If it wasn't for the persistence of legendary eccentric baseball owner and promoter Charles O. Finley, The Beatles would have never played Kansas City. Finley, who owned the Athletics (who moved to Oakland in 1968) had bragged publicly that he’d get the Beatles to come to Kansas City to play a concert. This was no easy task, FOR THE KANSAS CITY SHOW WASN'T ON THE ORIGINAL ITINERARY AND WAS NEVER A CONSIDERATION IN THE 1964 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR PLANNING STAGES. days off were a rarity AND WERE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THE BEATLES. Finley arranged a meeting with BEATLES MANAGER Brain Epstein and offered him $100,000 for one show, which would make it the priciest deal in rock history. EPSTEIN DECLINED. CHARLIE O. TORE UP THE $100,000 CHECK AND WROTE OUT ANOTHER FOR THE UNPRECEDENTED SUM OF $150,000 FOR A SINGLE PERFORMANCE. NOW EPSTEIN TOOK NOTICE. IT WAS TO BE THE LARGEST FEE EVER PAID FOR A SINGLE PERFORMANCE IN ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY UP UNTIL THAT TIME. Epstein dutifully relayed the offer to the boys, knowing that they would never agree to work on a day off. John Lennon being the decision maker of the GROUP,  just yelled “we’ll do whatever you want, Brian” - and the deal was STRUCK.

Finley had to charge $8.50 per ticket to recoup his extravagant investment, making it one of the most expensive concerts of its day. The high price discouraged the Beatles core audience of teenagers, so it almost didn’t sell out. Finley finally  lowered the price for the cheap seats to $2.00, but to save money on printing, these last-minute tickets were NOT PRINTED with the hilarious picture of Finley wearing a Beatles wig ON THE BACK. Over 20,000 FANS attended the show. The Beatles added the Little Richard medley “Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey” to their 12 song repertoire, to an especially uproarious reception. Once again,  the group had to leave the stage mid-concert, returning only after the audience had calmed down (a little) in the face of a cancellation threat !

FROM THIS INFAMOUS "ADDED" SHOW, WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER A SET OF FOUR 1964 KANSAS CITY CONCERT TICKETS, WHICH REMAIN IN FULL, UNUSED NEAR MINT CONDITION AND ARE AS FOLLOWS:

The TWO "PLAYING FIELD" ticketS ARE WHITE IN COLOR WITH GREEN PRINT, $8.50 ADMISSION: SECTION F, BOX ROWS 37 AND 38, SEATS 4 & 7.
The TWO "LOWER DECK BOX SEAT" ticketS ARE YELLOW IN COLOR WITH GREEN PRINT, $6.50 ADMISSION: SECTION 7, BOX 11J, SEAT NUMBERS ARE CONSECUTIVE SEATS 2 & 3. THE BACK OF THE FOUR TICKETS HAVE A PHOTO OF "CRAZY CHARLES FINLEY" wearing a BEATLE wig AND POINTING TO A PHOTOGRAPH OF RINGO STARR.

The FULL ticketS measure 5˝" X 2", and ARE in NEAR MINT, unused condition. THESE ARE NEAR PERFECT. NO FADING OF COLORS, NO RIPS, TEARS OR CREASES. ONLY TWO MINOR FLAWS:  A TINY BIT OF TIP WEAR ON UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE WHITE "PLAYING FIELD" SEAT (f-37-7), AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A VERY LIGHT LINE OF RESIDUE FROM A PAPER CLIP ON THE OTHER WHITE "PLAYING FIELD" SEAT (F-38-4). THAT IS THE EXTENT OF ANY AGING OR WEAR.