Yeah, they would lose a few, but gain about 40-50 more. I understand that would not be great for AEG as pro teams take all the revenue from those dates, but it sure would help downtown and Cordish's investment.DColeKC wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:24 am If it were only that easy. Kansas City isn’t an anchor market when it comes to touring acts. They route through and if a date they want isn’t available they’ve got other choices and will simply skip the market. Toss in needing to work around a pro team schedule and you’d 100% lose several concert dates.
AEG makes all the money from concerts. They keep all the sponsor money and can sell all the sponsor space. That and many other things change when a tenant comes along.
AEG has somehow talked everybody in KC into thinking it's better for the city to not have a pro team in the arena. There is no way that is true. That arena is not even a top concert venue anymore like it was in the first years. That is a really nice arena to not have major pro tenant. It's barely being used.