DKR: Concerts and Grass

[urbanwerker]

Not about weed 😜. Texas Athletics just announced a Noah Kahan concert at Texas Memorial Stadium this May. Cool venue for a show, I guess, sound might be bad. But the issue for us is:

 

If we book concerts at DKR the athletic department won’t put in a grass field. They’ll keep the artificial turf. Very frustrating.

[Hank South]

From Texas: 

"Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium has a 100-plus year history of hosting major events in Austin, including some pretty spectacular concerts from artists including The Eagles, ZZ Top, Santana and Joe Cocker and more recently Brooks & Dunn, Leon Bridges and Parker McCollum," said Chris Del Conte, Vice President and Lois and Richard Folger Athletics Director. "Noah Kahan's The Last Of The Bugs World Tour is expected to sell out football stadiums across the country, and we are excited to have his stop at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium further cement Austin's reputation as the Live Music Capital of the World."

[MikeyHookEm]

1 hour ago, urbanwerker said:

Not about weed 😜. Texas Athletics just announced a Noah Kahan concert at Texas Memorial Stadium this May. Cool venue for a show, I guess, sound might be bad. But the issue for us is:

 

If we book concerts at DKR the athletic department won’t put in a grass field. They’ll keep the artificial turf. Very frustrating.

not saying we are getting grass but it doesnt take that long to put in grass. NFL teams did it quite quickly for the world cup

[GoHorns1]

Attended several concerts in DKR as a student in the early 70s.

[PortALonghorn]

If we're gonna do this and not have grass, Why don't they book actual good artists and not yankees from Maine that pretend to be Bob Dylan? 

[Purplehorn3]

1 hour ago, PortALonghorn said:

If we're gonna do this and not have grass, Why don't they book actual good artists and not yankees from Maine that pretend to be Bob Dylan? 

All the greats are dying off...2/3 of ZZ Top are pushing daisies.

Tom Petty is gone

Willie Nelson is home bound.

Rolling Stones are on life support

I saw AC/DC last year and they were a shadow of what they once were.

It sucks getting old

[pinkman_90]

1 hour ago, PortALonghorn said:

If we're gonna do this and not have grass, Why don't they book actual good artists and not yankees from Maine that pretend to be Bob Dylan? 

[PortALonghorn]

On 10/29/2026 at 1:06 PM, pinkman_90 said:

Hitting me with this when I’m literally 23, cmon man!

[Rockin TL]

On 10/29/2026 at 11:03 AM, PortALonghorn said:

If we're gonna do this and not have grass, Why don't they book actual good artists and not yankees from Maine that pretend to be Bob Dylan? 

Because nobody would fill the stadium. 

[ClubWhatever]

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