Comments on: Cirque show brought in 15,000-plus to MetroCentre http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/ GO columnist Georgette Braun is curious about a lot of things. She'll answer your questions, pose some of her own, and comment on everything from entertainment to life and death. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Georgette Braun http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-900 Georgette Braun Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:16:35 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-900 Hoke: I'll see how my personal budget at home is looking for entertainment expenses. May not make the cut. Hoke: I’ll see how my personal budget at home is looking for entertainment expenses. May not make the cut.

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-898 hokumboy Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:58:02 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-898 Awww, a boy can dream. I always thought it was a tax thing when you got freebies for review. An " if you keep 'em you have to declare 'em as income" sorta thing. Too bad. But, pay your way to Patty Larkin the week after next. She's well worth the $$$ Awww, a boy can dream.

I always thought it was a tax thing when you got freebies for review. An ” if you keep ‘em you have to declare ‘em as income” sorta thing.
Too bad.

But, pay your way to Patty Larkin the week after next. She’s well worth the $$$

]]> By: Georgette Braun http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-897 Georgette Braun Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:08:28 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-897 Hoke: Ha. We don't even get free tickets. Every time I review a concert, the company pays for my ticket and not that of anyone who goes with me. We don't take tickets from promoters or venues. It's an ethics thing. Hoke: Ha. We don’t even get free tickets. Every time I review a concert, the company pays for my ticket and not that of anyone who goes with me. We don’t take tickets from promoters or venues. It’s an ethics thing.

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-893 hokumboy Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:24:40 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-893 If you get any freebie tickets I'll be glad to take 'em off your hands. If you get any freebie tickets I’ll be glad to take ‘em off your hands.

]]> By: Georgette Braun http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-892 Georgette Braun Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-892 Hoke: I think you're right about high-priced tix. But Toby Keith sold out Feb. 21 at MetroCentre with 7,500 fans paying $50 or $35. Re: Lightfoot. Still lots of tickets available. Read rrstar.com before Saturday for story I wrote from my interview with him a few weeks ago. It'll be in Saturday's GO section, Hoke: I think you’re right about high-priced tix. But Toby Keith sold out Feb. 21 at MetroCentre with 7,500 fans paying $50 or $35.

Re: Lightfoot. Still lots of tickets available. Read rrstar.com before Saturday for story I wrote from my interview with him a few weeks ago. It’ll be in Saturday’s GO section,

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-889 hokumboy Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:54:24 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-889 I've heard nothing but good reviews of their performances. But, the way the economy's going these days I doubt if many $50+ tickets will be selling for anything or anyone. I see Patty Larkin (an epic performer) was moved to Mendelssohn from the Coronado and those seats were much less. I wonder how Lightfoot tickets are selling. I’ve heard nothing but good reviews of their performances. But, the way the economy’s going these days I doubt if many $50+ tickets will be selling for anything or anyone.
I see Patty Larkin (an epic performer) was moved to Mendelssohn from the Coronado and those seats were much less.
I wonder how Lightfoot tickets are selling.

]]> By: Georgette Braun http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-888 Georgette Braun Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:00:12 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-888 Hoke: Well, the Cirque promoters said they were hoping to only have up to 4,000 at each of their Saltimbanco shows anywhere to provide a bit of intimacy. And given the fact the Saltimbanco played several shows just a few weeks before at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates (bad planning on somebody's part, if you ask me), seems like it would have been hard to lure Chicagoland folks to Rockford. I am sure with regard to attendance, the MetroCentre would have liked to have had many more attendees. But the only comment I could get was they were "pleased with the show overall." Hoke: Well, the Cirque promoters said they were hoping to only have up to 4,000 at each of their Saltimbanco shows anywhere to provide a bit of intimacy.
And given the fact the Saltimbanco played several shows just a few weeks before at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates (bad planning on somebody’s part, if you ask me), seems like it would have been hard to lure Chicagoland folks to Rockford.
I am sure with regard to attendance, the MetroCentre would have liked to have had many more attendees.
But the only comment I could get was they were “pleased with the show overall.”

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-887 hokumboy Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:48:42 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2009/03/10/cirque-show-brought-in-15000-plus-to-metrocentre/#comment-887 That only averages out to a touch over 1,600 a performance in a venue with a 10,000 seat capacity. I'm sure they expected many, many more. That only averages out to a touch over 1,600 a performance in a venue with a 10,000 seat capacity.
I’m sure they expected many, many more.

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