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Post by slasher911 on Dec 1, 2007 17:33:42 GMT -5
With the way they've been throwing money around lately, I wouldn't expect them to be making a profit. Hell, ECW (one example of many) was getting bigger and bigger and they never made a dime from it.
I think the Universal Studios **** is hurting them. I don't think they make ANY money off of iMPACT! tapings, so why bother? Screw the "we're doing more usually low-drawing house-shows, YAY!" **** and just take the tapings on the road and charge for tickets. How hard would it be to find another small venue to run it in?
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Post by messiah on Dec 1, 2007 18:11:13 GMT -5
With the way they've been throwing money around lately, I wouldn't expect them to be making a profit. Hell, ECW (one example of many) was getting bigger and bigger and they never made a dime from it. I think the Universal Studios **** is hurting them. I don't think they make ANY money off of iMPACT! tapings, so why bother? Screw the "we're doing more usually low-drawing house-shows, YAY!" **** and just take the tapings on the road and charge for tickets. How hard would it be to find another small venue to run it in? Because, hiring trucks, paying for plane tickets, and a road crew is really cheap -- right? Going on the road isn't like wallowing in a pit of money, you know. It costs a lot too.
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Post by plushtar on Dec 1, 2007 19:11:00 GMT -5
She's said a few things that were pure B.S. and it soured me on her. Sources?
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Post by slasher911 on Dec 1, 2007 20:17:21 GMT -5
With the way they've been throwing money around lately, I wouldn't expect them to be making a profit. Hell, ECW (one example of many) was getting bigger and bigger and they never made a dime from it. I think the Universal Studios **** is hurting them. I don't think they make ANY money off of iMPACT! tapings, so why bother? Screw the "we're doing more usually low-drawing house-shows, YAY!" **** and just take the tapings on the road and charge for tickets. How hard would it be to find another small venue to run it in? Because, hiring trucks, paying for plane tickets, and a road crew is really cheap -- right? Going on the road isn't like wallowing in a pit of money, you know. It costs a lot too. If your average-to-above-average indy can do it, I think a company with a prime-time slot and a multi-million-dollar company backing it could manage. And the pluses of holding events in front of a PAYING audience completely outweigh the costs of travel (and seriously, it's not that much - they fly most of their people in for the tapings anyway, they have their own crews, and they can just BUY their own trucks). Plus the fact that it's good exposure. Why do you think the WWE and WCW did it? While TNA probably isn't paying jack for the Universal Studios, they're also not getting anything in return. And no, you missed my other point. THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT! Scrap the house-shows and swap them for tapings. You don't have to tour the entire goddamn country, you can even just pick some southern city and do it from there. Just make sure the people there PAID to be there.
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Post by Cap'n Crud on Dec 1, 2007 21:41:28 GMT -5
While TNA probably isn't paying jack for the Universal Studios, they're also not getting anything in return. Looks like you kind of answered your own question. Also another factor wrestling promotions look into when choosing a place to do their shows is how well the place can accomodate all their cameras, lighting rigs, sound system, and the audience. Naturally since it's already a TV studio that takes care of that problem right there. Although I do agree charging people to attend the tapings would be a smarter move.
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Post by dpg on Dec 2, 2007 8:46:59 GMT -5
TNA aren't allowed to charge. The main problem about touring the tv show is cost and location. They can't sell out PPV's yet, so the chances of selling out or even getting a large crowd for tv tapings isn't likely.
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 2, 2007 9:41:58 GMT -5
I wouldn't believe a word from Dixie Carter's mouth. Why not? It's one thing for a company's owner to be "rah rah" and gloss over some negative aspects of your product, it's another thing to blatantly lie about your financial situation. Because those running companies never lie about their financial situation?
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Post by scottyno on Dec 2, 2007 19:08:02 GMT -5
If they were making a profit they would release the numbers to prove it since everyone assumes they aren't, thus the fact that they still aren't releasing numbers should show they aren't
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Post by Joekishi on Dec 2, 2007 21:02:56 GMT -5
TNA aren't allowed to charge. The main problem about touring the tv show is cost and location. They can't sell out PPV's yet, so the chances of selling out or even getting a large crowd for tv tapings isn't likely. I think it'd be cool if they taped a house show as an episode of impact once. Plus i'm hoping they show the 1/4 show with Vic Romano and Kenny Blankenship
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Post by Powder/The Professor on Dec 3, 2007 7:05:00 GMT -5
From my point of view, they spend 10 dollars to make 5. They get a good run, than hire in the Angle's, the Bookers etc.
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