Local country music fans tried to remain calm to recite the highlights.”George Strait…Ohio Stadium…May 9.””I heard a commercial on WCOL-FM saying that George Strait was coming to Ohio Stadium and I screamed,” said Laura Wall, a junior majoring in Animal Science.”Then I ran to tell my roommate,” she said.But the excitement may be short-lived. Ohio State has not been confirmed as a concert site by the tour’s promoters, said Sharon Rone, OSU’s director of booking and events at OSU’s major sports facilities.WCOL-FM has been advertising that the concert will be in Columbus, even though it has not been confirmed for OSU, and there are no other sites in Columbus under consideration. “It will be in Columbus,” she said.Cincinnati and Washington, D.C. are also on the short list of sites for the same date in early May, said Xen Riggs, director of the Schottenstein Center, who is also involved in the project.”Talking about it ahead of time like this kills all of the buzz and excitement about the show, which the promoters don’t like,” Riggs said.”[The tour’s promoters] may be using us as leverage to get a better deal somewhere else,” he said.Wherever the concert is, the George Strait Chevy Truck Country Music Festival, nicknamed “Straitland,” by the tours promoters, will have two stages, said Michelle Schweitzer, a promoter of the show from a Houston-based marketing company.The first stage will boast modern country heavy-weights such as George Strait, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, John Michael Montgomery, Lee Ann Womack and others, while the second stage will feature lesser-known singers.The second stage and a carnival-like area featuring games will not be in the stadium, but may be in the grassy area south of the ‘shoe, Rone said.The concert’s promoters do not plan to fill Ohio Stadium, but would hope to sell about 50,000 tickets, Rone said.Ohio State has a good chance of booking the concert, Rone said, because the Midwest has a large number of country music fans and Columbus is centrally located in Ohio.Some students feel the concert might draw larger crowds than the tour’s promoters plan. “[George Strait] is known for sell-out concerts. I’m glad a country singer is coming. He’s one of my favorite artists,” said Benji Butcher, a senior majoring in Agricultural Business.Wall agreed, “I think it’ll be really successful if it’s here and could fill the stadium.”The tour, which opens in Phoenix, will not have a confirmed itinerary for at least a month, Rone said. Tickets will not be sold until that time.