Boston Pops with special guest Kenny Loggins
at the McCoy Stadium
Saturday, 09/04/2010 – 7:30 PM
Boston Pops and Conductor Keith Lockhart perform at McCoy Stadium with special guest Kenny Loggins
The Boston Pops, featuring Conductor Keith Lockhart and the orchestra, will continue the celebration of its 125th anniversary season by performing at McCoy Stadium, home of the Pawtucket Red Sox. The Boston Pops will be joined by singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins, whose hit songs include “Footloose,” “I'm Alright,” and “This Is It.” This concert is Loggins' only New England area performance this year.
Though members of the Boston Pops have been featured in performances at many of the country's leading sporting events, including those of the Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics, the concert at McCoy Stadium marks the first time the full orchestra complement has ever performed in a baseball stadium and the first time they have performed an outdoor concert in the Providence area.
“I can't think of a better marriage between the worlds of music and sports than that between America's Orchestra and America's favorite pastime," said Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart. “The concert at McCoy Stadium on September 4, along with the Pops concert on the Boston Common later in September, gives us a chance to bring the Boston Pops 125th celebration to a wider live audience throughout the region-and it's icing on the cake to have an opportunity to perform with the legendary Kenny Loggins in Pawtucket."
“I'm extremely excited and proud to be associated with The Boston Pops,” said Kenny Loggins. “It is a true pleasure to work with such a prestigious and talented orchestra. I am very much looking forward to having the honor of performing with them.”
“The PawSox are thrilled to welcome Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops to McCoy Stadium as they celebrate their 125th season,”said Pawtucket Red Sox president Mike Tamburro. “This unique event featuring the legendary Kenny Loggins is the perfect kick-off to the Pawtucket Arts Festival. ”
Tickets (including applicable taxes and surcharges):
VIP seats $104.50 (Center stage seating with exclusive VIP benefits)
Field seats $74.50
Reserved box seats $54.50.
General Admission (Grandstand) $39.50
Portion of the proceeds from tickets sales will benefit Hasbro's Children’s Hospital.
McCoy Stadium
www.pawsox.com
401-724-7300
1 Columbus Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860
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Minor-league baseball stadium completed in 1942, dedicated and named in honor of Mayor Thomas P.McCoy. It was to be built on a swampy piece of land known as Hammond's Pond and, to this day, the stadium sits at the end of Pond Street. McCoy Stadium first began hosting affiliated Minor League Baseball in 1946. The Pawtucket Slaters, a Class B affiliate of the Boston Braves, was the first team to call McCoy Stadium home. The Pawtucket Slaters would play for 4 seasons in the New England League, as Braves affiliates.
Iin 1966, as a member of the Eastern League, McCoy Stadium hosted the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, the Pawtucket Indians. After 2 years, the Indians moved to Waterbury, Connecticut. Finally, in 1969, the Boston Red Sox came to scout McCoy Stadium. By April 1970, the Sox had pulled their minor league affiliate out of their home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and moved into McCoy Stadium, where they remain today. The Pawtucket Red Sox would spend three years playing for the Double-A Eastern League before being promoted to the Triple-A International League.