Gary Bongiovanni
Gary Bongiovanni
acts alone drive helped huge mccartney normally stones three ticket touring
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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I think it's a great event that can help bolster Chicago's reputation as being a great music town.
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He goes back and plays the same markets repeatedly and just develops a good, loyal following. It's an organic development, not based on MTV or radio hype, and that's the best kind of artist development.
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Part of it is going to be how you define jazz.
acts bad fact fate fueled last reluctant year
Part of it is fate and just random, but it's also fueled by the fact that last year was such a bad year for the industry. This year, a lot of acts were reluctant to go out right away,
deals dumb guaranteed run
Some of the deals guaranteed (performers) a sellout, ... That's a dumb way to run the business.
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You have to figure that's not a healthy sign for the industry overall.
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Tribal-operated casinos have realized that that's a very good way to bring in traffic to their casinos. They're looking for people to come in and spend money on gambling, not just go to a concert.
limits price public pushed ticket understanding widespread
I think there's a pretty widespread understanding now that we've pushed the upper limits of the ticket price and the public has pushed back.
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I think everyone was surprised. I don't know that anybody expected the Pixies to be bigger today than they had ever been.
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That's very good business. Bruce Springsteen is grossing a similar amount of money, but he's playing smaller places at twice the ticket price.
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If (Des Moines) supports the shows and they do well, it's all good for the reputation of the arena and the market.
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The Killers are exploding. They're going to be an arena act by the end of the year.