![]() ![]() “Hopefully, we don’t run out, but if we do, I think people will understand.” “Our goal is to do the best job we can,” he said. Midweek, Starr said he was getting deliveries each day from Thursday to Tuesday. Mark Starr, owner of David’s Pizza, directly across the street from the Spokane Arena, said the day tickets went on sale (and sold out) he called up his distributors and started making plans to make sure he’d have enough food for the Garth rush. ![]() Many Spokane restaurants started planning for Brooks’ visit weeks ago. “We have 80,000 people coming to the area over the next five days. “This is such a fun thing for Spokane and it’s historic because it sold out so quickly,” she said last week. That includes money spent on lodging, transportation, food and beverage, retail, recreation and business services, Visit Spokane spokeswoman Kate Hudson said. Tourism organization Visit Spokane estimates the economic impact of Brooks’ concert stop will be $14,650,400. Tomato Street joins a number of Spokane businesses hoping to increase revenue during Brooks’ six-day run in Spokane – and there is plenty of money to be made. “It’ll be a place to warm up before you go to the concert.” The restaurant is offering drink specials and treating the “Garth Brooks patio party” as an extension of its bar, Talarico said. “Hopefully, it works and we get some people to show up.” “We just thought it was a good thing to capitalize on,” Talarico said. The new look isn’t permanent, general manager Nick Talarico said, just here while Brooks is in town to play seven sold-out shows at the Spokane Arena. Its outdoor patio, which closed once the weather cooled down, was reopened and outfitted with propane heaters, bales of hay, loud country music and a cardboard cutout of Brooks. Tomato Street, an Italian restaurant in River Park Square, is known for its pizza and chicken parm, but this weekend it’s going for more of a country vibe. Like the music, he has a way of changing things and making his presence felt in a concert host city – just ask the area’s hotels, restaurants and other business interests. Superstar Garth Brooks’ impact on country music is arguably beyond compare, with a legacy of more than 160 million albums sold and a ’90s run that redefined live country performances.īut the effect Brooks has when he rolls into a city like Spokane may be just as impressive. ![]()
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