Garth Brooks Reveals the Reason Behind His Move From Stadiums Down to Arenas [Watch]

Garth Brooks has played some of the biggest stages in the world, but for this next chapter on the road, The Blame It All On My Roots Tour, he's choosing arenas, and he has explained his choice to essentially leave some money on the table due to fewer seats at his shows.

Garth Brooks Reveals the Reason Behind His Move From Stadiums to Arenas

After decades of stadium shows and massive outdoor productions, Brooks is moving back into arenas. And the reason has less to do with the size of the venue and more to do with what he wants to be able to do onstage.

In talking about the decision to CBS Colorado, Brooks admitted that there was one part of playing outdoor shows he was ready to leave behind.

"I got tired of waking up and looking out of the hotel room to see if the clouds were gonna rain or not."

That uncertainty is one of the realities of playing stadiums and outdoor venues. The weather can become a major part of the equation, and Brooks says he's ready to get back inside and have more control over the environment.

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It's a move that makes sense for Brooks, but wouldn't for other country artists. Most artists aspire to go from crowded bars and honky-tonks to festivals to arenas to stadiums, but Brooks plans on going backward.

But there's another reason he's excited about returning to arenas: the production possibilities.

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For Brooks, moving back to arenas isn't about scaling down. It's about giving himself the opportunity to bring back some of the theatrical elements that can be harder to pull off in a massive outdoor stadium, when you also have to contend with the weather.

"Move back into the arenas and get to pull stuff back out. Maybe some of the kind of theatre entertainment kind of things," he said.

After years of putting on enormous stadium productions, Brooks appears ready to make his shows feel a little more intimate while still giving fans plenty to see.

And if his comment about bringing some of those "theatre entertainment kind of things" back is any indication, fans could be in for a very different Brooks experience the next time they see him onstage.