Last night’s Grateful Dead show in Chicago at Soldier Field set a new record for attendance at the venue…
The attendance of 70,764 shattered Soldier Field’s post-renovation attendance record of 67,936 set by U2 360 in 2009.
It also featured some new technology that isn’t often available at a concert of that scale…
A “skycam” drone that hovered over the audience and stage delivered the scene to Internet and pay-per-view audiences at home, in theaters, and at satellite venues across America.
I had a sense that’s what we were seeing when I tweeted this out…
https://twitter.com/justinpward/status/617136392863399936
Follow along with our coverage of the Fare Thee Well run in Chicago at this post here.
Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well Sets Attendance Record at Chicago’s Soldier Field [Billboard]
