Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Country music super- star Garth Brooks plays for a packed house at Bramloge Coliseum. One hundred and fifty additional fans w ere given the opportunity to attend the concert when a reserved- seating section was opened three hours before the per- formance. (Photo by Mike Welchhans) GARTH BROOKS m 23

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HE ' S GOT try-music singer Garth Brooks stepped on Bramlage Coliseum ' s stage Sept. 12. Brooks performed for a sold-out crowd of 13,300 fans. Afterwitnessingproblemsother states had with crowds waiting in long lines to buy Brooks ' tickets, the Bramlage staff decided to sell the tickets through a mail order and lottery system:11m lottery was forstudentswhodidn ' treceivetick- ets through the mail. It was success- ful, as all 2,800 students who went walked away with a pair of concert tickets. 1 think the lottery system worked extremely well, said Charles Thomas, director of Bramlage Coliseum. Some students managed to buy ticketsascloseasthrixhoursbefore the concert. A section had been reserved for stage equipment, but ended up not being used. Brooks opened the section up to accom- modate an additional 150 fans. IN I A SAS ' We (my roommatesand l) had planned on having a party because none of is had tickets. While we were getting ready, we heard on the radio they were offering behind- the-stage tickets, said joely Callaway,seniorinmarketing. We jumped into the air going 50 mph to Bramlage. l could not believe we got there in one piece and were able to get tickets. A few students had been willing to do almost anything to get tick- ets A Topeka country music radio station, WIBW-FM 973, awarded free tickets to fans who petfonned the craziest acts. Some fans swal- lowed worms and made human sun- daesof themselvestryingtowinthe tickets. Fans were anxious to see Brooks, but be- fore he took thc stage, Martina McBride per- formed the opening act. The crowd passed time between acts by doing the wave. Seeing the wholecoliseumdo- ing the wave really got my blood flowing, said Jennifer Keller, sophomore in journalism and mass communications. It gave the crowd something to do. Continued on page 25 It was a lot of work for my staff. We had enough ticket requests that we could have done three sold-out shows. BY STACI CRANWELL AND KIMBERLY WISHART Paul Streit,sophomore in business, passes out lottery numbers to panieipantsinthetieket lottery at Bramlage Coliseum. Brooks performed Sept. 12 for 13,300 fans. (Photo by Craig Hacker) 22 in BARTH BROOKS

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In a contest to win Garth Brooks tickets, Jennifer Bloxendale, junior in pre• physical therapy, squirts whipped cream on Michele Stava, sophomore in speech therapy. The contest was held at Wendy ' s on Anderson Av- enue. (Photo by CraigHacker) Richard Lulu, freshman in education, and Greg Gehrt, freshman in architectural engi- netting, await the announce- ment of their winning num- bers. Litre headed off to claim his ticket after hearing hisloncry number calk (Photo by Craig Hacker) 24 no OARTI1 BROOKS