Fans discuss a report about Jerry Seinfeld's standup tour allegedly not selling well in Omaha, with debate over whether ticket prices or regional popularity caused poor attendance.
Supposedly, there was a report on CNN the other day stating that Jerry Seinfeld's standup tour didn't fare well in Omaha, and that to fill up the venue about 2,000 free tickets were distributed. The promoter reportedly said that while Seinfeld was popular in the area, the $60 ticket price may have dissuaded many people from attending.
Can any Sein fans in the Midwest corroborate this story? And if this is true, does this mean Jerry's success is strictly a Northeast/West Coast phenomenon?
Doubt it...he sold out within hours of tickets going on sale in places as far apart as San Antonio and Des Moines...if anything inhibited sales in Omaha it has to be that Broadway- level ticket price, a good ten bucks higher than he's reported to have asked everywhere else BUT New York.
Most times, performers have relatively
little control over ticket prices...just ask Eddie
Vedder of Pearl Jam about his battles to keep
prices down. A performer may have a certain
amount of control simply by the fee he charges
to the promoter.
But once he's taken care of (and his fee is
invariably only a fraction, usually about a third
and rarely as much as a half of total ticket revenue) anything else can go to
either cost
of the gig (low in the case of a solo standup
unless the owner of the hall gets real greedy)
or promoter's markup (often as much as the
performer gets, sometimes more). Haven't
even included the ticket broker's $5 service
charge which adds another level of cost.
All that can get awfully pricey if the promoter
is either ambitious or greedy...or the owner of
the performance venue demands top dollar.Bob Smith, afternoons WXXI-AM 1370, Rochester NY
Jerry will be in Des Moines next weekend 7/30 - 8/1. I'll post a review - tix are a hefty $50.00. Ouch. -D
Where are they holding it? Veterans Auditorium? Drake University's fieldhouse? Please let us know.
On 27 Jul 1998 01:29:41 GMT, [email] (David Hicks) wrote:
they were 64 in Omaha...maybe that was the difference
[email] (David Hicks) wrote:
He did 6 shows in San Antonio at $61 a seat and everything was sold out WELL in advance of the shows...loud crowd at the one show I saw, but he was nonplussed. Great night. Worth every penny.
WT
[email] (David Hicks) wrote:
He did 6 shows in San Antonio at $61 a seat and everything was sold out WELL in advance of the shows...loud crowd at the one show I saw, but he was nonplussed. Great night. Worth every penny.
Dave wrote:
Yes, but at my show the questions were lame: Who's your favorite rock and roll band? Will you marry me? I had a friend who went to a different show and the Q&A actually was funny.
Cheers, WT
That's a shame. I would kill for an opportunity to ask some FAQ questions. It would be nice to answer a question with "Well, Jerry told me..."
But "who's your favorite rock band?"??? How can a fan waste an opportunity like that? You have a chance to ask Jerry any question you want, and that's what you come up with?
On 26 Jul 1998, VPaterno wrote:
Omaha, and I knew nothing about this show until like 2 days before. Omaha by itself is probably not a large enough city to sell out a show that size without getting promoted out of state. The show in Des Moines may have had to expand to include fans from Omaha who missed the first show, but it also may include people from as far as Chicago if it was promoted well enough. It's a shame that I didn't know about the Omaha show in time, because there was no way I could have made it, but considering the ticket price I probably wouldn't have been able to see him anyway. I hear it was a great show.
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