Gary Bongiovanni
Gary Bongiovanni
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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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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.
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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 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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You're benefiting from the explosion of the casinos. They give artists chances to be seen in new markets, and the casinos can pay a good amount of money to bring in these acts.
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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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Whats going to happen when theyre gone? Its a legitimate concern in the industry, ... Theyre a huge percentage of our business.
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What's going to happen when they're gone? It's a legitimate concern in the industry. They're a huge percentage of our business.
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The stigma of playing in casinos is long gone. They've improved over the years.
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Florida tends to be one of those places that people like to play in the winter,
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Ten or 20 years ago, the acts that sold a lot of records were also the big concert ticket sellers. You don't see that correlation today.
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There's nothing in the wings that I'm aware of that hasn't been announced. I don't know if there'll be any more Cream dates.
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You have to figure that's not a healthy sign for the industry overall.
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Business (nationwide) is actually up substantially compared to the first quarter of last year.