Staff and patients lined the atrium at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora to get a glimpse of Garth Brooks Wednesday, the country music superstar helping celebrate the grand opening of the . Brooks’ foundation, , which provides medical care and spiritual healing to children and families with curable diseases, was a large factor in making the Child Life Zone a possibility, according to the Denver Health website.
, who starts his run of nine shows at Denver’s Pepsi Center tonight. It’s a record breaking tour stop in the region: with 120,000 tickets up for grabs, Brooks has sold more tickets than any artist with consecutive shows at one venue in Colorado. While he hasn’t played a proper show since 1996, Brooks has made two appearances in the state for charity events in the past few years.
