Shakira makes history as first performer at Valley Children's Stadium this August

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Every fall, the powerfulness and passionateness of the Red Wave is hard to miss nether the agleam lights astatine Valley Children's Stadium.

This year, conscionable weeks earlier the archetypal Fresno State Football game, the stadium volition transform, welcoming Latina icon Shakira, who added Fresno to her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour."

"I mean, it's exciting. Anytime you tin travel to this iconic venue to spot the top Latina creator of each time, I mean it's going to beryllium iconic," said Fresno State Director of Athletics Garrett Klassy.

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Fresno State Director of Athletics Garrett Klassy says helium has been collaborating with assemblage and metropolis leaders to find much ways to utilize this monolithic stadium, generating revenue.

In concern with Live Nation, Klassy says booking Shakira happened precise rapidly and is an opportunity, helium says indispensable beryllium done right.

"We request to marque definite that Shakira has a large time, and her fans person a large time. This is not astir getting conscionable 1 performance here. This is however we physique connected this and marque it peculiar truthful we tin person much concerts."

Shakira volition marque past by being the archetypal concert, but the stadium has hosted different ample events, including Billy Graham's Crusade successful 2001.

The stadium tin spot implicit 40,000 people, but owed to the signifier setup, it volition beryllium unfastened to astir 30,000 fans.

A fig Klassy is not disquieted about.

" We are going to run this conscionable similar a shot crippled day. We person the staffing present and the capabilities with constabulary present and DPS connected campus."

Less than a mile from the stadium is Wesley United Methodist Church, wherever implicit 350 parking spots are taken connected crippled nights.

Hansen believes that adding much events is not lone large for their church's gross but besides for the community.

" The gross goes into our ministry, our church, and our neighborhood, similar the nutrient pantry," said Andy Hansen-Smith.

Some residents successful surrounding neighborhoods are excited to bask the performance from their backyards.

"I deliberation Shakira volition beryllium large for the town, everyone volition beryllium polite, and I deliberation it volition spell great. I deliberation we should bash much concerts," said Niles Foote.

In the past, different residents person addressed concerns implicit the large euphony being a disturbance.

Klassy says the performance volition beryllium scheduled to extremity astatine a decent clip and understands those concerns.

"We are going to beryllium precise delicate to the assemblage to marque definite we are not doing this each week," said Klassy, "We are going to beryllium strategic, and hopefully this goes disconnected seamlessly and we person much large events successful the future."

Klassy says promoters from crossed the state person been calling him, and helium is having conversations that could bring a large state artist.

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