Entertainment / Garth Brooks Brooks' Vegas Gigs Sell Out in 5 Hours 30K tickets sell briskly as country star ends retirement By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff Posted Oct 25, 2009 6:30 AM CDT Copied Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood wait before the World Football Challenge soccer match between Chelsea and Club America on Sunday, July 26, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Mike Stone) Country music superstar Garth Brooks can still pack 'em in, selling out 30,000 tickets in five hours yesterday for a series of 20 small-scale Vegas shows that will end his retirement for the time being. The Oklahoma cowboy will put on four shows a weekend for five weekends in late 2009 and early 2010 at the 1,500-seat Wynn Las Vegas; tickets are $125 a pop. (More Garth Brooks stories.) Report an error