"They are a big name and it's probably the last time they will be coming to El Paso," said Jordan Waltzer, whose dad also plans to attend. The chance doesn't come around very often. It spans generations.
To keep from getting no satisfaction, fans will have to know a few Sun Bowl basics. An official ticket count has not been released, but Tim McWilliams, world tour promoter representative for Concert Productions International, said he was expecting a "full house" at the Sun Bowl. "We'll see what it is when we get done, somewhere in the neighborhood of probably 40,000," McWilliams said.
When Ricky Martin performed at the stadium in 2000, 47,500 fans packed the Sun Bowl.
"We're not expecting any rain," he said. He said temperatures will be in the low 60s to upper 50s during the show, with a west wind of about 5 miles per hour. "The other day in Chicago it snowed, in Regina (Canada) it rained and then it froze," Skjerseth said.
"Those are our biggest challenges." Tickets will be sold until 2 p.m.
today at Ticketmaster locations. Dave Matthews Band, with its own massive following, is scheduled to open tonight's show at about 7 p.m.
The Rolling Stones are expected to hit the stage around 8:30 p.m. At other tour dates, they have played 18 to 19 songs each night with the concerts lasting more than two hours.
For more than 40 years, the band solidly has held fans in its grip playing rock and roll while disco, hair metal, grunge and boy bands took on the music world. The stop in El Paso is part of the band's A Bigger Bang Tour, which began in August 2005. Doors will open at 4 p.
m. today, and concert goers may be searched by security personnel. Items not allowed inside include umbrellas, cameras and recording devices.
The stadium does not have a check-in area to leave prohibited items. There will be no re-entry allowed if a fan leaves the stadium. A new ticket would be required.
Javier Sambrano, spokesman for the El Paso Police Department, said police presence will be stepped up in the Sun Bowl area for the concert. In addition to off-duty police, sheriff and Department of Public Safety officers hired by UTEP to patrol on campus, police will be keeping a watch on the surrounding area. Any time there is this type of big event at any location we do have added presence, Sambrano said.
We have units assigned to that district of the West Side, and they will be maintaining a close eye on those areas, especially where vehicles are parked. The El Paso Times reported that at 2001 s NSync concert, three men were arrested for burglarizing two vehicles in a nearby neighborhood, while a fourth waited in a another vehicle. The major problems we see involve people parking in areas where they shouldn t be parking, Sambrano said.
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