They stood by the rebuild and GAINEY...
2003 HE PROFESSED 5 YEAR PLAN...THEN THE building sold out in 2004...HERE WE ARE NO MORE GAINEY as front man , FANS Bailing cause we're 9 years into a 5 year plan ...heading for last place
FROM 2007 AND NOTICE SAKU'S COMMENTS,who was RIGHT??? Gainey or Saku??
I think i just shown you a few posts above ,ENENKO likley sells MORE TICKETS at Bell than Habs ...
104 EVENKO concerts at BELL CENTRE last year...
only 41 NHL Hockey Games...plus a few playoff.
Figure it out,secondary?
Ya right .
Evenko might sell more tickets overall at the Bell Centre but the average ticket price is well under the hockey ticket average. Also the average concert/show crowd is much closer to 10k than 21k. Factor in less concessions sold (most likely) and no merch sold and I doubt you can say that Evenko > Habs. Add in the playoffs and the Habs get 2M in profit per game!
Evenko might sell more tickets overall at the Bell Centre but the average ticket price is well under the hockey ticket average. Also the average concert/show crowd is much closer to 10k than 21k. Factor in less concessions sold (most likely) and no merch sold and I doubt you can say that Evenko > Habs. Add in the playoffs and the Habs get 2M in profit per game!
this show sold out ,how much extra room on floor too?
ROGER WATERS: The Wall Live. Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Bell Centre, Montreal. Doors 7:00 pm - Show: 8:00 pm. Past Event From $55 to $250
here comes Roger AGAIN
ROGER WATERS: The Wall Live. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Bell Centre, Montreal. Doors 7:00 pm - Show: 8:00 pm. Tickets On Sale Now $268 / $143 / $89 / $69 ..
I'm just telling you, and *the a hand full of you trying to attack me, your wrong .
Also if you think people spend less at concerts for concession and merch? lol
I think i just shown you a few posts above ,ENENKO likley sells MORE TICKETS at Bell than Habs ...
104 EVENKO concerts at BELL CENTRE last year...
only 41 NHL Hockey Games...plus a few playoff.
Figure it out,secondary?
Ya right .
Hockey is also closer to 50 dates if you want to include the pre-season and the open practices, like the one that started this thread. Add in the 2 Bulldogs games as well.
But there are 365 days in a year, so the fact that there are 100 something concerts and 50 so hockey games, means that there isn't much need for a 2nd building, now is there?
ROGER WATERS: The Wall Live. Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Bell Centre, Montreal. Doors 7:00 pm - Show: 8:00 pm. Past Event From $55 to $250
here comes Roger AGAIN
ROGER WATERS: The Wall Live. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Bell Centre, Montreal. Doors 7:00 pm - Show: 8:00 pm. Tickets On Sale Now $268 / $143 / $89 / $69 ..
I'm just telling you, and *the a hand full of you trying to attack me, your wrong .
Yes, and I've been to the National concert last december at the BC, the average price was 50$ and the attendance was 4,500 people. What's your point?
EDIT: also selling out a concert doesn't mean 20k+ tickets were sold.
Seems to me there is plenty of room to fit in Playoff hockey without reducing the concerts and you can make even more money.
I don't know where winning became secondary.
There is a huge difference between management making a team that doesn't produce wins (ie this season) and taking that and saying management doesn't care to put out a team that is a winner. There are 30 teams in the NHL... 16 make the playoffs... its not like we choose not to make the playoffs.
Especially when we are spending right to the Salary Cap, there is little reason to believe that Molson isn't trying to win.
Yes, and if I went and created a poll here, over 90% would vote language shouldn't matter. In fact, even Guy Lafleur said as much. So... what's your point?
The economics of the concert business are much different than what they can appear to be on the surface.
Just because a concert might sell out, does not necessarily mean that the promoter or arena made a ton of money-or any at all for that matter. In general a sold out concert makes money for a promoter, but the amount can be a lot lower than what raw numbers (price per ticket times attendance + merchandise + concessions) might seem to indicate what it would be. Rock stars (and all concert entertainers who can sell out large venues like The Bell Centre) charge HUGE amounts for their appearances. They are not charitable ventures
Simply put, a sold out major act at The Bell Centre may command $150 per ticket, but the bottom line is a pittance relative to that of a Candien's game-especially a playoff game.
