SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Ticket revenue at this year’s Illinois State Fair Grandstand fell just short of the record $2.08 million sold in 2016.
The State Journal-Register reports the Grandstand’s nine shows that charged admission sold nearly $2.07 million in tickets.
Two of every five tickets sold were for two shows, three-time Grammy-winning a cappella group Pentatonix and the heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch.
Pentatonix was the biggest moneymaker for the fair, selling $439,000 in tickets.
State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon says officials, who were “a bit apprehensive” to schedule the acapella group, are pleasantly surprised with how well they sold.
Five Finger Death Punch sold the most tickets of all the concerts with more than 13,300 tickets. An average lower ticket price led to sales of nearly $330,000.
