The thought of 10,000 country music fans boot-scootin’ down Jordan-Hare’s spectacular sidelines was definitely cause for concern. Which is why organizers of what was at least the fourth concert held in the stadium (but the first with beer!) agreed to install an entirely new field after Kenny Chesney’s big rigs rolled out of town.
In 2015, that was enough for Auburn to sign off on a concert at Jordan-Hare that was expected to (and did) draw 50,000.
In 1973, it wasn’t—not even for the Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers.