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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
At no time did I ever suggest 'every week'. No idea what your point is there. And at no time did I ever suggest they would do nothing locally at all - you answered your own point when you realized they would do less (that is the whole point).
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I didn't say that you suggested people will leave Calgary every week to attend a concert. I was making the point that people will still spend money in Calgary and we need to identify the gap between: a) the amount of money they would spend if Calgary could host more concerts; and b) the amount of money they spend when Calgary cannot host these concerts. It's important as this gap may not be gaping.
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Again, impossible to quantify. But the fact that there were only 41% as many seats sold at the Dome as at Rexall (thus referring to the big-name, big dollar concerts) suggests there is substantial demand being missed. And can not all people afford Vegas or whatever? Of course. But the problem is that the people that can afford it are people who have larger entertainment budgets. In other words, you're losing the customers that can spend the most money.
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While there is definitely unmet demand for entertainment in the form of concerts, it is important to consider how much of this demand is being met by other forms of entertainment. It goes back to the gap I mentioned above.
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Not everyone will go to another city to see concerts. Obviously, some people will simply spend their entertainment dollars here, doing something else.
But anything who thinks there isn't a bleed on the economy - and a pretty substantial one - is just ignoring the facts.
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What facts are you using to prove that there is a major bleed? We all know that Rexall is doing much better than the Dome but are other forms of entertainment in Calgary seeing an increase in patronage more than the any increase seen in Edmonton during the period where the Saddledome has fell behind?