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George Strait to open Cedar Park Center
A new addition to the Austin area’s music and entertainment scene, the Cedar Park Center opens September 25.
And they’re bringing in the big guns for the grand opening. Academy of Country Music Artist of the Decade and Grammy winner George Strait will headline the opening event in what the Cedar Park Center promises to be the first of many memorable events.
“George Strait is a country music legend and a Texas treasure and we are thrilled to have him open Cedar Park Center. Opening this state of the art facility with an artist of this magnitude demonstrates our commitment to bring the best entertainment in the world to the Greater Austin Area,” said Tommy Hicks Jr., Vice President of Hicks Holdings, LLC.
Tickets for the kick-off event go on sale at 10:00 a.m. this Saturday, June, 20, at all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 800.745.3000 and online at www.ticketmaster.com and www.cedarparkcenter.com.
More details on the Cedar Park Center from the press release:
Located at the intersection of New Hope Drive and Toll Road 183A, north of Austin, Cedar Park Center will be a multi-use facility, with 6,800 seats available for hockey and 8,700 for concerts and other events. The Center will have 24 suites (including four party suites) and 545 club seats with a private club lounge. A retail site of 17 acres is adjacent to the facility grounds for mixed-use development that will include 91,000 square feet for retail and 91,000 square feet for commercial, developed by Hicks Cedar Park, LLC.
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