May 12, 2021, 4:03 p.m. ·
Tickets for Garth Brooks Stadium Tour go on sale Friday, May 21 (Photo Courtesy Garth Brooks).
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Country music superstar Garth Brooks will perform at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln this August. It’s the first concert in the stadium in 34 years.
Game days in the Memorial Stadium bring an extra $5 million per football weekend, according to the director of the Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau Jeff Maul. He said the bureau is excited to host the Garth Brooks tour in Lincoln. You look at an event like this and go, Can we reach $5 million in economic impact from a concert like this? You bet we can, he said. It s certainly going to open things up. It s great news for our hotels, it s great news for our restaurants.
U23 Nationals Set For Lincoln, Nebraska, May 27-29
U23 Nationals Set For Lincoln, Nebraska, May 27-29
Another big piece in the USA Wrestling calendar is in place. U23 Nationals are headed to Lincoln Nebraska on Memorial Day weekend.
May 5, 2021 by David Bray
Team USA s men s Cadet and Junior teams are set, we ll know the women s teams this weekend after Women s Nationals, and now we know the official date of the U23 National Championships where the U23 World Teams in men s freestyle and Greco-Roman will be determined. Take a look at the full release from Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling.
USA Wrestling has announced that the U23 National Championships for men will be held at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in Lincoln, Neb., from Thursday, May 27 through Saturday, May 29.