Halliburton in Iraq shows how imperious democratic governments can be in contracting with the private sector. It wasn't until years after the first contracts when the Dems came to regained power in Congress that checks began to applied.
Ticket prices could go up, or more bands will fill the capacity.
M.I.A. played 930 for $25. She played the Wiltern in LA a few weeks earlier for the same ticket price despite that market being much, much larger and having more venues. More venues bid for more bands, ie more venues is a signal for bands making tour dates to consider DC when they otherwise might not.
I'm not in the biz, but I have a feeling that pollstar data subscriptions make all venue operators part of a global pricing village.
But as Seth says, let the chips fall where they may, but let it be the result of a process, preferably a good one.
Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
you know...
I'm really not saying "choose me, choose me!"
the point is it shouldn't be handed to anyone...there should be a process
if, ultimately, after that, people decide it's better to have someone else do it for whatever reason, I won't like it but I won't cry foul
but I am telling you guys...people start fighting over bands, tickets go up
