Thursday, March 28, 2024

SPECIAL OLYMPICS RHODE ISLAND

Billy Gilman to headline this year’s??Special Olympics Rhode Island??State Summer Games Opening Ceremony

D SO RI

BILLY GILMAN

Ticket to go on sale to general public Tuesday, April 17.

Special Olympics Rhode Island, Ryan Center and Spectra Venue Management are pleased to announce that Rhode Island???s very own Billy Gilman, will be performing at this year???s 50th Anniversary Special Olympics Opening Ceremony. This year the ceremony will be held at the Ryan Center on the campus of The University of Rhode Island, Friday, June 1, 2018. A limited amount of General Public Tickets is set to go on sale for the general public on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.

Gilman burst onto the national stage in 2000 releasing the hit single ???One Voice.??? His debut album was certified double platinum in the United States, and he was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest singer to ever reach #1 on the Billboard Top Country Album charts. He has sold five million albums worldwide and garnered awards and nods from the Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association, Billboard Magazine, and the American Music Association

Tickets to see Billy Gilman at the Ryan Center start at $33 for the general public. Tickets are available Tuesday, April 17th online at www.theryancenter.com, charge by phone at 1.855.387.4849, or at the Ryan Center Box Office. Sign up for the Ryan Center Cyber Club at http://www.theryancenter.com/cyber-club to gain access to special promotions and pre-sale opportunities.

For more information about the show please visit www.theryancenter.com

For all media requests regarding the concert, contact Erica Skubis at eskubis@theryancenter.com or 401.788.3014

For all Special Olympics Rhode Island Opening Ceremony and State Summer Games media requests, contact Gerri Walter, Director of Marketing and Communications at

gerri@specialolympicsri.org

or 401.349.4900, ext. 316.

Special Olympics Rhode Island

The mission Special Olympics is to provide year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of well-coached, Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and/or closely related developmental disabilities by providing them with continuing opportunities to develop fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendships with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.??

Venue Management

Spectra???s Venue Management division is the industry leader across a full range of services that impact the bottom-line success of public assembly venues, including marketing and sales, event booking, ticket services and box office management, customer service, operations and engineering, and finance and administration.