Will Ferrell has signed a contract to perform at K-State after Union Program Council members negotiated with his agent for more than three months.
Tickets for Ferrell's performance on Feb. 4, 2008, at Bramlage Coliseum go on sale for K-State students and the general public at 10 a.m. Monday at Bramlage and www.kstatesports.com. The Bramlage seating for the performance will accommodate 7,000 people.
The tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. People can purchase up to four tickets, but K-State students must present a K-State ID at the performance.
K-State is Ferrell's first stop on his nationwide college comedy tour to promote his film "Semi-Pro," which has a Feb. 29 theatrical release date.
K-State was among seven universities selected for "Will Ferrell's Funny or Die Comedy Tour Presented by Semi-Pro." Amanda Stanford, UPC Entertainment Committee co-chair, said UPC received information from MainStage Productions this summer that Ferrell had plans for a college tour.
"We just immediately started pursuing it because we think he has a huge fan base here," said Stanford, senior in psychology. "When we saw this opportunity, we pretty much jumped at the opportunity."
Courtney Hauser, UPC Entertainment Committee co-chair; Ben Hopper, UPC program adviser; and Stanford put together a proposal in mid-September that showed what K-State offers compared to other universities to help bring Ferrell to K-State.
"We have to prove to them that we have the ability to publicize and the ability to bring the big crowd in," Hauser said.
Stanford said finding a mutual date for the performance was one challenge with securing the performance and the availability of Bramlage.
"The fact that this was right in the middle of basketball season was sort of difficult for us and going back and forth between Bramlage and Will's agent and trying to find a date that worked for both," Stanford said. "It was quite a task, but it worked out."
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Jeremy P
posted 12/06/07 @ 2:48 PM CST
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