How does this happen?

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » July 22, 2004, 12:49 pm

Winners and losers
July 22, 2004 WL0722
THE WINNERS

Prince at Xcel Energy Center, June 16-18. Attendance: 20,000 per night.

Shania Twain at Xcel June 4. Attendance: 19,918.

Eric Clapton at Xcel last Sunday. Attendance: 15,613.

Hilary Duff at Target Center Aug. 1. Nearly sold out.
THE LOSERS

American Idols at Xcel Energy Center, Wednesday night. Attendance: 5,000.

Kiss at Float-Rite Park, Somerset, Wis., June 26. Attendance: 6,000.

Evanescence at Target Center July 13. Attendance: 8,000.

Sting at Target Center Tuesday. Attendance: 8,000.
Concert seating at Xcel and Target Center varies with stage setup but averages 19,000.

Hillary Duff draws 19,000 ppl to see her and Sting only draws 8,000?

Spankes · Post by **Spankes** » July 22, 2004, 1:03 pm

Prolly has to do with the fact that one concert is for teenagers or younger on a sunday night during the summer and the other is mostly older working people during the week.

But, yeah, I see the problem~

Siji · Post by **Siji** » July 22, 2004, 1:18 pm

You're mistaking popularity for quality.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 22, 2004, 1:34 pm

Prince nearly sold out. I don't see the problem here.

I'm personally not a bit Sting fan myself. Are the tickets for his show the same as the other acts?

I thought Kiss was done touring. Looking at those numbers they should be!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 22, 2004, 2:01 pm

Sting was much better with the Police. That band could have pumped out many more great albums.

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » July 22, 2004, 2:47 pm

Hillary is popular among kids, or teenagers. Tickets to her only show at the end of July here in Chicago sold out within few hours.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » July 22, 2004, 10:00 pm

Comparing ticket sales without the per ticket price seems rather pointless too...

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 22, 2004, 10:52 pm

Zaelath wrote:Comparing ticket sales without the per ticket price seems rather pointless too...

It does! That's why I asked. A lot of the 'older' touring people have ridiculously high prices.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » July 23, 2004, 10:56 am

Aslanna wrote:A lot of the 'older' touring people have ridiculously high prices.

I remember being grumpy when ticket prices reached around $20 in the 80's. There's no way in hell that I would pay $60-$250+ to see some 'should have retired 10 years ago but ran out of money' band or musician. It's nice to see live performances, but not worth $60+ for any group/musician imho.