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Originally Posted by ob1bonjovi
I understand that Houston is not selling out like Dallas did. There are alot of 100 section seats still available. Is it usually slow selling out for Houston shows?
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Houston is a very different market than Dallas and has the most diverse ethnicity in the U.S. Hell, Clear Channel flipped Houston's legendary FM rock station, KLOL - 101.1, to hip-hop Latino in late 04. Dallas-Ft.Worth still has 93.3 The Bone, and they are a great rock station and local rock sponsor.
Further, I have had BJovi Houston staked out for a month to purchase good stage front tickets for myself and three people, to fly in for the gig, with no luck. For example, the BJovi Nashville gig is very difficult to get good ticket for, but I got two stage front tickets two weeks ago for my girlfriend and I to fly in for the Feb 14th Valentine's Day Concert. Same for L.A., I got a pair of stage front tickets for that BJovi gig last month, and that supposedly is an almost sold out/or sold out gig.
When you say there are alot of 100 level seats available in Houston, they are either in the very back of the arena, (recently released fill-in seats) or in like Sec 104 and are not good seats based on where the stage will be set in the Toyota Center. Good Houston tickets stage front floor or lower rows in Sec 105 and 122 have been non-existent to-date.
You may also notice that Houston is four-tier pricing, with Dallas and most other BJovi U.S. gigs two-tier pricing. Tells me the promoters, AEG Live and the venue, thought the Houston market would be soft going into this gig. However, the market sure isn't soft for good seats at the Toyota Center.