Originally posted by deanallison:I think it’s more a case of it looking bad rather than it really being a problem. Remember the first night sold extremely well. The fact they’ve got the numbers to sell any tickets for a 2nd show is a bonus really. It’s not going to cost a lot to put on a 2nd show given the equipment is already there so they’ll probably still make a good bit of money in a half empty stadium. If first nights were half empty then that would be a problem.
Originally posted by Streetfighter:[..]
That's correct. I agree that equipment is already there... But we have only 5 sold out out of 15 dates. Some of the shows are selling slowly, see Perth, Seoul, Mumbai… And we are so close to the tour. In Italy 2017, 2 dates, each with 80.000 people capacity, were sold in minutes. And coming back to Auckland, it is not Olimpic Stadium in Rome or Wembley. It's smaller. Not to be able to fill a second show in a country (apparently second show sold less than half capacity) is a bad signal. A normal band would cancel show 2.
Originally posted by deanallison:I think it’s more a case of it looking bad rather than it really being a problem. Remember the first night sold extremely well. The fact they’ve got the numbers to sell any tickets for a 2nd show is a bonus really. It’s not going to cost a lot to put on a 2nd show given the equipment is already there so they’ll probably still make a good bit of money in a half empty stadium. If first nights were half empty then that would be a problem.
Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:[..]
I don’t think they’d want to look bad by cancelling the second show due to poor ticket sales.
And they can’t blame “logistical reasons” because they’re already there the night before?
They never cancelled the Tampa show in 1997.
Originally posted by J_Swallo:[..]
I don't agree, renting a stadium for a second night costs maybe more than what you save by having the equipment already there. For example, Olympic Stadium in Rome costs 250k euros a night. Even if Auckland stadium would be cheaper, still it won't be for free. I think it's a problem.
Originally posted by Streetfighter:[..]
That's correct. I agree that equipment is already there... But we have only 5 sold out out of 15 dates. Some of the shows are selling slowly, see Perth, Seoul, Mumbai… And we are so close to the tour. In Italy 2017, 2 dates, each with 80.000 people capacity, were sold in minutes. And coming back to Auckland, it is not Olimpic Stadium in Rome or Wembley. It's smaller. Not to be able to fill a second show in a country (apparently second show sold less than half capacity) is a bad signal. A normal band would cancel show 2.
Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
The band have sold maybe around 16k tickets for a 2nd night in Auckland probably averaging around £100 each thats £1.6million and the venue is likely to be a lot less to hire than the Olympic stadium in Rome.
Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
The band have sold maybe around 16k tickets for a 2nd night in Auckland probably averaging around £100 each thats £1.6million and the venue is likely to be a lot less to hire than the Olympic stadium in Rome.
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
16k tickets? Have you been smoking, Dean?
