#TACOMA DOME CONCERTS GARTH BROOKS 1998 FULL#

Mark Richard, Downtown Spokane Partnership president, said the Brooks concerts will be a great preview of what Spokane has to offer in the winter.

#TACOMA DOME CONCERTS GARTH BROOKS 1998 FULL#

Outside downtown, the Holiday Inn Spokane Airport said it was booked Saturday and Sunday and at least 80 percent full Thursday and Friday. This time of year usually isn’t busy for us,” Jensen said. “This is the best thing that could happen to us in November. Matt Jensen, marketing manager for the Davenport Hotel Collection, said all rooms in all four Davenport properties were full Friday and Saturday, with only a few rooms left for today through Tuesday. Hotel Ruby said it was sold out for the weekend, as was the DoubleTree by Hilton Spokane City Center near the Spokane Convention Center. She also said it is common for people from the Seattle area to come to Spokane for concerts because tickets are usually cheaper.Īrea hotels reported guests arriving from Montana, Western Washington and British Columbia. That is where we get a lot of our visitors.” “We like to call it ‘the Golden Circle,’ a 250-mile radius around Spokane. “We have quite a few people coming from outside the area,” Visit Spokane’s Hudson said.

People from across the region have been coming to town for the Brooks concerts, filling up local hotels. With Brooks playing two shows each day, Curtis said he was planning on treating lunch as a dinner rush those days as people dine before the early shows. “On Saturday and Sunday, we have to make sure we are on our game,” Curtis said before the weekend. He doesn’t want people to miss Brooks’ opening song and blame it on Twigs or Tortilla Union, both located in downtown’s River Park Square. He said the arena’s new security measures slow things down and people need to arrive earlier so they get to their seats by showtime. It is important that restaurant employees are aware people are going to the concert, said Casey Curtis, Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar’s director of operations.Ĭurtis said he sent a message to the staff at all of the company’s area restaurants to be aware and help guests finish in time for the shows. This time, they won’t have that luxury – they were planning on being full Thursday to Tuesday. His staff will work hard before and after a concert but take a deep breath and relax the next day, Starr said. It’s customary for David’s Pizza to be busy when there is a concert date at the arena, Starr said. “Hopefully, we don’t run out, but if we do, I think people will understand.” “Our goal is to do the best job we can,” he said. Midweek, Starr said he was getting deliveries each day from Thursday to Tuesday. Mark Starr, owner of David’s Pizza, directly across the street from the Spokane Arena, said the day tickets went on sale (and sold out) he called up his distributors and started making plans to make sure he’d have enough food for the Garth rush. Many Spokane restaurants started planning for Brooks’ visit weeks ago. “We have 80,000 people coming to the area over the next five days. “This is such a fun thing for Spokane and it’s historic because it sold out so quickly,” she said last week. That includes money spent on lodging, transportation, food and beverage, retail, recreation and business services, Visit Spokane spokeswoman Kate Hudson said. Tourism organization Visit Spokane estimates the economic impact of Brooks’ concert stop will be $14,650,400. Tomato Street joins a number of Spokane businesses hoping to increase revenue during Brooks’ six-day run in Spokane – and there is plenty of money to be made. “It’ll be a place to warm up before you go to the concert.” The restaurant is offering drink specials and treating the “Garth Brooks patio party” as an extension of its bar, Talarico said. “Hopefully, it works and we get some people to show up.” “We just thought it was a good thing to capitalize on,” Talarico said.

The new look isn’t permanent, general manager Nick Talarico said, just here while Brooks is in town to play seven sold-out shows at the Spokane Arena. Its outdoor patio, which closed once the weather cooled down, was reopened and outfitted with propane heaters, bales of hay, loud country music and a cardboard cutout of Brooks. Tomato Street, an Italian restaurant in River Park Square, is known for its pizza and chicken parm, but this weekend it’s going for more of a country vibe. Like the music, he has a way of changing things and making his presence felt in a concert host city – just ask the area’s hotels, restaurants and other business interests. Superstar Garth Brooks’ impact on country music is arguably beyond compare, with a legacy of more than 160 million albums sold and a ’90s run that redefined live country performances.īut the effect Brooks has when he rolls into a city like Spokane may be just as impressive.

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