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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Many artists simply won't hit two Alberta venues no matter the conditions of the stadiums. If you're expecting a massive influx of concerts to come along with a new building, it will likely be far less noticeable than the average person would lead you to believe.
Furthermore, the bulk of concerts in this city are and will continue to be held at venues like Mac Hall, Grey Eagle, Jack Singer and others. Sure, the biggest acts won't play unless they can get access to the high capacity stadiums, but you're probably talking 5-10 large concerts a year increase with a new arena.
If this type of business is making or breaking a hotel, pub or restaurant, they probably don't deserve to be open in the first place.
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I don't think that is accurate at all.
Financially it makes all the sense in the world to travel the least you can while getting in as many dates as you can when on tour.
It used to be that way back in the day when the dome and Northlands would way more often than not host the same acts on consecutive nights or a day in between. We used to do that run all the time to see them twice. Its a very rare thing now as the acts have outgrown the dome.
When this thing finally gets built there will be a large increase in the amount of acts to play it in comparison to what we see now.