They say they want to attract acts like Tony Bennett. I checked what his concerts cost. In San Antonio they go from $62 to $140 per ticket and it has a metropolitan area of over 2 million people to draw from. Do they really think that there are enough people in TV and the surrounding area that would be willing to pay that amount of money on a consistent basis, year around to support those kind of costs.
They talk about the sizes of auditoriums in Orlando. The metropolitan Orlando area has a population of over 2 million. The Sarasota area has almost 700,000 people. I think they need to look at the reality of the situation and try to work within that framework.
The reality is that we are a relatively small community. For a small community, I think we already have pretty good entertainment options. If they can be improved, great ... but, I'm very skeptical that they can be done in a manner where the costs can be kept within the scope of what our community can support. To increase the cost structure by building a large, new facility doubles my skepticism.
Last edited by NJblue; 10-25-2010 at 12:23 PM.
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