Does Fresno know Shakira is coming to town? 

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Most cognize her from smash hits ‘Waka Waka’ and ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ - Shakira is performing successful Fresno connected Aug. 7, but immoderate radical inactive don’t cognize that.

“Some coworkers I talked to mentioned that she was coming for a concert, truthful I heard rumors of it,” Fresno nonmigratory Cooper Melton said.

“No, I didn't. That's the archetypal clip I've heard astir it,” Fresno nonmigratory Dina said.

There is little than a week near until Valley Children’s Stadium’s first-ever concert, but those visiting websites similar Ticketmaster volition announcement that tickets are inactive disposable successful each section. The cheapest runs for $87, portion resale websites similar StubHub person their cheapest tickets implicit $100.

“I'm amazed they haven't dropped those down importantly and effort to get much radical to capable successful the stadium,” Melton said.

Fresno State Director of Athletics Garrett Klassy said otherwise. He tells YourCentralValley.com he believes summons prices are fair.

“Shakira is the fig 1 selling Latina creator successful the satellite and successful history. And truthful to beryllium capable to spot an enactment similar that travel to Fresno, California, determination is simply a terms for that,” Klassy said.

While Ticketmaster shows galore disposable tickets successful each conception of the stadium, Klassy said astir 70% of the astir 30,000 tickets are sold. 

“We're good implicit 20,000 astatine this constituent and implicit 500 tickets sold yesterday alone,” Klassy said.

In fact, Klassy is already declaring the performance a success.

“Number one, it already is simply a large clip success, I'll say, erstwhile it's a large clip success. Not if they, yeah, we privation to big more. We are unfastened for business,” Klassy said.

Klassy said thing volition get successful the mode of the amusement from going on, “The amusement is happening. Sales are great. It's going to beryllium an unthinkable time. You know, this upwind is going to beryllium amazing. What is it going to beryllium successful the eighties for the commencement of the show? Like it is going to beryllium an unthinkable event.”

Some folks accidental prices and Fresno’s upwind are ‘loca’.

“It’s conscionable excessively hot. It's Fresno, we're similar a hundred. It’s conscionable excessively dang blistery to beryllium outside. Then I'm successful the nosebleeds and I'm paying a 100 bucks. That doesn't dependable fair,” Dina said.

Klassy says he’s not disquieted astir the amusement going on. He’s focused connected much concerts coming to Fresno.

“The amusement is not going to beryllium canceled. This is here. We've been successful accumulation meetings each day. If you look retired successful the parking lot, they've acceptable up, you know, each of the you know, each their accumulation trailers,” Klassy said.

Klassy admits helium expects summons income to ramp up successful the last fewer days earlier the concert.