February 7, 2009 - Windsor, Ontario (Colosseum at Caesars)

[Chula]

Celine to Perform in Windsor, Ontario!

December 11 , 2008

 

Celine's Taking Chances World Tour will be making a stop in Windsor, Ontario this winter! Celine is scheduled to perform at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on February 7, 2009! Tickets for this concert will be going on sale on December 17 at noon!

 

Source : http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/whatsgoinon.cgi

 

 

 

 

you can buy tickets here

 

 

 

http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/100041890...mp;minorcatid=1

 

http://www.caesarswindsor.com/EventsDetail...tle=CELINE+DION

[chasingrainbows]

cannot wait! tickets go on sale wednesday and i really hope i get some

[celinefan96]

Seriously considering this one! I won't have the 2 hr. car ride like it was going to The Palace in Detroit.

~Melissa

[Nmj]

Man you have to be nineteen, i wonder how Celine will feel touring in something called the Colosseum again!!!)

[minniemare5]

I'm going! But I need someone to go with! because all my friends and family have been to a lot of Celine concerts with me and they can't afford anymore...not that I can, but it's 30 mins from my parents house.

 

Anyone want to meet up there?

 

Deborah

[chasingrainbows]

did anyone get tickets? i stood in line for quite some time and am the happy owner of four tickets!

 

they sold out in 15 minutes apparently!

[Kyle_Jared]

I read in the Windsor Star newspaper that the 5,000 tickets sold out within 15 minutes, and the cheapest ticket was $150 (b/c it's at Ceasars)

[nickyrenaud]

i'm so bummed..i live 5 minutes away and i won't get to see her

[Nmj]

Thats how Popular she is ...she should add another date there

[nickyrenaud]

i'm so happy i was able to get a ticket after all....right down front 2nd row i'm so happy i haven't stopped jumping up and down...not as close as i got to see William Petersen (he was 3 feet from me and so beautiful) i can't believe i finally got a ticket...yeah for me!!!

:clapping:

[minniemare5]

What is everyone wearing? It sounds like it will be similar to Vegas, which makes me want to dress up, but I also kind of want to wear my "Je t'aime" shirt and black pants. What do you guys think?

 

Also, does anyone have any idea what kind of track listing were gonna get since we have an end stage?

 

Has she exited through the crowd during an end stage concert on this tour?

 

Thanks,

 

Deborah

[CelineDionFan710]

2 days left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CelineDionFan710]

24 hours and celine is going to be singing to windsor. AWWWWWWWWWW cant wait

[CSCfan]

Dion machine invades Caesars

Pop star sings tonight

 

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STAGE HANDS: Workers begin to construct the stage Friday for today's Celine Dion concert at Caesars Windsor.

Photograph by : Nick Brancaccio, Windsor Star

 

Trevor Wilhelm, Windsor Star

Published: Saturday, February 07, 2009

 

Five- thousand fans, $500 tickets, 100 workers, 18 big rigs and one mega-star.

 

The massive machine that is Celine Dion's production convoy rolled into town early Friday to set up for what could safely be said is the biggest show to hit Windsor.

 

"It's our biggest ever," Caesars Windsor spokeswoman Holly Ward said Friday.

 

"We've just been a beehive of activity today, because we're preparing for a production that is actually four times larger than anything we've had before."

 

Superstar pop diva Celine Dion hits the stage in Caesars Windsor's Colosseum at 9 tonight for a much-anticipated, sold-out gig on her Taking Chances world tour.

 

She was expected to fly into Windsor sometime today. Her entourage arrived a day early to have enough time to set up for the production-heavy show.

 

Chatham Street was blocked off next to the casino as truck drivers backed transports two at a time into the belly of the Colosseum. Inside, there was a flurry of activity. After driving all night and arriving around 3 a.m., about 100 people worked to unload gear, erect a giant video screen and set up lights. They had a forklift to ferry heavy items. They put in stairs and extended the stage.

 

The Dion team, fresh off a show in St. Louis on Wednesday, brought in nine buses and nine transport trucks.

 

As a comparison, Donna Summer, with all her props and costume changes, brought two trucks when she played the casino. Ward said that's about average. "Usually it's one bus and one or two tractor-trailers," she said. "Then you've got about 20 crew members."

 

If you're still not blown away by the sheer magnitude of the Celine circus, consider this: they left behind 20 transports full of equipment for building stages on basketball courts and hockey rinks.

 

"We have a stage and we have the rigging that you normally wouldn't see in a stadium," said Ward. "They actually haven't brought as much equipment and gear as they usually do. We're not the stadium stop that she's used to."

 

Dion fan Larry Poissant was impressed. "We were just talking about that -- the convoy she has to get around," he said, looking at the row of trucks outside the casino. "You hear about those things, but when you see it first hand, it really sets you back. It's that big of a production."

 

He's not the only one excited about the show. Tickets, priced at $150 and $200, sold out in minutes.

 

"We had fans waiting overnight in front of our box office when tickets went on sale," said Ward. "We had people who came with friends and family and booked a hotel room, and they would take turns waiting in line until the box office opened."

 

On Friday, some of those tickets were for sale online at more than $500.

 

At those prices, Poissant didn't think he'd be seeing the show, despite some subtle hints. "Unless my wife wants to buy me a ticket," he said.

 

Disappointment aside, Poissant said the show will be a boost for Windsor's ailing downtown, even if only for a day or two. His friend Ron Nugent agreed.

 

"I'm glad Caesars took over and they can get these kinds of acts into their properties," said Nugent. "I was surprised Jay Leno would want to spend his New Year's in Windsor. It brings a lot of money into the city.

 

Jason Heikkila, heading into the casino Friday, said he never bought into the Celine "hype." But even he couldn't deny it was a pretty big name to hit little old Windsor.

 

"It's a big deal," said Heikkila. "She's a headliner at Caesars in Vegas. For her to come up here, it really is putting us on the map in terms of entertainment."

[maxceline]

it will an intimate and expensive concert... like the one held in Monte Carlo in july

[Bellamy]

This is an end stage concert? So the production would be smaller than usual.

[CelineDionFan710]

Thats for sure. cant believe that it is tonight. you mean the frontal stage not the round one? Thats even kooler,

 

 

have fun whoever uis going

[SuperLove4Celine]

With this being an end-stage show tonight I wonder if "Fade Away" will get cut and "Can't Fight The Feelin'" will take its place. Hmmmmmm...Also, is Windsor a primarily English or French-speaking town? I'm hoping that "Je ne vous oublie pas" or "Je lui dirai" will make it into the tour at least once before the tour ends. They are, after all, mentioned in the tourbook.

 

Have a blast tonight, guys!

 

- Joe

Edited February 7, 2009 at 05:36 PM by CelineFan10

[CSCfan]

With this being an end-stage show tonight I wonder if "Fade Away" will get cut and "Can't Fight The Feelin'" will take its place. Hmmmmmm...Also, is Windsor a primarily English or French-speaking town? I'm hoping that "Je ne vous oublie pas" or "Je lui dirai" will make it into the tour at least once before the tour ends. They are, after all, mentioned in the tourbook.

 

Have a blast tonight, guys!

 

- Joe

 

That won't happen, CFTF has been permanantly cut. She has performed FA on an end-stage a few times now..

 

Windsor is English speaking, it's in Ontario

[SensationalCeline]

Hope you guys have fun!!!!!!! I know you will that's it's Celine, and tell us all about it!

[minniemare5]

I'm getting ready to leave in a few...hopefully Celine will stop! I can't wait....6th row! I will update you guys as soon as I get a chance.

 

Last Celine show for me for awhile

 

Deborah

[CelineDionFan710]

ok kool cant wait for review and pics!

[SuperLove4Celine]

Only 5½ hours to go.

[nuts2you]

she on her way. have fun tonight. can"t wait for reveiws.

[Nmj]

This is one hour from me Have FUN

[Shesings2me]

Hi Folks,

 

Celine has arrived! Woot woot woot for the Windsor and area folk! HAVE FUN!! I hope to see some reviews.

[SuperLove4Celine]

3 hours to go!

[Jacqui]

Hope everyone is having a great time!

[Chellbie]

so I finally got internet in my apartment so I'll be able to stay up allll night on the forum and patiently (or impatiently) await reviews! =) =) I'm so glad there's some good fans goingto this one. Windsor sounds like a little place according to that one review, but Celine will undoubtedly bring down the house! Whats the time there now, anyone know?

[JP]

It's now 21:39, so i guess she just finish All By Myself?