced locally by
Ohio State.  Proceeds from the use of the stadium and a
promotional fee will benefit student programming and activities
at the university.

     “Ohio Stadium is the only Ohio tour location, and with the
open-end horseshoe, is the perfect venue for such a tour,” said
Sharon Rone, booking and event scheduling director at The Ohio
State University.  “Ohio State actively sought this tour and
plans to continue seeking other groups.”

     Rone and David Williams, vice president for student affairs,
announced the concert and ticket arrangements.

     The opening act for the Rolling Stones is A&M Records band
Blues Traveler. 

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Contact: Sharon Rone, booking and event scheduling director,
(614) 688-4677.

Note:  The url for a related website is
       http://www.secondcoming.com


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 15:02:27 -0400 (EDT)]
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