Rodeo Houston Unveils New Concert Stage: VIDEO

HOUSTON, TX — Rodeo Houston will upgrade its concert stage for the 2018 season, and they unveiled the details and renderings of its new state-of-the-art stage on Tuesday. Although the rodeo's executive committee approved construction of a new stage last year, the specifics and unveiling were unavailable until now.

The setting will rest on a star that can be risen from its points to elevate the stage even more than the 7 feet it will be at normal height. The rotating stage itself will be 8 feet bigger in diameter at a 48-foot diameter. Each of the five points on the perimeter can be raised or lowered individually.

Tait Towers is a firm based in Pennsylvania hired to design the stage that will also have a 22-foot-tall, motion-controlled LED backdrop video screen and an automated positioning system.

Country music legend Garth Brooks will be the first artist to take the stage on Feb. 27, 2018, and he'll close out the 86th Rodeo Houston on March 17, 2018. Tickets will go on sale Sept. 9 at rodeohouston.com.

Rodeo Houston is one of the most-attended events annually in Houston and the greater metro area. Though its concerts receive the most attention, folks flock to the rodeo for rodeo competitions, livestock competitions, carnivals, kids activities and a popular region-wide barbecue cook-off.

Photo via Rodeo Houston