MLS FC Dallas

EdgeFest and Jimmy Buffet Coming to Pizza Hut Park in April

Published on February 21, 2007 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


FRISCO, Texas (Wednesday, February 21, 2007) - Pizza Hut Park today announced the first two concerts of the 2007 season. EdgeFest 16, an all day event featuring 19 bands performing on two stages, will come to Pizza Hut Park on April 15. Two weeks later, on Sat., April 28, Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band will perform in the stadium. EdgeFest 16 will feature artists such as: The Killers, My Chemical Romance, Muse, Papa Roach, Bowling for Soup, and the Kaiser Chiefs.

EDGEFEST 16 CONCERT:

- Sun. April 15 at Pizza Hut Park

- Gates open at 9:30 a.m. CT

- FC Dallas season ticket holders will have a presale opportunity to purchase tickets on Thurs. Feb 22 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

- Tickets go on sale to the general public on Fri. Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. through any Ticketmaster location or through www.ticketmaster.com.

- Ticket prices are: $49.50

- Parking at Pizza Hut Park will cost $15, $20, and $25.

- Lineup includes: The Killers, My Chemical Romance, A.F.I., Muse, Blue October, Jet, Papa Roach, Bowling for Soup, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Kaiser Chiefs, Sparta, Saosin, Bullet for My Valentine, Say Anything, Placebo, Finger 11, The Vanished, Sparta, Miser, and Ataris.

JIMMY BUFFET AND THE CORAL REEFER BAND CONCERT:

- Sat. April 28. at Pizza Hut Park

- Parking opens at 2:00 p.m.; Gates open at 6 p.m. CT; concert is scheduled to begin by 7:30 p.m.

- Tickets go on sale to the general public on Mon. Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. at any Ticketmaster location or through www.ticketmaster.com.

- Ticket prices are: $126; $90.50; $44.50

- Parking at Pizza Hut Park will cost $15, $20, and $25.

- Jimmy Buffett scored his second consecutive #1 debut album on the Billboard Country Chart with the release of his current studio record Take the Weather With You. Selling over 120,000 copies in its first week, it also debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. It was certified Gold after less than three months.

NOTES ON CONCERTS AT PIZZA HUT PARK:

- Pizza Hut Park hosted five major concerts in 2006 that drew a combined 109,857 fans to the stadium.

- According to POLLSTAR, the concert industry's leading trade publication, PHP ranked:

o 8th in the United States in attendance for outdoor stadiums and festival sites.

o 4th among stadiums in the country, behind: Giants Stadium in New Jersey, Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in California.

o And 23rd among all stadiums and festival sites around the world; which included among other stadiums: River Plate Stadium (Argentina), Telstra Stadium (Australia), Moruobi Stadium (Brazil), Azteca Stadium (Mexico), Tokyo Dome (Japan), Stadio San Siro (Italy), Olympia Stadium (Germany), Amsterdam Arena (Netherlands), Croke Park (Ireland), King Baudouin Stadium (Belgium), and Estadio Nacional (Chile).

- Three acts who's tours finished in the Top 15 Tours of 2006 passed through Pizza Hut Park; Kenny Chesney (5th), Rascal Flatts (8th), and RBD (14th).

- The largest-ever attendance for a concert at Pizza Hut Park was 27,337 for Kenny Chesney on July 22, 2006.

- Over 11,000 inter-locking pieces of "Terraflor", a state-of-the art turf protection system, will be placed on the stadium field for the concerts. Terraflor is used by many high-profile multi-functional natural grass stadiums across the world. The pieces are 29.5 square inches in size and allow for the passage of air, light and water to the field.

- Over 7,000 chairs can be placed on the Terraflor for additional stadium seating.

- Please visit Pizzahutpark.com for additional information.

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