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Travis Tritt, Ashley McBryde and others to preview Athens Amphitheater with on-site concert

Travis Tritt will play at the site of the upcoming Athens Amphitheater.

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Travis Tritt will play at the site of the upcoming Athens Amphitheater.
By Melissa Ruggieri
Sept 11, 2020

By next fall, Athens will be home to its own amphitheater.

The project – currently called Athens Amphitheater – will include a 9,000-capacity venue (with flexible seating allowing for smaller crowds) and a museum component.

Construction on the site resumes in October with a projected opening of late fall 2021.

To celebrate the project, a Sept. 25 concert will take place at the amphitheater location (200 Boley Drive) with Travis Tritt, Ashley McBryde and Caylee Hammack.

The show will be a drive-in setup, with social distancing parameters approved by city leadership.

Tickets for the concert, which starts at 6:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. for gates), must be purchased in advance via Freshtix.com. Prices ranging from $200-$350 are per vehicle, with a maximum of six people (no RVs, limos or lifted trucks that would obstruct views are allowed). A portion of ticket proceeds will benefit Folds of Honor and the Georgia Music Foundation.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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