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Tickets are selling well for Alice Cooper

The City of Estevan is pleased with the ticket sales thus far for the Alice Cooper concert happening later this year.

The City of Estevan is pleased with the ticket sales thus far for the Alice Cooper concert happening later this year.

In an interview with the Mercury last Thursday, city manager Jeff Ward said about 1,300 tickets have been sold already for the concert, which will take place on Aug. 26 at Affinity Place. About 2,000 tickets need to be sold to break even.

Having this many tickets sold in the first two weeks that they were available helped ease the city’s concerns of whether the concert would make money.

Ticket sales for the event started in mid-March, with a pre-sale that saw hundreds of tickets gobbled up.

“We’d like to sell out, and make these types of shows very viable so we can continue having them,” said Ward.

Capacity for the concert would be about 3,500 spectators.

Cooper’s appearance will be the first concert at Affinity Place since January 2017, when Blue Rodeo performed. Ticket sales for Cooper have already eclipsed what was seen for Blue Rodeo.

Ward believes people are eager to see concerts return to Affinity Place.

“You’ll see comments every once in a while about how it’s just back to a rink, it’s not an events centre like what it was advertised as,” said Ward. “I know we went through some changes with our staff over at leisure (services), as well as our promoter. I know the new promoter is very good at getting us options.”

It also helps that Cooper hasn’t been through Saskatchewan for a while, and he’s still well-known in music circles. He’ll put on a great show, Ward said, so even if people aren’t fond of him, they know they’ll be treated to a great theatrical concert experience.

Additional advertising will take place prior to the concert. Ward hopes Estevan will be able to attract spectators from Weyburn, Regina and other markets, since the nearest stop to Estevan for Cooper on his Paranormal Evening Tour will be Saskatoon and Winnipeg.

Ward said the city will usually experience a big rush of ticket sales in the final week before a concert, once people find out their plans and determine whether they will be able to attend the show.

Limited tickets are now available at Henders Drugs and at the leisure services office, or on the Ticketmaster website.