Arena rock legends REO Speedwagon will play first concert

Friday, May 2, 2008

Tickets will go on sale to Blue Crabs season ticket and mini-plan holders only beginning at 10 a.m. May 10 atwww.SOMDbluecrabs.com.

Tickets to the general public will go on sale at 10 a.m. May 17. All tickets are general admission and will be $25 during the season-ticket holder, online pre-sale (May 10-16) and $30 beginning May 17, when tickets can also be purchased at the Regency Furniture Stadium box office or by calling 301-638-9788.

Blue Crabs season ticket holders will also be granted early admission to the general admission-only show. Gate opening times will be announced later. The stage for the concert will be located behind second base, with standing room general admission on the playing field, in addition to the stadium seats.

The band, renowned for such hits as ‘‘Take It on the Run,” ‘‘Can’t Fight This Feeling” and ‘‘Keep on Loving You” is expected to be the first of many similar concerts and events at the new ballpark, which will open Friday.

‘‘The willingness of a group the caliber of REO Speedwagon to agree to play at this ballpark so early in our life cycle speaks volumes about the high expectations for this facility,” Blue Crabs Owner and Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson said in a press release. ‘‘Really, we’ve just begun to scratch the surface of what this ballpark can mean to the entire Southern Maryland region.”