Re: Sprint Center's necessity?
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:37 am
AKP appears to be.KCPowercat wrote: I am not sure anybody disagrees with what you guys are saying....
AKP appears to be.KCPowercat wrote: I am not sure anybody disagrees with what you guys are saying....
Not sure of the timing now but the 50 dates mentioned are the number dates the building gives the team to submit to the league to form the schedule. We use to give those dates around April for the following season. And those dates are tied up until the schedule is released. It is during that time of giving and before release that many concert tours are shaping up. And as TL said the arena also holds many dates for possible playoff games. Therefore if the dates are not available when a concert tour is forming a building loses out on a booking.KCMax wrote: What I'm wondering is why it matters that it takes up 50 dates on the calender since there seem to be more than 50 open dates on the calender for a sports team to occupy, including several lucrative weekend dates. I realize this gives them less leeway ("abundance of options"), but I have a hard time seeing it cost us several concerts. Its not THAT many dates, and the calendar isn't THAT packed right now. And like I said, there are other arenas around the country that somehow host NBA teams AND compete for concerts.
And as stated before, many times bookers can be flexible. Most tours aren't going to skip a city because a particular Tuesday is not available. They work around it. How do other arenas deal with this? Is Cleveland losing a ton of concerts because of the Cavs? OKC is losing concerts because of the Thunder?aknowledgeableperson wrote: Not sure of the timing now but the 50 dates mentioned are the number dates the building gives the team to submit to the league to form the schedule. We use to give those dates around April for the following season. And those dates are tied up until the schedule is released. It is during that time of giving and before release that many concert tours are shaping up. And as TL said the arena also holds many dates for possible playoff games. Therefore if the dates are not available when a concert tour is forming a building loses out on a booking.
How many touring events book Kansas City and skip Omaha (creighton), Denver (nuggets and avalanche, Dallas (mavericks and stars), STL (blues), and/or OKC (thunder)?aknowledgeableperson wrote: Not sure of the timing now but the 50 dates mentioned are the number dates the building gives the team to submit to the league to form the schedule. We use to give those dates around April for the following season. And those dates are tied up until the schedule is released. It is during that time of giving and before release that many concert tours are shaping up. And as TL said the arena also holds many dates for possible playoff games. Therefore if the dates are not available when a concert tour is forming a building loses out on a booking.
Starlight > Live Nation venue.NDTeve wrote: Rather have Sprint Center lose a couple of concerts and get an amphitheater near the River.
I guess you have never taken calls from promoters wishing to book concerts. I have. To a certain extent there is some flexibility and to a certain extent there isn't. In the past I have also been involved in the selection of the so-called 50 dates given to teams for their schedules - you have to take into account what bookings you already have plus the dates for the annual shows (some might be on multi-year contracts). If an act definitely wants to play KC or a promoter wants to book KC then it becomes easy - other cities in the area are booked around KC. But if an act or a promoter really doesn't care if it is booked in KC, Omaha, De Moines, Tulsa, OKC, etc. and is just in the Midwest for 2 shows then the buildings with the open dates gets the booking. Yes, the SC might be a great facility but the KC market is still 2nd or 3rd tier when it comes to concerts - that could be one reason for the Monday through Thursday bookings instead of the weekends.KCMax wrote: And as stated before, many times bookers can be flexible. Most tours aren't going to skip a city because a particular Tuesday is not available. They work around it. How do other arenas deal with this? Is Cleveland losing a ton of concerts because of the Cavs? OKC is losing concerts because of the Thunder?
Oscar McGaskey, convention and entertainment center director, told a City Council committee this week that this year's projected deficit at Kemper and the American Royal Complex is about $1.4 million. Sprint Center revenues probably will cover that.
The president of the Los Angeles-based Anschutz Entertainment Group dismissed criticism leveled by Baltimore-based Cordish Co. that the new arena was a "disaster" because it had not landed an NHL or NBA franchise. David Cordish made that charge last year in an e-mail to City Hall that was leaked and complaints have continued, albeit below the radar.
With the Sprint Center anticipating the handover of $1.8 million to the city through a profit-sharing agreement and the Kansas City Power & Light District underperforming financially, Leiweke tossed a stone right back from his 18,000-seat glass house across Grand Boulevard.
"The Power & Light District was committed to before the Sprint Center was a reality," Leiweke said. "For them to use us as a crutch is a crock. Don't worry about us. Get your district fully open."
Main Event at Sprint Center. Winner take ALL Responsibility.DaveKCMO wrote: developer brawl! who will win?!?!?!
quit trollingjustin8216 wrote: I think the new AT&T Center has been a huge success and a boon for downtown.