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Post by kingoftheindies on Aug 24, 2023 21:03:06 GMT -5
yeah not super worried about that as most of the ticket sales have been pretty good overall
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Post by Facetious on Aug 24, 2023 21:06:39 GMT -5
They may be running Chicago too much. Too much too soon. I said it earlier in the thread and I'm gonna repeat it again, it's way too goddamn much Chicago and I love them being here frequently. It's a lot to expect your fans to shell out for a dozen shows within a 7 month period. |
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Post by The Captain on Aug 24, 2023 22:16:38 GMT -5
I'm sure things will balance out, but they do run Chicago way too damn much.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Aug 24, 2023 22:30:38 GMT -5
Just get out of Chicago for like 9-10 months, they run it too often so of course a Dynamite taping isn't going to do that well if they're that overexposed.
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Post by WIENERS=$$$ on Aug 24, 2023 22:34:16 GMT -5
The problem is they decided to run Collision in GR after Awolnation plays that Friday. Love me some wrestling, but nope. My money is on the hotter ticket.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 24, 2023 22:40:56 GMT -5
They need to ease way the hell up on Chicago. Even All Out being there is just kind of, "Yeah, what of it?" at this point. Give people time to actually want you to come back.
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 24, 2023 22:45:34 GMT -5
It should reach 3.5K-4K by bell time which is normal for a Dynamite lately and All Out will be over 10K which is pretty good for an AEW PPV these days, especially one week after their biggest show ever. Given the cost savings involved in running 3 shows in the same city, it seems worth it. Pick a different city. |
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Post by madness50 on Aug 25, 2023 1:18:30 GMT -5
I was at Collision in Greensboro two weeks ago and they actually sold more tickets for that show than the Dynamite they ran in December 2021. Keep in mind that Dynamite was the first Greensboro Coliseum show ever for AEW.
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Post by kevin on Aug 25, 2023 8:01:02 GMT -5
They may be running Chicago too much. Too much too soon. I said it earlier in the thread and I'm gonna repeat it again, it's way too goddamn much Chicago and I love them being here frequently. It's a lot to expect your fans to shell out for a dozen shows within a 7 month period. I kind of get it Chicago has around 2.7 million people. The Now arena seats about 11,000 at max capacity. Theoretically you could run the show there over 200 times and not have the same person see it twice. Now that obviously will not work in practice but I can see why someone would see it as a good place to try and build an audience. |
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Post by Killah Ray on Aug 25, 2023 8:29:17 GMT -5
I was at Collision in Greensboro two weeks ago and they actually sold more tickets for that show than the Dynamite they ran in December 2021. Keep in mind that Dynamite was the first Greensboro Coliseum show ever for AEW. I keep hoping they hit the other side of the state in Fayetteville soon… |
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 25, 2023 12:14:42 GMT -5
They may be running Chicago too much. Too much too soon. I said it earlier in the thread and I'm gonna repeat it again, it's way too goddamn much Chicago and I love them being here frequently. It's a lot to expect your fans to shell out for a dozen shows within a 7 month period. Seriously. In less then 12 months I’ve been to Raw, SD, Dynamite and Collision and that’s cost close to $1500 between tickets and travel. And that’s just for me, not including tickets for anyone I was with. My friends have kids, and they came with us to SD and Raw and that must’ve been close to $1000 in tickets alone for each show |
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Post by raymondo316 on Aug 25, 2023 15:36:36 GMT -5
Grand Slam isn't exactly doing great either
The thing I see mentioned a lot is AEW increasing their prices so much in the last year that its been a big reason for lower attendances in a lot of their shows lately.
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Post by raymondo316 on Sept 7, 2023 9:43:01 GMT -5
This is a 17 thousand capacity arena
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Sept 7, 2023 9:50:30 GMT -5
Grand Slam isn't exactly doing great either The thing I see mentioned a lot is AEW increasing their prices so much in the last year that its been a big reason for lower attendances in a lot of their shows lately.
Arthur Ashe is also kind of a pain in the ass commute unless you live in Queens already, IMO. |
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Post by cjb01: Limited Edition Item! on Sept 7, 2023 15:41:51 GMT -5
This is a 17 thousand capacity arena
I'll be worried if they don't move tickets after a card is announced, usually if they don't sell out the gate, a card will get things moving within the last few weeks. |
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 7, 2023 16:08:25 GMT -5
Grand Slam isn't exactly doing great either The thing I see mentioned a lot is AEW increasing their prices so much in the last year that its been a big reason for lower attendances in a lot of their shows lately.
Arthur Ashe is also kind of a pain in the ass commute unless you live in Queens already, IMO. They need to find a price balance. Make profit but also fill the buildings. Its a bad look when you only see under 10K in big venues and setting up just for that. I mean only a couple thousand in some of this, AEW has to make changes to be honest to turn it back the other way. No reason why Auther Ashe is set up for so much less than before when NY is not a market they go to all the time. Being its always been a big PPV like event. The setup for way less is admitting you ain't selling or doing as good as you where in the US markets. |
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 7, 2023 16:50:40 GMT -5
Grand Slam isn't exactly doing great either The thing I see mentioned a lot is AEW increasing their prices so much in the last year that its been a big reason for lower attendances in a lot of their shows lately.
Arthur Ashe is also kind of a pain in the ass commute unless you live in Queens already, IMO. It honestly wouldn't be too bad if the trains running back to Manhattan late at night weren't pure insanity. I get a bus to Port Authority from north Jersey and then hop the 7 line out to Flushing, which can take a little bit but is otherwise a pretty simple trip, but then the show ends late and you're basically waiting forever for the few trains running back to Manhattan to load up and finally move out. The LIRR isn't as bad on that front, at least, but it goes back to Penn Station and I can't get home as easily from there. Ah well. |
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Post by The Captain on Sept 7, 2023 17:15:57 GMT -5
Arthur Ashe is also kind of a pain in the ass commute unless you live in Queens already, IMO. It honestly wouldn't be too bad if the trains running back to Manhattan late at night weren't pure insanity. I get a bus to Port Authority from north Jersey and then hop the 7 line out to Flushing, which can take a little bit but is otherwise a pretty simple trip, but then the show ends late and you're basically waiting forever for the few trains running back to Manhattan to load up and finally move out. The LIRR isn't as bad on that front, at least, but it goes back to Penn Station and I can't get home as easily from there. Ah well. Yeah, I'd luck out on that front where I can go directly from my part of NJ to NY Penn Station without switching lines. But getting to and from Flushing from there late at night sounds like a nightmare. And driving in is a non-starter between the insane NYC traffic and tolls costing an arm and a leg.
Arthur Ashe is a really interesting venue for a wrestling event, but I wish they could run MSG or even Barclay's if they do an NYC show.
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 7, 2023 18:30:29 GMT -5
It honestly wouldn't be too bad if the trains running back to Manhattan late at night weren't pure insanity. I get a bus to Port Authority from north Jersey and then hop the 7 line out to Flushing, which can take a little bit but is otherwise a pretty simple trip, but then the show ends late and you're basically waiting forever for the few trains running back to Manhattan to load up and finally move out. The LIRR isn't as bad on that front, at least, but it goes back to Penn Station and I can't get home as easily from there. Ah well. Yeah, I'd luck out on that front where I can go directly from my part of NJ to NY Penn Station without switching lines. But getting to and from Flushing from there late at night sounds like a nightmare. And driving in is a non-starter between the insane NYC traffic and tolls costing an arm and a leg.
Arthur Ashe is a really interesting venue for a wrestling event, but I wish they could run MSG or even Barclay's if they do an NYC show.
Oh, getting there you'd be fine, but it's getting back when Rampage ends after midnight that'll drive you nuts (especially when it's you and tens of thousands of other people heading for the trains, as well). It's easy enough leaving a Mets game around 10pm, but last year leaving after Rampage that late was just nuts. But yeah, I'm sure they'd love to do MSG, but damned if the overhead there isn't ridiculously high. I'm getting curious at this point if they have some kind of relationship with Prudential Center while WWE has some kind of arrangement with Barclay's, though, given how frequently both seem to pop up at each arena. |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Sept 7, 2023 18:33:20 GMT -5
I think Grand Slam will get to 7-8K by the end. They had a good amount of late movement last year and I'm sure the card will end up being very good. I know Tony likes traditions but I wonder if the timing might work out better if it was a PPV next year spaced out more between the bigger shows. I think it worked the last two years when AEW was hotter but it's not easy to fill it when the product is stable but not on a major upswing of any sort.
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