RE: No Who - Clear Channel (SFX) grabs more cash

["Jeff House" <whocasa@hotmail.com>]

From: "Brian Cady" <cadyb@home.com>
"You know, if SFX is going to be upping the ticket prices so much that only 
the most rabid fans will want to go and with the number of casual concert 
fans rapidly dwindling, why not move the acts into smaller venues?
If I have to spend $300 to see The Who, I'd rather have them playing at the 
House Of Blues."

Not enough gross revenue in the small venues.  I imagine that Curbishley 
would demand a pretty high guarantee from them.  SFX has got to make that 
back and then some.  Of course, they would want the acts to perform in the 
venues they own (like the Tweeter and FleetBoston sheds in Boston).

I'd rather see them for free in my backyard, but I can't see The Who or the 
monopolists (SFX) agree to such a thing.

You're right about the casual fans getting squeezed out, that's why SFX is 
trying to pump up demand in that market a bit by offering them a 
'membership'.  Encourage fans to show loyalty to general concert attendance 
rather than specific acts or genres and they are increasing the size of the 
market.  Very smart move in the current atmosphere.

Jeff

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