Originally posted by callat703:
Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
M.I.A.'s agent & manager are intelligent
the vast majority are not
go look at the ticket prices at the Ram's Head...these are the results of bands deciding to play Baltimore because they were offered so much they couldn't say no and, when they looked at the ticket prices on the offer, decided that it didn't matter
What shows do you mean? I don't notice a huge disparity. Citizen Cope is cheaper at Rams Head if you buy in advance, and the same on the day of. Dark Star Orchestra seems comparable. The others don't really match up - but I guess I don't notice a huge difference in pricing between the 9:30 and Rams Head. [/b]
Markets have a lot to do with ticket prices. Washington, DC is considered an A market and Baltimore a B market. There's far less competition for shows between Baltimore and DC because many bands will either choose one market or decide to play both. A venue in Silver Spring however, will compete directly with 9:30 for the same shows and it is far more likely to drive up ticket prices.
All that said though, it doesn't matter. For me, as a Maryland resident I'm furious that the elected officials refuse to allow open bidding for the planned venue and have commited $8 million in our tax-payer dollars to subsidize a project for a huge corporate player like Live Nation when other parties (like Seth) are clearly offering to save millions of those proposed tax-payer dollars.
