It's Not Just A Tour...It's A Time Machine

BROOKS FINDS THE PERFECT VENUE AMONG THE FIRST FOUR CITIES.

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Garth Brooks’ Retro Tour is taking him back to the cities where some of his greatest touring memories were made. He just can't go back to all of the venues.

But in Chicago, he can.

Brooks will bring his Blame It All on My Roots Arena Tour to Allstate Arena Sept. 10-13, returning to a building he knows well — and one he says was made for this tour.

“So far, out of the first three cities that have gone on sale for the tour, Chicago has the building that was MEANT for the RETRO tour,” Brooks said. “Its old-school seating is PERFECT for the production of the Retro Tour.”

That's particularly meaningful on a tour built around revisiting an era that began 30 years ago — especially when many of the original venues are gone.

The tour launches in Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, but when Brooks rolled through the city on his 1996-98 World Tour, he played Market Square Arena. The building was torn down in 2001.

The next stop is Denver, where Brooks will play Ball Arena. Thirty years ago, he played McNichols Arena, which was demolished in 2000.

Chicago is different. Allstate Arena, the 18,000-plus-seat venue in Rosemont, Illinois, where Brooks memorably launched his Comeback Tour in 2014, is still standing. Now, he’s coming back again — and for good reason.

Unlike newer arenas that can reach a third or fourth level of seats, Allstate has only two seating tiers plus the floor.

“The older buildings don't have the third or fourth tier in seating,” Brooks said. “The height of the production on this tour relates perfectly with Allstate's two levels.”

Brooks compares the Chicago arena’s configuration to another iconic venue.

“I would compare Allstate's seating arrangement to that of Notre Dame's football stadium ... one clear view no matter where you are sitting,” he said.

In the retro spirit, that view will include the iconic Drum Pod from Brooks' 1996-98 World Tour, redesigned for today's technology. But the Blame It All on My Roots Arena Tour also brings something new: “The Halo,” a 360-degree video system with inward- and outward-facing screens.

Tickets for Brooks' Sept. 10-13 concerts at Chicago’s Allstate Arena are on sale now through Ticketmaster.com and the Ticketmaster app.

In addition, Tickets for Brooks’ Sept. 18-19 tour dates at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena go on sale Friday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. ET through Ticketmaster.com and the Ticketmaster app. All tickets are priced the same, with every seat in the house offered at one price.

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