Van Failin' attendance for 4 shows

[Bob_R]

Atlanta Ga.
Date Sept. 17, 2004
Attendance 7,572
Capacity 14,330

Moline, Ill.
Date Sept. 20, 2004
Attendance 6,440
Capacity 10,818

Hato Rey, P.R.
Date Sept. 13, 2004
Attendance 10,933
Capacity 14,935

Washington, D.C.
June 25, 2004
Attendance 10,933
Capacity 15,000

As you can see not even close to a sell out in these 4 cities. What a fuckin' joke.

Thoughts?

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by EVH FANATIC
Atlanta Ga.
Date Sept. 17, 2004
Attendance 7,572
Capacity 14,330

Moline, Ill.
Date Sept. 20, 2004
Attendance 6,440
Capacity 10,818

...and attendance does not equal tickets sold as they comp thousands on a nightly basis.

Pathetic, no matter how anyone tries to spin it.

[Panamark]

have they had one show where they had 15,000 ??
I bet there was food vouchers a plenty if yes !
Those Hagar fans are as portly as they are gay !

[David Van Via]

Originally posted by EVH FANATIC
Atlanta Ga.
Date Sept. 17, 2004
Attendance 7,572
Capacity 14,330

Moline, Ill.
Date Sept. 20, 2004
Attendance 6,440
Capacity 10,818

Hato Rey, P.R.
Date Sept. 13, 2004
Attendance 10,933
Capacity 14,935

Washington, D.C.
June 25, 2004
Attendance 10,933
Capacity 15,000

As you can see not even close to a sell out in these 4 cities. What a fuckin' joke.

Thoughts?

Oh my god that's pathetic. The only thing that they can take out of that is the fact they know Sammy ate more for dinner then everyone at one of their gigs put together.

I don't know much about the radio competition and stuff, how many tickets per gig usually are given away and won in competitions.

[Switch84]

Re: Van Failin' attendance for 4 shows

Originally posted by EVH FANATIC
Atlanta Ga.
Date Sept. 17, 2004
Attendance 7,572
Capacity 14,330


Thoughts?

My thought is those fuckers must've paid the local paper here to quote the crowd as "8,000-plus fans in attendance"! Phillips Arena can hold more than that! 14,330?

Fuck, maybe I was looking at their Hawks' games capacity (20,000). Hell, those motherfuckers can't fill up the joint, either!

LMMFAOBT

[Matt White]

Re: Van Failin' attendance for 4 shows

Originally posted by EVH FANATIC
Atlanta Ga.
Date Sept. 17, 2004
Attendance 7,572
Capacity 14,330

Moline, Ill.
Date Sept. 20, 2004
Attendance 6,440
Capacity 10,818

Hato Rey, P.R.
Date Sept. 13, 2004
Attendance 10,933
Capacity 14,935

Washington, D.C.
June 25, 2004
Attendance 10,933
Capacity 15,000

As you can see not even close to a sell out in these 4 cities. What a fuckin' joke.

Thoughts?

Let's see.....Average capacity of venue=13,771
Average attendance=8,969
WOW!!! Up from 7,500. GOOD WORK SHEEP!!!! HUGE SUCCESS!!!
For REO SPEEDWAGON!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!
And, it's a FUCKING REUNION!!!! Spammy HAgar solo DOESN'T average that many people. Where'd he play other than CABO? STATE FAIRS? Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!1 You stupid FUCKS!!!
Van Hagar SUCK DOG BALLS!!!!


DAVE OR THE GRAVE BABY!!!!

[Sarge]

Originally posted by Panamark
Those Hagar fans are as portly as they are gay !

Amen..

[Sarge]

I have seen some of the fans that flock around Hagar...
They are so fat that they require 2 seats..
So 8 thousand seats were filled.. by 4,000 fat chicks
Breasts,
Sarge

[guwapo_rocker]

Originally posted by David Van Via

I don't know much about the radio competition and stuff, how many tickets per gig usually are given away and won in competitions.

For a Van Hagar show with 7,000 attendees, on average,

about 6,994 are comped.



















Okay I made that up.

[DlocRoth]

Interesting numbers..... NO sellouts for THE sellouts.

[light 'em up!]

Have there been ANY sellouts?

[Vanstonica]

I wondered how many fools went to the Atlanta show.

$90 for a ticket...it's unreal how highly these guys think of themselves.

[guwapo_rocker]

9/29/04
Van Halen Stops in Lubbock


NewsChannel 11 tried real hard to coordinate an interview with Van Halen band members but as you can imagine the band is pretty unaccessible. So instead, we talked to a couple of the people who are just as important in putting this show on. Meredith Craig, the United Spirit Arena Event Coordinator says, "I get here at 7:30, 8am. We'll start extremely early for 7, 8 o'clock show. Crews come at 7:30 a.m. to get the stage set up and all of that, so one of things I do is set up dressing rooms and production offices."

Craig has her hands full. With Van Halen, their crew, and their entourage in town, it's her job to take care of the details and make the group feel at home. It's Craig's job to worry about everything from furniture to drapes for the walls and she takes care of all the band's last minute requests. In the end, she gets to meet some pretty famous faces and she says they're always very cordial and very cooperative.

John Hicks, Van Halen's Video Crew Chief says, "They're pretty good guys. Sammy is a lot of fun. Ed's a lot of fun. I went out partying with Ed in New Orleans. I was supposed to take care of Ed. He wound up taking care of me!"

Hicks spent Wednesday, unpacking and setting up video equipment. Six cameras and miles of cable will make the stars of the show larger than life. But the guys don't forget about their crew. Hicks says, "We carry our own catering company with us and they do good. And it's fun, a gypsy lifestyle, running from ex-wives and things." John's been around the world three times running from those exes, which must make for some pretty wild stories! When we ask him about them, he laughs when he says "I can't tell you those. I'd have to kill ya!"

[ZahZoo]

Attendance was 5494 in Little Rock, Ar on the 24th... Don't know what the capacity of Alltel arena is but the nose bleed sections were closed and curtained off. Visually the bowl and floor were about 75-80% full.

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by guwapo_rocker
For a Van Hagar show with 7,000 attendees, on average,

about 6,994 are comped.



















Okay I made that up.

That is hilarious.

But, seriously...

Opening night in Greensboro had 2,000 comps spread around.

You can allow for between 1,000-2,000 depending on market size and how poorly the advance was.