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Post by Tyfo on Dec 1, 2012 1:25:33 GMT -5
San Antonio's not a bad drive for me. Loved being at Slammiversary this year, so I'm down!
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Post by Kenny Brockelstein on Dec 1, 2012 17:19:22 GMT -5
According to the Alamodome's Facebook page, Lockdown will take place at the main Dome itself and not the theatre or another annex building. Even if they cut down the attendance down to 20,000 (they will surely have to!) that would eclipse anything TNA have done before and they would have to give away a lot of comp tickets for it to look good on TV.
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Post by Celgress on Dec 1, 2012 18:09:01 GMT -5
According to the Alamodome's Facebook page, Lockdown will take place at the main Dome itself and not the theatre or another annex building. Even if they cut down the attendance down to 20,000 (they will surely have to!) that would eclipse anything TNA have done before and they would have to give away a lot of comp tickets for it to look good on TV. Myself and my friends have been thinking about this matter since the announcement was made Thursday Night. Our conclusions are either TPTB at TNA are utter morons or they have something huge up their collective shelve. No freakin' chance in blue hell a typical, even big three, Impact Wrestling PPV event could hope to sell +20,000 legit tickets. |
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Post by Jimmy on Dec 1, 2012 19:40:27 GMT -5
Yeah, for reference, last year's Lockdown in Nashville, TN, is listed as having drew 3,000 fans.
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Post by Error on Dec 1, 2012 20:13:16 GMT -5
According to the Alamodome's Facebook page, Lockdown will take place at the main Dome itself and not the theatre or another annex building. Even if they cut down the attendance down to 20,000 (they will surely have to!) that would eclipse anything TNA have done before and they would have to give away a lot of comp tickets for it to look good on TV. I'd imagine they'll try set it up like WWF and the Pistons did the Silverdome. Cannot find a pic of how WWE did it but this is how the Pistons would set it up  Curtain that off a bit and TNA would be fine. |
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Post by jimmyjames on Dec 2, 2012 0:08:03 GMT -5
That's probably what they'll do. Plenty of arenas and stadiums hold events like boxing, wrestling, and basketball games that would normally be held in smaller venues. The question I have, is why? There's probably no way they sell out even a smaller Alamodome. Is it to treat Lockdown 2013 at the Alamodome like it's there Wrestlemania III at the Silverdome, only TNA just says how they held in there?
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Post by Error on Dec 2, 2012 0:14:22 GMT -5
That's probably what they'll do. Plenty of arenas and stadiums hold events like boxing, wrestling, and basketball games that would normally be held in smaller venues. The question I have, is why? There's probably no way they sell out even a smaller Alamodome. Is it to treat Lockdown 2013 at the Alamodome like it's there Wrestlemania III at the Silverdome, only TNA just says how they held in there? I believe these venues are extremely cheap and easy to rent because of their size. Smaller theaters and arena are in high demand so their rent is higher and dates are tougher to come by. |
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Post by deadstock on Dec 2, 2012 1:21:29 GMT -5
Dont underestimate a San Antonio crowd , Our last PPV Here Was TLC09 an we were hot.
Tna has done well in the Texas area i never been to a TNA show so this is a must for me.
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Post by Kenny Brockelstein on Dec 2, 2012 4:22:28 GMT -5
Myself and my friends have been thinking about this matter since the announcement was made Thursday Night. Our conclusions are either TPTB at TNA are utter morons or they have something huge up their collective shelve. No freakin' chance in blue hell a typical, even big three, Impact Wrestling PPV event could hope to sell +20,000 legit tickets. What could TNA possibly have which would be huge though? Who are the potential free agents they could sign who would push attendance here to 20,000+? Honestly the way TNA promote events being so poor I'm not even sure the return of Goldberg or Batista to wrestling could do it. This is a massive jump in to the unknown for them. |
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Post by kamero00 on Dec 2, 2012 4:30:03 GMT -5
The Alamodome is one of the oddest arena situations in all of North America. It is a 65k seat stadium that was intended to eventually hold an NFL and or NHL team, but that never developed. The Spurs played their for 10 years, but moved in 2002.
Of all the active 60k+ stadiums in North America, this one is used the least. It holds no major league tenants, despite being built to hold baseball, hockey, football, soccer, and basketball.
Currently it is only used for around 30 dates or less a year. So yeah, renting out this thing, was probably FAR cheaper then renting their basketball arena (AT&T Center)
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Post by Michael Coello on Dec 2, 2012 10:59:34 GMT -5
The thing is, since Panda is in Texas, TNA always pull out all the stops when they go there to impress the big boss.
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Post by Tyfo on Dec 2, 2012 11:23:51 GMT -5
Dont underestimate a San Antonio crowd , Our last PPV Here Was TLC09 an we were hot. Tna has done well in the Texas area i never been to a TNA show so this is a must for me. This is true. Slammiversary was right here in my home this past June and not only did we give them the biggest United States crowd they've ever had, but we were also pretty damn hot if I do say so myself. I plan to make the trip down to SA for Lockdown and I expect no less from this crowd. |
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Post by Celgress on Dec 2, 2012 12:16:18 GMT -5
Myself and my friends have been thinking about this matter since the announcement was made Thursday Night. Our conclusions are either TPTB at TNA are utter morons or they have something huge up their collective shelve. No freakin' chance in blue hell a typical, even big three, Impact Wrestling PPV event could hope to sell +20,000 legit tickets. What could TNA possibly have which would be huge though? Who are the potential free agents they could sign who would push attendance here to 20,000+? Honestly the way TNA promote events being so poor I'm not even sure the return of Goldberg or Batista to wrestling could do it. This is a massive jump in to the unknown for them. A very interesting, if all but certainly untrue Aces & Eights leadership newz story- {Spoiler}A friend of mine claimed he heard, imo a likely bs rumor as he couldn't quote an actual source outside of another forum, that Shawn Michaels will be revealed as the Leader of Aces & Eights during the buildup to Lockdown 2012. |
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Post by Error on Dec 2, 2012 12:18:19 GMT -5
What could TNA possibly have which would be huge though? Who are the potential free agents they could sign who would push attendance here to 20,000+? Honestly the way TNA promote events being so poor I'm not even sure the return of Goldberg or Batista to wrestling could do it. This is a massive jump in to the unknown for them. An very interesting, if all but certainly untrue Aces & Eights leadership newz story- {Spoiler}A friend of mine claimed he heard, imo a likely bs rumor as he couldn't quote an actual source outside of another forum, that Shawn Michaels will be revealed as the Leader of Aces & Eights during the buildup to Lockdown 2012. He's got a WWE Ambassador deal, so no chance in the bluest of blue hells. |
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Post by Celgress on Dec 2, 2012 14:33:45 GMT -5
An very interesting, if all but certainly untrue Aces & Eights leadership newz story- {Spoiler}A friend of mine claimed he heard, imo a likely bs rumor as he couldn't quote an actual source outside of another forum, that Shawn Michaels will be revealed as the Leader of Aces & Eights during the buildup to Lockdown 2012. He's got a WWE Ambassador deal, so no chance in the bluest of blue hells. True, I've also heard that the leader(s) of Aces & Eights will be revealed as the following - {Spoiler}Edge & Beth or Chris Jericho, I take both predictions with a grain of salt to put it mildly. |
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Post by percymania on Dec 2, 2012 15:06:58 GMT -5
I'm glad they like coming to Texas. If I don't check out the PPV, hopefully there will be a decent house show in the area worth going to.
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Post by metylerca on Dec 2, 2012 22:17:24 GMT -5
He's got a WWE Ambassador deal, so no chance in the bluest of blue hells. True, I've also heard that the leader(s) of Aces & Eights will be revealed as the following - {Spoiler}Edge & Beth or Chris Jericho, I take both predictions with a grain of salt to put it mildly. My friend's uncle's brother let me in the loop at who really is going to lead Aces and Eights and fill up the Alamodome. {Spoiler}Road Warrior Animal |
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Post by gnr123 on Dec 4, 2012 1:53:33 GMT -5
How stupid can you be to book a 60,000 seat arena? I understand they'll either tarp off 2/3rd's of the arena or making the arena look smaller, but what's the benefit, what does it prove? If their biggest PPV attendance is 5,500 than why the hell would you try to book a huge venue like the Alamodome?
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Post by Error on Dec 4, 2012 2:06:05 GMT -5
How stupid can you be to book a 60,000 seat arena? I understand they'll either tarp off 2/3rd's of the arena or making the arena look smaller, but what's the benefit, what does it prove? If their biggest PPV attendance is 5,500 than why the hell would you try to book a huge venue like the Alamodome? Look about 11 or 12 posts up. |
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Post by gnr123 on Dec 4, 2012 2:53:08 GMT -5
How stupid can you be to book a 60,000 seat arena? I understand they'll either tarp off 2/3rd's of the arena or making the arena look smaller, but what's the benefit, what does it prove? If their biggest PPV attendance is 5,500 than why the hell would you try to book a huge venue like the Alamodome? Look about 11 or 12 posts up. What, the rental price? Yeah, I understand it may be cheap to book a arena that big, but how's it going to come off on screen? Or worse, how it's going to help revenue for the arena is the show only gets 6,000 people (at the maximum)? And that's counting free tickets. I understand what your saying, but would it make more sense to do a smaller arena to make it look compact and more full. Booking a 60,000 seat arena to either tarp off 2/3rd's of it or use a smaller portion of it seems very stupid in my opinion. |
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