Ticket Stub Time Travels

The Ticket Stub Time Travels Blogspot and Facebook pages, started in January, 2021 have ended with the New Year.  With the objective of posting a date specific ticket stub for every date on the calendar, we posted 359 tickets, missing only six dates!  Ticket stubs from 285 concerts and 56 sporting events were posted. The blog may be ending, but the memories aren't.  We're starting a new page on Twitter for Ticket Stub Time Travels with the username @TicketStubTimes .  There will be less narrative but perhaps more interaction from the readers and the musicians, artists, athletes and venues that are featured.  Mobile/E-ticketing may signal the end of the ticket stub era, but it won't erase the memories in the ones we have. It was fun to write a daily journal and have a small commitment to consistent writing. Thanks for reading.    

 45 years ago... December 31, 1976 - Evansville, IN Ted Nugent put a Stranglehold on New Years Eve in a rock concert at Roberts Municipal Stadium. The Motor City Madman was at the peak of popularity among 17 year olds like me. He pulled out all the stops, swinging from a rope wearing a loin cloth, burning the house down. Southern Illinois rockers Head East took the stage before Uncle Ted, playing "Never Been Any Reason" and other 8track faves from "Flat As A Pancake." A young rock band named Rex, after the lead singers first name, opened the show. We liked them a lot and bought their album. The band didn't last, but Rex Smith (no relation) did as he went on to noteriety as a pop singer, movie actor and Broadway performer, starring with Linda Ronstadt in Pirates of Penzance. Roberts Muni Stadium, home to the NCAA Aces, was renovated a couple of times but closed in 2011 and was ultimately demolished in 2013.

 4 years ago... December 30, 2017 - Glendale, AZ In a Big 10 versus Pac 12 matchup, the Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Washington Huskies 35 - 28 in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium. Current NFL running backs Saquon Barkley and Myles Gaskin each had two rushing touchdowns.