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| Location | Color | Admission | Comments |
| Field box | Pink | $ 7.50 | |
| Field chair Left | Green | $ 6.50 | |
| Field chair Center | Green | $ 6.50 | |
| Field chair Right | Green | $ 6.50 | |
| General | White | $ 5.95 | |
| Blue | $ 4.95 | ||
| Gold | $ 3.95 | ||
| Salmon | $ 2.95 | ||
| Tan | $ 1.95 |
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The Beatles were housed on the 6th floor of the Delmonico's Hotel on Park Avenue at 59th Street. They were back at JFK for the first time since leaving on Feb. 21st when they headed back to England after Conquering the Colonies with two Sullivan appearances, a visit to DC and 2 concerts and the famous Carnegie Hall. They landed at 2:55 a.m. as police cordons manfully kept 3000 youngsters at bay confining them to an observation deck, 30 feet above the ground and 200 feet from where the chartered plane stopped. Many of them started gathering at Kennedy airport as early as 6:00 p.m. Thursday evening. George was the first one off the plane. Then came Ringo, Paul and John who hardly had time for a glance as The Beatles were quickly whisked from plane to limousine and off to Manhattan. The only comment came from Ringo. "It's great to be back," he called to reporters. Nearly 100 policemen including 18 mounted on horseback maintained order outside while 12 private guards were stationed inside the hotel.
Starting at dawn, almost 2,000 squealing teen-age girls maintained an unrewarded vigil outside Delmonico's Hotel on Park Avenue at 59th Street. After most of the hotels didn't want to book The Beatles, Ed Sullivan intervened and was able to get The Beatles lodging. The police kept order outside the hotel and blocked the entrances to everyone under 20 years old. An additional hundred police manned the barricades between 59th and 60th street to keep the fans across the avenue from the hotel. Twelve private guards reinforced this prohibition inside. Teenagers stayed outside the hotel until 4:00 a.m. cheering anyone who opened a window, closed a window or went near a window. The teenage backlash to adult authority threatened twice to get out of control but swift decisive police action intervened. At 1:10 p.m. 40 girls rushed the revolving doors under the leopard-skin marquee. The Beatles high up on the 9th floor noticed none of this, as they didn't arise until 2:00 p.m. after retiring at 6:00 a.m. Breakfast consisted of corn flakes, orange juice and soft-boiled eggs served in their suite. Before departing the Delmonico Hotel the Beatles, at 5:30 p.m., held a press conference in the Crystal Ballroom and answered question for about 15 minutes after arriving 30 minutes late. "Their valet mislaid a pair of pants" was the explanation offered to about 250 "newspapermen" consisting largely of 15-year-old girls. The Beatles arrived at the stadium by helicopter, but their concert on the 28th was delayed because the helicopter and pilot left without permission. About 300 police were stationed inside the Queens stadium and 200 members of Burn's security patrolled outside. Four ambulances were set up to dampen any hysterical outbursts from the sold out crowd of 16,000. The Beatles appeared on stage at 9:50pm, two hours after the fans had filled the outdoor stadium to over-capacity and the screams were ear splitting and continued throughout the half-hour performance. The Beatles' performance on this date is famous not for what happened during the show but what transpired afterwards. It was after this performance that The Beatles were introduced to Bob Dylan who proceeded to get them very stoned... Forest Hills and the Hollywood Bowl 1965 were the only two times the Beatles played two concerts spread over two days. Most doubles were done in an afternoon and evening format during the same day. |
