▁v ult ures , ▁and ▁two ▁r att les n akes . ▁Vari ous ▁plants , ▁such ▁as ▁y u cca , ▁ag ave , ▁and ▁c act i , ▁also ▁decor ated ▁the ▁stage . ▁The ▁set ▁used ▁ 2 6 0 ▁speak ers ▁and ▁ 1 3 0 ▁light ▁fi xt ures , ▁using ▁over ▁ 1 3 6 , 0 0 0 ▁w att s ▁of ▁power . ▁A ▁crew ▁of ▁ 5 0 ▁people ▁tra ve led ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁ 1 3 ▁vehicles ▁to ▁transport ▁ 7 5 ▁tons ▁( 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁l bs ) ▁of ▁equipment . ▁Over ▁US $ 1 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁was ▁spent ▁to ▁ins ure ▁that ▁the ▁animals ▁were ▁health y , ▁travel ing ▁under ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁an ▁animal ▁expert ▁and ▁veter in arian . ▁The ▁entire ▁production ▁and ▁crew ▁were ▁ins ured ▁for ▁$ 1 0 ▁million . ▁ ▁Pl anning , ▁it iner ary , ▁and ▁ticket ing ▁Re he ars als ▁for ▁the ▁tour ▁began ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁at ▁Ast ro ar ena ▁in ▁Houston . ▁The ▁band ▁and ▁crew ▁spent ▁a ▁week ▁in ▁the ▁ar ena ▁re he ars ing ▁the ▁show , ▁construct ing ▁and ▁twe aking ▁the ▁stage ▁set . ▁Un like ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁group ' s ▁previous ▁t ours , ▁which ▁began ▁shortly ▁after ▁or ▁coinc ident ▁with ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁album , ▁the ▁World wide ▁Texas ▁Tour