thinny Wrote:
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> ribbons69 Wrote:
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> > Manchester is fine but I doubt any promoter
> would
> > reschedule a venue with a smaller capacity than
> > the number of tickets they've already proving
> they
> > can sell.
>
> That’s not how it works. Playing an arena costs
> much more than playing a theatre. The promoter is
> looking to maximise on profit. A sold out 3500
> venue will make more money than a half full arena
> venue in the long run, due to the extra costs of
> running an arena show.

Not sure that’s completely true - albeit not logical. Alice Cooper, fir instance, could sell out the Manchester Apollo easily and did for years - then got the last decade or so he’s played the arena, which when I saw him, was all seater (do the floor will have maybe a third of standing capacity) and top tier curtained off and loads of empty seats on the open blocks, do much less than half full - yet he booked there again the following year so there must be some equations based on varying the costs of front rows etc that make more money in an ‘empty’ arena than a sold out theatre. Arenas also look at total tickets sold over a year - a half empty venue is still better than one that isn’t used and the total over the season affects sponsorship on the hoardings, how much the bar/food franchises can be sold for that a theatre doesn’t always have.