Packard will sell limited-view seats as warranted

Staff report

WARREN

The July 14 concert by Huey Lewis and the News at Packard Music Hall is sold out.

The promoter says it might be the fastest sellout ever at the 1,900-seat facility. Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and were gone by Saturday morning, although some single seats that are trapped in midrow remain available.

A small quantity of limited-view seats also have been released to help meet the demand. Such seats also will be sold at future high-demand shows, as warranted, according to JAC Management, which operates the hall.

“The seats located on the side balconies closest to the stage are difficult to gauge because the view changes with each show,” said Jim Bugos, general manager of Packard. “These seats sometimes may have limited view of the entire stage, and other times may be a perfect seat with no issue at all. There is no way of guaranteeing the view from these seats until production load-in on the day of the show. Therefore, we have decided to designate these seats as ‘limited view’ because the entire depth of the stage, band members or video screen may not always be visible.”

The Huey Lewis concert marks the sixth sellout in four months at Packard, according to JAC Management, which took over operation of the hall in September. The sellouts include Counting Crows in December, two Blue Man Group shows in January, plus “Stomp” and “Brit Floyd” in February.

“It’s an exciting culmination to a very successful few months,” said Eric Ryan, president of JAC Management.