[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

Don't forget the women walking around top less. Yes, a scary site indeed.

Any pictures?
I could use a good scaring!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

As I think about a large star of the art performance center, like so many other issues it becomes more and more complex.

First of all the list of entertainers that would be welcome in the Villages is pretty limited. Taylor Swift, Justin Beiber and Niki Minaj are not going to come here.

Tickets for the big time legends like Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton and the Eagles usually start at $125 and go up from there. Some people say Villagers won't pay those prices. I'm not sure. But I do know that it will be more difficult to get 10,000 people to cone up that kind of money that it is to get 850.

The there is the ticket selling. I think that if you need to sell 10,000 tickets you might need to get Ticketmaster involved and there there are fees involved with that. Then what usually happens for top tier acts is that smaller ticket agencies by up most of the tickets and up the prices, often to double or triple the face value. I once paid $800 to see Paul McCartney from the 11th row. Can't afford that anymore.

So you would have this 10,000 seat venue with a limited number of acts that you could book into it at very high prices. It would be different in a community of a million people with diverse ages and backgrounds. You might book Eric Clapton on one night and Lil' Wayne the next. You could get 10,000 people, but you would see very many of the same people there on those two nights.

[Number 6]

We seem to be getting tribute bands in at the Savannah Center. I include the Lovin' Spoonful (no Sebastian or Zallie) and Jay and the Americans (no Jay Black) in that list.
There are acts that can play an 850 seat venue, if they do two shows. Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone put on a great (sell out) show for four years in a row. We had a good house for Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Association (who were bad beyound belief), and an embarrasing house for Felix Cavileri's Rascals. Hey, he is in the RR Hall of Fame!
I am just saying that this venue can work for the right acts.

[rubicon]

Sold out has more to do with the popularity of the entertainer than anything else. Beside which we are in prime time season with 90,000 population + renters guests etc and approx 850 seats.

There are many people here that wouldn't pay to see any celebrity

Pushing for a Performing Arts Center will end up the same way he does in many cities --empty most of the time

[WCDANCR]

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