By Kelli Gustafson – RogersPlace.com
Dixie Chicks & Elle King Coming to Rogers Place
Tickets go on sale this Friday (May 13th), at 10:00am MDT.
The Dixie Chicks announced they will be playing at Rogers Place on September 29, 2016 with special guest Elle King.
Urban concert sells out
Keith Urban marks the first sold-out show for Rogers Place. Tickets for the ripCORD WORLD TOUR 2016—which will help to open Rogers Place on September 16th—sold-out in only 20 minutes on Friday, May 6th.
AMAZING! Tickets for the Sept. 16 @KeithUrban concert at #RogersPlace sold out in just 20 minutes today. pic.twitter.com/R3EQfUhPce
— Rogers Place (@RogersPlace) May 6, 2016
While tickets for Dolly Parton’s Pure & Simple Tour are also selling-out fast, limited tickets still remain available.
Scoreboard installation begins
The Rogers Place Scoreboard installation began on Friday, May 6.
Scoreboard installation at #RogersPlace has begun! Watch real-time progress via Live View on https://t.co/FobtuS7MMm pic.twitter.com/Afo4xEv5I3
— Rogers Place (@RogersPlace) May 6, 2016
Stay tuned for more info, and watch live updates on rogersplace.com
Pro Bull-Riding to come to Rogers Place in 2017
Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG) CEO Bob Nicholson announced OEG’s partnership with WME | IMG & PBR on Thursday, May 5.
A three-day Professional Bull Riding (PBR) event will conclude a 10-day “western lifestyle festival,” which Nicholson anticipates will incorporate hockey and other live entertainment in conjunction with Farmfair International.
“We are excited to work with WME | IMG on attraction other events and opportunities to Edmonton – they are a global sports and entertainment company and share our vision to bring new and exciting programming to Edmonton,” said Nicholson.
In related news, the City of Edmonton announced they would not proceed with its bid for the 2017 Canadian Finals Rodeo.
Winter Garden art progress update
Alex Janvier provided a sneak peek at his artwork, Tsątsąke k’e (Iron Foot Place), a circular mosaic which will be installed in the floor of the Winter Garden.
Once completed, it will measure approximately 45-feet in diameter.
Alex Janvier mosaic artwork for #RogersPlace fabrication in Montreal #yegarts #yegpublicart #yegdt #icedistrict #yeg pic.twitter.com/WZ7msy8UqK
— EdmontonArtsCouncil (@artsedmonton) May 9, 2016
Another progress update on Alex Janvier’s Tsątsąke k’e (Iron Foot Place) artwork for the #RogersPlace Winter Garden! pic.twitter.com/oI2dvR5oFP
— Rogers Place (@RogersPlace) May 5, 2016
Donations to Support Fort McMurray
On Wednesday, May 4, The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation (EOCF) announced that they would be contributing $100,000 towards the Red Cross to support fire relief efforts, on behalf of the Oilers Entertainment Group.
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