Thursday, July 31, 2008

Gloria Estefan tickets go on sale

Tuesday, 10,000 tickets went on sale for Gloria Estefan's concert in Tenerife on September 19th, which, Santa Cruz mayor, Miguel Zerolo is calling "the biggest Latin music show in Tenerife, since the death of Celia Cruz."

Certainly will be and, for me, that makes the choice of venue something of a surprise, because I would have thought that Gloria Estefan could fill a huge football stadium twice over.

However, though that was the original intention, the Heliodoro Rodríguez López (home ground of CD Tenerife) was ruled out because of the replanting of the grass on the pitch.

Gloria Estefan's concert is to be held in the Centro Insular de Atletismo de Tenerife (CIAT) , in the Tíncer area of Santa Cruz, right alongside the TF-2 motorway - the connection between the north and south motorways.

This 4,000 capacity, 15.8 million euro sports facility, opened on April 21st, 2007 and designed by local architects, AMP Arquitectos (Artengo, Martín y Pastrana) to resemble a volcanic crater, has also also won architectural recognition.

Tickets to see Gloria Estefan are 40 euros in the stands and 30 euros in general area, from El Corte Inglés, Generaltickets, Tick Tack Ticket in Carrefour, Discos Noda, La Camisoteca and LM Producciones.com - but No Llores (Don't Cry) if they all sell out quickly - that's if a mere 10K haven't gone already.