Aug 12, 12:06 PM (ET)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Concert tickets for major acts are costly, but
$100,000 to see the Rolling Stones? That's the price to join Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger in a luxury box at the Stones' Aug. 21 show at Boston's
Fenway Park. The event will cap a multistate fundraising swing that
begins next week for Schwarzenegger's Nov. 8 special election.
Schwarzenegger will host a private reception for 40 guests who give
$10,000 each to his campaign account. Guests contributing $100,000
apiece will be invited to watch the concert with Schwarzenegger in a
luxury box.
The concert event was arranged after mortgage lender Ameriquest, the
lead sponsor of the Stones' 2005 tour, offered Schwarzenegger more than
three dozen center stage and luxury box seats. A company spokesman
refused comment to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Fran Curtis, the Stones' publicist, said the band had no role in the
governor's fundraiser.
The Stones' new album, "A Bigger Bang," is scheduled for release Sept.
6.
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