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Petra's largest concerts

Post by Dan » Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:45 pm

A few questions I have been wondering...
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1. What was Petra's largest concert in the US?
2. What was Petra's largest concert in the Non-US?
3. What was Petra's largest Festival appearance in the US?
4. What was Petra's largest Festival appearance in the Non-US?

To answer one of my own questions #4 I think the 90,000 at River Plate Argentina 2005 might be up there.
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Post by zman7720000 » Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:17 pm

Lakeland Fl. 93 or 94, 9,000 - 10,000 conservatively! That's it for me!
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Post by Markus » Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:50 pm

2) Could be India, 2002 with 10'000-12'000.

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Post by executioner » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:25 pm

Not sure if its the largest in the U.S., but I saw them in late 1991 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX; The place sat about 20,000 for concerts and it was packed out.
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Re: Petra's largest concerts

Post by gman » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:56 am

For the largest U.S. festival appearance, I would think it would have to be Creation. In the late 90's, actual attendance for the headliner was probably somewhere between 60 and 70 thousand. In the earlu 90's when Petra was headlining, it was probably closer to 40 or 50. I would the say the WUC call appearance was the largest, just because attendance was growing from year to year in the 90s.
Can any other festival top those numbers? That might depend on one's definition of a festival. In terms of the traditional multi day festival with camping, Creation is the beast.
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Re: Petra's largest concerts

Post by Dan » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:28 am

Must have been amazing for the guys to see such big crowds! Was Petheads on the Zone at 1992 Farm Aid when Petra played?
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Post by sue d. » Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:45 pm

The Zone didn't exist back then.... neither did the internet! There were 'newsgroups,' and CompuServe chat boards.
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Re: Petra's largest concerts

Post by Shell » Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:56 am

I got my first computer in 1995 or 1996--Technology sure has come a long way since them. :mrgreen:

Technology has its good points, but there is a lot to say for simpler times also.
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Post by Jonathan » Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:30 am

Dan wrote:Must have been amazing for the guys to see such big crowds! Was Petheads on the Zone at 1992 Farm Aid when Petra played?
sue d. wrote:The Zone didn't exist back then.... neither did the internet! There were 'newsgroups,' and CompuServe chat boards.
Do you mean, "Did anyone currently frequenting the zone attend the 1992 Farm Aid concert?"
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Re: Petra's largest concerts

Post by brent » Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:05 pm

The internet didn't exist until Bill Clinton and Al Gore got in office. Al Gore created it. He said so himself.

Actually, the internet did exist before 92, but only the military and government had access.
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Post by Mountain Man » Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:24 pm

brent wrote:Actually, the internet did exist before 92, but only the military and government had access.
Some universities, too.

Back in my Commodore 64 days, I used QuantumLink to get online and chat with people. I don't remember if there was a Petra message board or not.
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