It's Vegas Weekends for Garth Brooks

Posted by Lisa Ann Schleipfer on 10/23/2009
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Garth Brooks isn't heading to Vegas to gamble, he's going for his daughters. The multi-platinum Country Music superstar is coming out of retirement, but adhering to his promises to his family.

Brooks will be playing a series of weekend-only concerts at the Wynn's Encore Theater beginning Dec. 11. His open-ended deal allows the singer to keep the Vegas gig for an estimated five years, and a private jet, purchased by Wynn, keeps the family man ferrying back and forth to his home in Oklahoma.

Prior to accepting the deal, Brooks told the Chicago Tribune this week that he sat down with wife Trisha Yearwood and his daughters. "I said 'Guys, here's the opportunity that's come up, here's where we're at.' And when I explained it to them, all they did was look at each other," Brooks said. "Then (Brooks' eldest child) Taylor said, 'Can we go?' I said 'Yep,' and they were in."

The Brooks performances at the Wynn will be announced quarterly. Ticket prices, on sale tomorrow, are starting at $125.00. Brooks only winces at the price tag. "My job is for them to walk out of here going 'Dude, that was worth it.'"