The original version of this story quoted SGA President Adeel Khan as saying that the Black Student Alliance requested that Nas be added to the Concert for Virginia Tech. BSA President Portia Galloway has since told the Collegiate Times that this is not true. Khan has also confirmed that his comments were inaccurate. We apologize for the error.
Hokie fans will have only five days to recover from the first Virginia Tech home football game before welcoming Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Nas and Phil Vassar to that same famous field.
On Sept. 6, Tech will be holding a concert for the Virginia Tech community at Lane Stadium. Tickets are free for students, recent graduates, faculty and staff. These members may also purchase one guest ticket for an amount not to exceed $40.
Eligible members of the community must sign into a survey available at www.vt.edu/concert in order to reserve their free ticket and enter a lottery for a single guest ticket.
Roughly 6,000 fans will receive tickets on the field, while the remaining fans will be scattered through the east, south and west stands. The main stage will be in the north end zone.
Guest tickets will be sold for a fee proportionate to the cost of the concert. All artists are performing for free, and the sold tickets, as well as corporate sponsorship and merchandise sales will cover the basic costs. The university does not intend on making any profit from the concert, as logistical cost of the concert will be between $1 million and $1.2 million, said Chris Clough of University Relations.
The concert could hold roughly 40,000 people, Clough said.
There are no broadcast arrangements as of yet and the university is not anticipating any, said Cecelia Hovis of University Relations.
Dave Matthews Band was the first to approach the university about doing a benefit concert, and contacts through the band led the university to the other artists.
“Dave Matthews Band really wanted this to be for the Virginia Tech community,” Clough said. “They really saw something special here … they said they wanted to be part of the Hokie Spirit. They were really motivated and inspired by the way the community here had so much strength and resiliency.”
Although this concert will not go through the Virginia Tech Union, a member from VTU, Student Government and the Black Student Alliance, as well as other student leaders from other groups, helped bring the concert together.
Adeel Khan, Student Government President, thought it was important to get a variety of artists and believes the concert will appeal to the greatest number of students.
Phil Vassar, a country music singer from Lynchburg, debuted in 2000.
Officials will have a little over a week to prepare the field for the following Saturday’s home game against Ohio.
The university is taking precautionary measures to preserve the field by purchasing protective flooring, Hovis said.
No long-term effects on the field are anticipated.
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