Workers at the Sioux Falls Arena sold 7,000 tickets for the Elton John show October 7, 2007 in 18 minutes on September 8, 2007. Individual tickets started at $67.

"This is not something we have a big database on. But many of us have worked at the arena many years. We don't have any indication we ever sold out faster on a single show," says Russ DeCurtins, executive director of SMG-Sioux Falls Arena.

About 70 people camped out overnight to be first in line when the arena doors opened at 8 a.m. The first in line was Sharon Braun of Beaver Creek, Minn. She showed up at 9:30 a.m. Friday - almost six hours before the next person arrived.

"People kept driving through, and I'd think, 'Oh, here's somebody to stand in line with.' But they kept going," Braun, 48, said. "I was afraid to leave, I'd been there so long." Her patience paid off with six tickets. "This is like a once-in-a-lifetime concert for me," Braun said.

DeCurtins said he was confident that anybody who camped overnight got tickets. "Most of the people at the arena went through the line and got tickets. Some stood in line and did not get tickets. Those people did not show up until after 8 o'clock," he said.

DeCurtins said the crowd was "very well behaved and diverse. There were some teenagers, some older folks and a lot of middle-aged people. They were very excited about the show and very cooperative about listening to instructions."

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