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And of course DISH is giving away tickets!!

We are so excited!! The first visible sign of the arrival of Cirque du Soleil and its live production OVO in Houston is the raising of the blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) and the Cirque du Soleil Village. This event took place yesterday afternoon at Sam Houston Race Park where a team of 60-plus men and women hoisted more than 100 steel poles from the ground up.

A few technical facts on the Grand Chapiteau and the Cirque du Soleil Village:

The Grand Chapiteau stands 66 feet high and is 167 feet in diameter.
550 pegs are required to hold the Grand Chapiteau firmly to the ~48,000 square feet of asphalt and the 4 masts stand at 80 feet tall each.
The Grand Chapiteau can accommodate more than 2,600 people.
The entire site set-up includes installation of entrance, hospitality and rehearsal tents, box office, administrative offices and kitchen.
The Grand Chapiteau, the Tapis Rouge and Artistic tents are all climate control with air conditioning in warm season or heating for colder season.
OVO travels via 61 trailers carrying more than 1,000 tons of equipment for the tour.

It's an amazing and brilliant show!! Can you tell we're EXCITED???

Additional performances
Nine additional performances have been added to the engagement, the show will now be in town from March 10 to April 10 inclusively. Tickets for these 9 shows will be available as of March 6 through CLICK HERE to BUY TIX or by phone at 1 800 450-1480.

Performance schedule
Tuesdays thru Thursday at 8:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.; the show is dark on Mondays. Exceptions: no 4 pm performances on March 11 and 18; no performance on April 5 and 2 performances (4 pm and 8 pm) on Thursday April 7.

As we said, DISH will be giving tickets away to get your Cirque triva warmed up and check for the contest to pop up on DISH'S Facebook and Twitter!