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Niagara Falls info/rant
« on: Nov 1st, 2006, 6:38pm » |
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Guess who won't be seeing Goo for her birthday. 
I don't know what kind of drugs someone took to make tickets that expensive for that venue in that city for that day, but those are some awfully delusional drugs.
The other tour stops for normal non-holiday shows are priced somewhere between $30-$60. (if even) This one is $100 for the best seats?
So then you reason, well, maybe I'll just get a 'cheap' seat for $65 and deal with being further away. Then you read that the whole floor is flat. So... if you're more than about 10 rows back you can't see at all.
I did some investigating into the venue. With exception of Duran Duran, whose prices are crazy everywhere, all of the acts have tickets priced at $30-$60 at the venue. I also did some investigating in the date of the show 12/29. No act that I looked at had prices raised for that date compared to their prices for the rest of the tour. So why are the Goos' tickets $100?
Whatever. Hope it's lots of fun with the gamblers given free tickets to a show they're too drunk to remember. I'll be at home, making a mix tape of my dream Goo setlist and thinking back to when I really admired them for all the good they did and when I genuinely believed they toured because they loved playing live for their fans.
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #1 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 9:57am » |
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i think the venues themselves have a lot to do with the price of tix(correct me if I'm wrong folks)...god look at how HOB prices have sky rocketed.....I grumbled at the NYE tix for sure...and my pocketbook felt that one and it groaned...maybe one of your Goo sistahs will call you 
are you going to the Albany/ Syracuse shows by chance
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #2 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 9:59am » |
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the word is out the Goos have a devout following, they(the venues) know we will pay
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #3 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 10:04am » |
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I'm sorry that you won't be going to see the Goo Goo Dolls perform in Niagara on your birthday. 
I'm sure you'll have lots of fun whatever you do to celebrate on your birthday. 
~Mike~
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #4 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 1:01pm » |
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That really sucks about the ticket prices, absolutely insane, sorry to hear you wont be going to see them, but like Mike said, i'm sure whatever you do for your birthday will be cool.
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #5 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 2:26pm » |
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on Nov 2nd, 2006, 9:57am, Silvergirl wrote:
i think the venues themselves have a lot to do with the price of tix(correct me if I'm wrong folks)...god look at how HOB prices have sky rocketed.....I grumbled at the NYE tix for sure...and my pocketbook felt that one and it groaned...maybe one of your Goo sistahs will call you
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I absolutely agree that the venue has something to do with the price of the tickets, but the band (and their people) aren't helpless. These things are all agreed upon and contracts are signed. If the band doesn't like the prices, set up, whatever, they don't have to play a show at that venue. They are not forced to play at this particular venue for this amount of money. In Buffalo there are a couple of other (nicer) venues that accomodate a show, namely Shea's, which is available that day and holds twice as many people, which the Goos could sell out easily in Buffalo. Double the people, cut the price in half. I would not flinch at $50 tickets for a decent seat on an elevated floor in a beautiful theatre.
I read the press release linked on AG's tour calendar. The Seneca Niagara people pretty shamlessly said this show is a quick easy money grab and an easy way to get the people to the casino (because why go to that casino when you can go to the gorgeous ones across the river unless there's the hometown band playing?) I won't knock the casino people for doing what they can to bring in people and money, because they're upfront about it. I will say I am extremely saddened to see the Goos going along with this however. If their whole deal was "We want to make money" then I wouldn't mind, a band is a business afterall. But they walk around wearing this "We love our fans. We especially thank our Buffalo fans for supporting us in the early years. Tickets should be affordable, blah blah blah" and then go along and allow the venue to charge $100 a ticket on a non-holiday non-private/charity show. Wasn't it John who said "I wouldn't pay more than $30 to see the Beatles if John Lennon came back to life for the show"? Well, I'm not going to pay $100 to see this show unless George Tutuska's band opens...
I won't rant anymore. It gets too complicated in paragraph form. I think it's bullshit, I hope the Goos make lots and lots of money since that's apparently what they want to do, and I think this is the final nail in the coffin for a band I love.
(And no, no Albany/Syracuse for me. I made a London Ont/ Niagara Falls decision, which seems to be really working out for me as I refuse to pay for Niagara Falls and have a strong urge to tear the London ticket up into tiny pieces right now.)
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #6 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 2:30pm » |
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on Nov 2nd, 2006, 10:04am, fan.googoodolls wrote:I'm sorry that you won't be going to see the Goo Goo Dolls perform in Niagara on your birthday.
I'm sure you'll have lots of fun whatever you do to celebrate on your birthday.
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And thanks to all for the optimistic birthday comments. 
Unfortunately being between Christmas and New Year's, and with my sister's birthday 2 days before and my best friend's the day after, my individual birthday 'holiday' just gets lumped into everything else in my family and my friends' celebrations, which is probably why I am so much more disappointed about something 'special' not working out.
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #7 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 4:34pm » |
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I'm really sorry to hear this Nicole. I know you were really looking forward to having the show practically in your backyard and on your birthday.
I've known many artists to accept casinos shows because it is profitable for them. Their band is a business and has to make money to tour and make records but I do see your point about doing this in, of all places, Buffalo.
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #8 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 4:35pm » |
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on Nov 2nd, 2006, 2:30pm, the red o wrote:
And thanks to all for the optimistic birthday comments.
Unfortunately being between Christmas and New Year's, and with my sister's birthday 2 days before and my best friend's the day after, my individual birthday 'holiday' just gets lumped into everything else in my family and my friends' celebrations, which is probably why I am so much more disappointed about something 'special' not working out.
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Well i'm sure you'll birthday will be very special on here if it's any consulation.
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Re: Niagara Falls info/rant
« Reply #9 on: Nov 2nd, 2006, 4:39pm » |
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on Nov 2nd, 2006, 4:35pm, Hysteria wrote:
Well i'm sure you'll birthday will be very special on here if it's any consulation. |
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And, I do have her on the birthday list for the first time EVER! We'll make it our WOG mission to make it special.
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