Gary Bongiovanni
Gary Bongiovanni
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Traffic, access, noise, residential protests are problems with outdoor amphitheatres, especially those like White River that are built in rural areas. The traffic issues have to be resolved because ultimately, it's the customer experience that determines whether White River is successful in the long term.
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Neil Diamond's fans aren't coming to see him just because he may have a record coming out. They know that the guy's been around a long time, and he's always going to put on a good show. It's the same with Springsteen. Just because you've seen him before doesn't mean you don't want to see him again.
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It's not that much of a stretch to be advertising on the PGA.
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Its success will depend on how it is perceived by the public. Artists don't want to come across as overtly ripping people off.
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The baby boomers really continue to support and fuel the concert business.
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It's almost like the business went off a cliff and it has not come back yet.
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It looks like they may have stretched some on the top side in Pittsburgh.
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It makes sense to try to take care of your loyal fans, but it's a fine line before that moves over into just a way to up the ticket price.
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It's easier to sell 10,000 seats if you're in Philadelphia as opposed to 10,000 seats in Grand Forks because you're surrounded by millions of people.
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It used to be that there was a pretty good relationship between a big-selling concert act and big sellers on the charts. But over the last 20 years, there's been a real divergence.
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Tom Petty kept his price very low compared to his contemporaries. Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire did, too, when they paired up for a tour, and it was very successful.
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You don't normally see three huge acts like that out touring in the same year. McCartney and The Stones alone really helped drive up ticket prices.
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There's certainly jazz there, but you've got Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett and everything else there.
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That's not bad, not bad at all. Most amphitheaters don't sell out.