Arena grand opening acts

[Breadburner]

quote:Originally posted by spoonbill

How many seats are we up to (or down to) now.  Last I heard it was less than 20,000.  Most of the events mentioned here require more seating to make ticket revenue.  

Why would someone book a 15,000 arena when they have a choice of a 25,000+ seat arena just a couple of hours away and sell signifigantly more tickets within the same market?

Sorry to interject business into this. . . If I were Aerosmith, I'd go to OKC and make 20% to 30% more profit.

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You may want to start with this....

[spoonbill]

quote:Originally posted by DScott28604

quote:Originally posted by spoonbill

How many seats are we up to (or down to) now.  Last I heard it was less than 20,000.  Most of the events mentioned here require more seating to make ticket revenue.  

Why would someone book a 15,000 arena when they have a choice of a 25,000+ seat arena just a couple of hours away and sell signifigantly more tickets within the same market?

Sorry to interject business into this. . . If I were Aerosmith, I'd go to OKC and make 20% to 30% more profit.

You may continue now.

I don't know how anyone could make 20%-30% more profit in OKC except for outrageous ticket prices.  The Ford Center and the BOk Center are comparable in size...

Ford Center Capacity
19,599 (Basketball)
18,036 (Hockey)
17,868 (Football)
20,817 (Concerts)

BOk Center Capacity
18,041

20-30% more profit in OKC wouldn't happen.

My apoligies I seem to have bad info on the OKC Arena, I was going off their original claims during design.  

I am under the impression (from a fairly well informed loud-mouthed construction manager) that the seating had to be reduced to 16,800 to accommodate moving a wall 8 inches to for mechanical changes on the Northwest-upper-end side.  This however is only rumor.  But I am inclined to wait for the final count.

If the numbers are indeed lower than what was promised, I recommend a recount! . . .and then another. . .and another!  

My apologies for posing incorrect figures.

[tulsa_fan]

Saw this on KTUL's website.  Although I don't care about much of the story, the last line states that some annoucements are coming this week about opening acts and upcoming performers . . . . hmmmm, guess we'll get to find out.  

http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/1107/470316.html

[deinstein]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

Phish....Yawn.......All that garbage sounds the same.....

Yeah, if your musical IQ is rather low.

[brunoflipper]

quote:Originally posted by deinstein

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

Phish....Yawn.......All that garbage sounds the same.....

Yeah, if your musical IQ is rather low.

oh please... if you think the rambling, purple haze, jam band, deadhead knock-off phish is anything worth trying to defend, you're nuts or baked...

[deinstein]

quote:Originally posted by brunoflipper

quote:Originally posted by deinstein

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

Phish....Yawn.......All that garbage sounds the same.....

Yeah, if your musical IQ is rather low.

oh please... if you think the rambling, purple haze, jam band, deadhead knock-off phish is anything worth trying to defend, you're nuts or baked...

Deadhead knock-off? What does that even mean.

And anyone, and I mean...anyone with any knowledge on music knows that Phish is one of the most talented bands to ever play and one of the greatest live acts to ever tour.

[deinstein]

Educate yourself:

Information on Phish

After you do that, come back and I'll burn you a few shows of some of the best music you'll ever hear.

[sgrizzle]

I look forward to hearing the arena performers announced.

I listen to a LOT of music, and never.. never will understand phish.

[brunoflipper]

quote:Originally posted by deinstein

quote:Originally posted by brunoflipper

quote:Originally posted by deinstein

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

Phish....Yawn.......All that garbage sounds the same.....

Yeah, if your musical IQ is rather low.

oh please... if you think the rambling, purple haze, jam band, deadhead knock-off phish is anything worth trying to defend, you're nuts or baked...

Deadhead knock-off? What does that even mean.

And anyone, and I mean...anyone with any knowledge on music knows that Phish is one of the most talented bands to ever play and one of the greatest live acts to ever tour.

the fact that you can't possibly guess what that means renders your opinion worthless...

i know phish, i've listened to phish...

"anyone with any knowledge on music knows that Phish is one of the most talented bands to ever play and one of the greatest live acts to ever tour."- that is a ridiculous statement...

so every few years they tour for a year and play rambling 4 hour medleys to stoned audiences who follow them around the country making money by selling cheese sandwiches in the parking lot... that makes them talented?

dude, don't bogart the pipe... jam bands are bull****.

[cannon_fodder]

Phish sounds nothing like the GD.  The only similarity is that both are "jam bands" in concert that develop music as they tour and their fan base shares much common ground.  The ambiance is much the same, but certainly not a knock-off.  Is Johnny Cash just an Elvis rip off - they even play some of the same songs and both in baritone...

[lsimmons]

Four whole pages on this wishlist and no mention of U2 or the Eagles? The Eagles will be on tour too. Doubt either could happen though.

[rwarn17588]

The only jam group I've found that's worth a damn is old-school -- the Allman Brothers Band.

Hint to jam bands -- it would help if your eight-minute songs would actually have *intensity.*

[cannon_fodder]

The nature of "jamming" is not intensity but ambiance.  There is little skill in jamming out power chords with a rock beat over a cycling baseline for 8 minutes.  Now fluttering between blues scales and intermixing beats while changing leads in a less "intense" jam is much more interesting.  At least IMHO.

I'd be damn happy to see U2 in there.  I'm thinking they are working on Garth Brooks.  I hope they make it a REALLY big deal and do three shows in consecutive weeks, one for everyone:  Flaming Lips opening for the Chili Peppers, Carry Underwood opening for Garth Brooks, and then something for the FOPS.

[deinstein]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

Hint to jam bands -- it would help if your eight-minute songs would actually have *intensity.*

Have you ever seen Phish live?

In fact, have any of you doubters seen Phish live?

[RecycleMichael]

I saw Phish live about 12 years ago in Dallas. It was a good show.

I went to about twenty Grateful Dead shows and saw many similarities between the crowds, but the Dead was way, way better.