THE FACTS:
--Over 2.2 million people will see the POPODYSSEY tour this year.
--All along their US tour dates, *N SYNC will travel with their crew by bus.
--During the POPODYSSEY Tour, *N Sync will sign around 9,000 autographs.
--*N SYNC will travel 500,000 miles worldwide during the POPODYSSEY tour.
--*N SYNC and its entourage will stay in 95 hotels, and book 20,000 hotel rooms.
--*N SYNC and its crew will consume up to 3000 meals, 400,000 bottles of water and 2,000 pounds of ice in each
city on the POPODYSSEY tour.
--*N SYNC has several secret locations where friends and family will be able to meet them during the
POPODYSSEY tour for some rest and relaxation. SFX Touring has scheduled 4 of these "secret stops" in discreet,
small towns.
THE EXPERIENCE:
--It takes 24 tour buses to transport the band and crew on the POPODYSSEY tour.
--It takes 55 trucks to transport the stage, lighting, sound, wardrobe and effects!
--It takes 5 full days to set up the stage for each POPODYSSEY performance. But the crew can strike the stage in 24
hours.
--Over 500 stagehands are used every night to set up the POPODYSSEY staging.
--The stage for the *NSync
POPODYSSEY tour is a towering 95 feet high and over 20,000 square feet...the structural steel alone cost $6
million.
--188 massive loudspeakers are used for POPODYSSEY concert sound each night.
--For POPODYSSEY, *N SYNC is traveling with the biggest mobile video screen on Earth!
--POPODYSSEY carries 3 semi-trailer mounted power generators, which produce 950 kilowatts of electricity...more
than needed to power many small cities.
--POPODYSSEY uses over 43,000 feet of electrical cable every show night.
--376 computer-controlled spotlights are used to light each POPODYSSEY performance.
--To dress *N SYNC during the POPODYSSEY tour, there will be 26 cases of wardrobe, enough clothes alone to
fill an entire semi-trailer.
--POPODYSSEY's special effects masters control a full fireworks display, four Laser Light centers, and 68 Carbon-
Dioxide Jets at every *N Sync performance.
THE DATES:
5/23 - Jacksonville, FL @ Alltel Stadium
5/26 - Hershey, PA @ Hershey Park Stadium
5/28 - Hershey, PA @ Hershey Park Stadium
5/31 - Foxboro, MA @ Foxboro Stadium
6/1 - Foxboro, MA @ Foxboro Stadium
6/3 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium
6/4 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium
6/5 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium
6/8 - Cincinnati, OH @ Cynergy Field
6/10 - Buffalo, NY @ Ralph Wilson Stadium
6/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Veterans Stadium
6/16 - Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
6/17 - Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
6/19 - Toronto, ON @ Skydome
6/21 - Cleveland, OH @ Browns Stadium
6/22 - Cleveland, OH @ Browns Stadium
6/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ Metrodome
6/26 - Milwaukee, WI @ Miller Park
6/29 - Detroit, MI @ Comercia Park
6/30 - Detroit, MI @ Comercia Park
7/2 - St. Louis, MO @ Trans World Dome
7/4 - Little Rock, AR @ War Memorial Stadium
7/6 - Houston, TX @ Reliant Astrodome
7/8 - Dallas, TX @ Texas Stadium
7/10 - Kansas City, MO @ Arrowhead Stadium
7/13 - Denver, CO @ Mile High Stadium
7/16 - San Diego, CA @ Qualcomm Stadium
7/18 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Bank One Ballpark
7/21 - Oakland, CA @ Network Associates Coliseum
7/22 - Oakland, CA @ Network Associates Coliseum
7/24 - Pasadena, CA @ Rose Bowl
7/27 - Las Vegas, NV @ Sam Boyd Stadium
7/31 - Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium
8/2 - Miami, FL @ Pro Player Stadium
8/5 - San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome
8/7 - Birmingham, AL @ Legion Field
8/9 - Louisville, KY @ Cardinal Stadium
8/11 - Atlanta, GA @ Georgia Dome
8/13 - Washington, DC @ RFK Stadium
8/16 - Indianapolis, IN @ RCA Dome
8/18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Steeler Stadium
8/22 - New Orleans, LA @ Louisiana Superdome
8/24 - Jackson, MS @ Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium