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Ordinance Passes To Keep Garth Brooks Booking Finances Secret

12/08/2014
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(Radio.com) Garth Brooks opened his most recent tour in Rosemont, Ill., a deal that was undoubtably difficult to procure. How difficult? Well, looks like we may never know the answer to that.

The village passed an ordinance to keep secret the details of booking Brooks' record-breaking concert run. The Chicago Tribune notes that this is an unusual move, and comes after the paper tried to uncover the details using a Freedom of Information Act request for papers concerning the September shows at Allstate Arena.

The reason cited by Rosemont mayor Brad Stephens is that releasing the financial information would put the city at a competitive disadvantage for future bookings at its venues. If acts were to find out what he paid to secure Garth Brooks' tour opening, they might try to drive up the price of their own concerts. Read more here.

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