The capital city is gearing up for a huge influx of visitors with Garth Brooks set to take the stage in Tiger Stadium before an anticipated crowd of more than 102,000 Saturday night. President and CEO of Visit Baton Rouge, Paul Arrigo believes it will be the largest outdoor attended concert in the US.
“The fact that it’s here in Baton Rouge and it’s not in another city in Louisiana, or even another city in the south, I think that says a lot,” said Arrigo.
Arrigo anticipates for at least half the crowd it will be their first time in Death Valley. And when you look at hotel bookings this weekend a large percentage of attendees will be out-of-town visitors who are paying top dollar for their accommodations.
“Hotel rooms at a premium and at a premium price, I’m going to predict that this will be the biggest two-days, back-to-back, in visitation to Baton Rouge as far as revenue,” said Arrigo.
And unlike a game at Death Valley, Arrigo imagines the huge crowd will stay for the entire concert just to hear that call live and in person as opposed to a pre-game recording.
“And be prepared after the concert that it may take a while to get back home, we could sit around and continue tailgating after the concert and have a good time and maybe socialize with each other and have a good Baton Rouge time,’ said Arrigo.
The last time Brooks made a local call in Baton Rouge was in April 1998 at the PMAC.
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