SYRACUSE -- Tickets are going on sale for an appearance by the Dalai Lama and a related concert in central New York.
Syracuse University says it's hosting the two-day "Common Ground for Peace" event on Oct. 8 and 9 featuring the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet. Among those joining him are Nobel Peace Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei; human rights advocate Martin Luther King III; former Central Intelligence Agency head R. James Woolsey, Jr.; and former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young.
"This morning when we opened up at 10:00, in the first 7 minutes we sold 12,000 tickets online so it's selling pretty quickly," says Pete Sala, spokesperson at the Carrier Dome.
The Carrier Dome concert also features some big names. Among those scheduled are Dave Matthews, Counting Crows, Nas, Swizz Beatz, Cyndi Lauper, Engelbert Humperdinck, Roberta Flack, David Crosby and Nelly Furtado.
Judy Fazio bought tickets Monday morning. "I think it's a great thing for the community. We're intrigued by the number of people that will be here at this venue and think it's a great opportunity to see something like this," says Fazio.
Tickets covering both days are priced from $35 to $55. They're available through Ticketmaster and the Carrier Dome box office starting at 10 a.m. Monday.
(Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.)
