Gary Bongiovanni
Gary Bongiovanni
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I think it's a great event that can help bolster Chicago's reputation as being a great music town.
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Part of it is going to be how you define jazz.
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There's certainly jazz there, but you've got Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett and everything else there.
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You're not getting (Madonna), but Fresno is. It shocked me as much as anybody.
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It's easier to sell 10,000 seats if you're in Philadelphia as opposed to 10,000 seats in Grand Forks because you're surrounded by millions of people.
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Ten or 20 years ago, the acts that sold a lot of records were also the big concert ticket sellers. You don't see that correlation today.
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There's nothing in the wings that I'm aware of that hasn't been announced. I don't know if there'll be any more Cream dates.
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The public has shown they will pay a big premium for artists they really want to see.
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Tribal-operated casinos have realized that that's a very good way to bring in traffic to their casinos. They're looking for people to come in and spend money on gambling, not just go to a concert.
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You don't normally see three huge acts like that out touring in the same year. McCartney and The Stones alone really helped drive up ticket prices.
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Tom Petty kept his price very low compared to his contemporaries. Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire did, too, when they paired up for a tour, and it was very successful.