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Originally Posted by flameswin
Nope, way more, and it's the biggest touring acts, which makes it even worse. In the future keep an eye on bands that go to Edmonton and not Calgary.
That's not to mention the bands that skip Alberta altogether because they can't justify only going to Edmonton because they can't play the Saddledome.
Also, we get doubly screwed because of our football stadium situation. Commenwealth Stadium in Edmonton hosts major acts like ACDC, U2 and the police, that skipped Calgary because of McMAhon. Not to mention they obviously got the benifit of bigger crowds for the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift and Bon Jovi, who al played the Dome in Calgary and Commenwealth in Edmonton.
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If it's more than 1 or two, it's NOWHERE near 10. However, even at ten, the extra revenue that city might get is laughable compared to a theoretical investment that the city might make into a new arena. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars to attract what might amount to a million dollars in revenue a year? I don't think i need to explain why the idea is absurd.
Remember, people buying concert tickets doesn't bring the city revenue. City dwellers dining at restaurants before the concert doesn't increase city revenue - those people would be spending that money in the city in all likelihood anyway. People coming from out of town to spend money here brings money into the city, but what of that really comes into the city's revenue stream? Virtually nothing. Frankly, a million dollars per year in additional revenue to the city seems rather high, no matter how many extra concerts you add.