Garth Brooks To Be First Music Act At Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium

ATLANTA, GA -- Country star Garth Brooks will be the inaugural music act at the newly-minted Mercedes-Benz Stadium this fall, the artist announced Thursday. Brooks will play the new Atlanta Falcons stadium on Thursday, October 12, 2017 in a concert that will also feature Trisha Yearwood.

The show will offer fans the first glimpse of how the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium will serve the region as a major music venue with first-class amenities throughout. (To get notified of more local news like this, click here to sign up for the Atlanta Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

“I’m thrilled to be back in Atlanta and honored to play the first concert in Mercedes-Benz Stadium,” Brooks said in a statement. “I’ve visited the stadium twice in the last month and all I can say is – the fans are going to love it; it’s truly one-of-a-kind."

“Two of Arthur Blank’s goals for Mercedes-Benz Stadium were to create premiere home venues for the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC, and to attract the best in sports and entertainment to Atlanta,” Steve Cannon, chief executive officer of AMB Group, said in a news release. “We’ve succeeded in securing the premiere sporting events in America and now have the top-selling solo artist of the 20th century, Garth Brooks, coming to Atlanta to showcase the stadium as an elite music venue. We could not be more pleased to have Garth set this milestone in the stadium.”

Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 30, at 10 a.m. eastern time and may be purchased by on Ticket Master or by calling 800-745-3000.

The stadium's debut has had some delays due to the functionality of the retractable roof, but AMB brass have vowed that the city's newest sports venue will be ready by the Falcons' August 26 preseason game. The city's new soccer club, Atlanta United, will also play at the stadium.

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“Mercedes-Benz Stadium is focused on delivering an unmatched guest experience to everyone who enters the building,” Tim Zulawski, SVP and chief commercial officer, AMB Sports and Entertainment said in a statement. “It was important for us to not only find an artist who could deliver the biggest show in the world, but also has the same fan-focused ideals. We know the best artist who can deliver and that is Garth Brooks.”

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