Bok Center announcement 8/26

[PonderInc]

So the big announcement was another Eagles show?  I think a new big name would have been exciting.  Hope the place can sell out another show, but I dunno.

If y'all are worried about people spending their limited entertainment dollars, you should visit a local casino on a Friday night...  I have no clue what the nightly take is, but it's a lot.  These folks don't look like they're spending entertainment dollars.  They look like they're spending food, rent, health care and child support dollars on slot machines.  Yikes!

[tulsacyclist]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

They look like they're spending food, rent, health care and child support dollars on slot machines.  Yikes!

Oh I'm sure they are.. but it's for the schools!11~

[TulsaSooner]

I heard it was Madonna.

[jackbristow]

quote:Originally posted by MDepr2007

I wonder what is not being bought in Tulsa over the next few months.Surely all the ticket money being spent isn't money just laying around with no other place to go.

Is the ticket tax equal to the tax for something at Lowes ?

You think the only people buying tickets are from Tulsa?  

These acts draw from a much larger area than just the city they are in.  This brings money into Tulsa that otherwise would not have been here.

[Bones013]

KJRH says it's Janet Jackson: http://www.kjrh.com/content/news/breaking/story.aspx?content_id=63027c7b-8e53-4640-a3a4-fdb5a4607355     

[FOTD]

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

Yes, Cannon Fodder....it's crazy. It will affect the Cain's, Brady, Blank Slate, etc. The ballet and opera too will suffer, as will the PAC acts.

There's only so much money devoted to entertainment in Tulsa by it's citizens and countless visitors. It could mess up our equalibrium and we could lose the very groups that distinguished our city from others to begin with.

Why are the Eagles playing here twice?
Now that's crazy.[:O]

And we answered you...twice now.

Supply vs demand.  It stands to reason if an act sells out in an hour for 15000 seat event that they might think the DEMAND is there for another.

Sheesh, being a dyed-in-the-wool democrat I thought you would understand economics.

And those acts coming to the smaller venues couldn't afford the big venue arena to play in, so why would you be concerned that those acts wouldn't book?  That's just crazy, like your note saying a second Eagles concert is crazy.

For someone I thought that was progressive you sure are against Tulsa competing in the convention/arena market, from what I've derived of your hatred of the new building.  It's almost reminiscent of a certain quadruped that posts on here.

[:O]

FYI ...it is not supply "versus" demand. It's disposible income. And Tulsa's market ain't a field of dreams.

You must be a Reagonomics nomad and a spend like crazy and it will happen Repiglican.

Janet Jackson....give me a break.

Would someone please tell me there are 25,000 fans willing to come to Tulsa to see the Eagles while they stay in a Motel 6.

This ain't 1985. FOTD has always been against Tulsa being in the convention/arena market because we can't. Just the facts. Dream on.....
White Elephant wraped in duct tape....

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD


White Elephant wraped in duct tape....

Heh. [}:)]

How was Zimmerman?

[brunoflipper]

janet jackson???
monumental??
i think not... bleh.

[marc]

quote:Originally posted by jackbristow




You think the only people buying tickets are from Tulsa?  

These acts draw from a much larger area than just the city they are in.  This brings money into Tulsa that otherwise would not have been here.

That is correct. Tulsa draws from all of northeastern Oklahoma as well as southeastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas, southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas.

The Tulsa metro is 905,000 (2007 estimate), but add in the surrounding region and it is considerably more.

No, Tulsa is not nearly as big as Chicago. But it is a regional hub for the area.

[RecycleMichael]

If Janet Jackson has a "wardrobe malfunction" in Tulsa, she might go to jail.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

Yes, Cannon Fodder....it's crazy. It will affect the Cain's, Brady, Blank Slate, etc. The ballet and opera too will suffer, as will the PAC acts.

There's only so much money devoted to entertainment in Tulsa by it's citizens and countless visitors. It could mess up our equalibrium and we could lose the very groups that distinguished our city from others to begin with.

Why are the Eagles playing here twice?
Now that's crazy.[:O]

And we answered you...twice now.

Supply vs demand.  It stands to reason if an act sells out in an hour for 15000 seat event that they might think the DEMAND is there for another.

Sheesh, being a dyed-in-the-wool democrat I thought you would understand economics.

And those acts coming to the smaller venues couldn't afford the big venue arena to play in, so why would you be concerned that those acts wouldn't book?  That's just crazy, like your note saying a second Eagles concert is crazy.

For someone I thought that was progressive you sure are against Tulsa competing in the convention/arena market, from what I've derived of your hatred of the new building.  It's almost reminiscent of a certain quadruped that posts on here.

[:O]

FYI ...it is not supply "versus" demand. It's disposible income. And Tulsa's market ain't a field of dreams.

You must be a Reagonomics nomad and a spend like crazy and it will happen Repiglican.

Janet Jackson....give me a break.

Would someone please tell me there are 25,000 fans willing to come to Tulsa to see the Eagles while they stay in a Motel 6.

This ain't 1985. FOTD has always been against Tulsa being in the convention/arena market because we can't. Just the facts. Dream on.....
White Elephant wraped in duct tape....

Nice try, bleeding-heart.  I'm a registered democrat who did not care for Reaganomics.  But, I understand that while cities that surround us build ever larger arenas, in order for us to compete for the convention/concert dollar, we must as well.

I used to enjoy reading some of your posts.  Now your just another idiot with an agenda and an axe to grind.  Sheesh.

[FOTD]

No axe to grind, Hose. But the personal attacks on me by you illustrates the blind ambition you have for the city of Tulsa but the lack of care you have for our community.

So, you think Tulsa should have a major league franchise too? Why not put in subways? Why not build a huge new airport?

We can't compete in the convention/arena business. Sorry to disappoint you. We are a third tier market in that field of dreams.
Did you grow up....here?

Tulsa and Tulsans should stop trying to be something they are not.....try to do the best at what we did.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

No axe to grind, Hose. But the personal attacks on me by you illustrates the blind ambition you have for the city of Tulsa but the lack of care you have for our community.

So, you think Tulsa should have a major league franchise too? Why not put in subways? Why not build a huge new airport?

We can't compete in the convention/arena business. Sorry to disappoint you. We are a third tier market in that field of dreams.
Did you grow up....here?

Tulsa and Tulsans should stop trying to be something they are not.....try to do the best at what we did.

How is calling you 'another idiot with an axe to grind' a personal attack, especially with some of the dandies you've thrown out?  That's pretty tame compared to you.  How is calling me a 'Repiglican' not a personal attack?

You've officially become irrelevant and a cartoon character now.  You're a waste of internet space now.

[SDTULSA]

The big "ACT"  announcement that was made today that we have been talking about is Janet Jackson.  I really thought it was going to be Madonna so I got this one wrong but this should be a fun concert for alot of people.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

Yes, Cannon Fodder....it's crazy. It will affect the Cain's, Brady, Blank Slate, etc. The ballet and opera too will suffer, as will the PAC acts.

There's only so much money devoted to entertainment in Tulsa by it's citizens and countless visitors. It could mess up our equalibrium and we could lose the very groups that distinguished our city from others to begin with.

Why are the Eagles playing here twice?
Now that's crazy.[:O]

And we answered you...twice now.

Supply vs demand.  It stands to reason if an act sells out in an hour for 15000 seat event that they might think the DEMAND is there for another.

Sheesh, being a dyed-in-the-wool democrat I thought you would understand economics.

And those acts coming to the smaller venues couldn't afford the big venue arena to play in, so why would you be concerned that those acts wouldn't book?  That's just crazy, like your note saying a second Eagles concert is crazy.

For someone I thought that was progressive you sure are against Tulsa competing in the convention/arena market, from what I've derived of your hatred of the new building.  It's almost reminiscent of a certain quadruped that posts on here.

[:O]

FYI ...it is not supply "versus" demand. It's disposible income. And Tulsa's market ain't a field of dreams.

You must be a Reagonomics nomad and a spend like crazy and it will happen Repiglican.

Janet Jackson....give me a break.

Would someone please tell me there are 25,000 fans willing to come to Tulsa to see the Eagles while they stay in a Motel 6.

This ain't 1985. FOTD has always been against Tulsa being in the convention/arena market because we can't. Just the facts. Dream on.....
White Elephant wraped in duct tape....

Look, not everyone "blows" all their disposable income on the Pineapple Express.

It's not a stretch for the Eagles to fill the BOk twice. I don't know what seating configuration they are using but let's say they have about 36,000 tickets on sale. If 25% of the tickets are sold to people from out of town that leaves about 24,000 tickets for the locals. To sell out only about 1 in 34 people in the metro would need to buy a ticket.

Three people out of a hundred buying a ticket is really not a reach at all.