Hard to argue with any of this, except for the "signs" part
I am a little boggled how we cant have consensus on this obvious point about concert capacity versus other event capacity. Its a moot point as it relates to "Van Halen" as you clearly articulated.
I thought everyone knew they were different (save for "in the round"). There is no 20,000 seat sellout in a 20,000 arena with a traditional stage setup...it would be 15,000 ish....and a few behind the stage if they could sell a few more.
I don't really have to go dig up these concert capacity factoids for Detroit arenas do I? I thought Von spent time "on the road" with Roth?
I am just correctly pointing out that there are no half full arenas for "Van Halen"....80 plus percent full on average. Nothing more than that.