some numbers from the tour so far...
 

I found these numbers on the Metal Sludge board and thought some of you might want to see how much the guys are grossing on the shows.



Bon Jovi
United Center
Chicago, Ill.
Nov. 4-5, 2005
$2,442,056
30,908 (30,908)

Bon Jovi
Palace of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, Mich.
Nov. 18-19, 2005
$1,990,713
30,169 (30,169)

Bon Jovi
Qwest Center
Omaha, Neb.
Nov. 12, 2005
$1,051,694
14,788 (14,788)

Bon Jovi
Target Center
Minneapolis, Minn.
Nov. 11, 2005
$960,181
13,684 (13,684)

Bon Jovi
Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, Iowa
Nov. 2, 2005
$926,882
13,499 (13,499)

Bon Jovi
Schottenstein Center
Columbus, Ohio
Nov. 9, 2005
$829,168
12,015 (12,015)

Bon Jovi
Kohl Center
Madison, Wis.
Nov. 16, 2005
$827,653
12,462 (12,462)

the venues must be pretty small they arent attracting a very large crowd

but at least the money is there lol.

(sighs)
All shows are sold out. the venues they play in the states are smaller than the ones they play in europe, everyone knows that.

WEll they are not selling the full capacity of the arenas, the chicago and detroit venues can hold 20,000 (with seats behind the stage, like u2). And madison , ohio and the others are not full capacity even without the seats behind the stage. they are selling 12,000-14,500 tickets in venues with capacity for 18,000.

I think that everyone does that... for security reasons, etc....

Capacity depends on stage set up. I was at the Qwest Center for Bon Jovi and three weeks later for Keith Urban. For Bon Jovi, they had set up less than 40 seats across the main floor at the front--had me a bit concerned becuase my KU tix were seats 39 & 40 and I thought, "Where the heck are my seats for the next show?" Then for the KU show, seats 39 & 40 weren't even the isle seats. They had set up 45 or so across the floor. Bon Jovi's screen is so huge that anyone behind the stage would have completely obstructed view. They can't sell full capacity. Tickets behind the stage would be worthless even if they were free. There were full side sections that Bon Jovi sold but were blocked for Keith's show because his side stage setups would have obstructed the view there, but Bon Jovi's flatter catwalks did not. So far in Qwest Center history, Bon Jovi has sold the most tickets for any concert and Paul McCartney was there a few weeks before and U2 will be there soon, maybe this weekend. It's not a matter of how many people will a venue accommodate, but how many people will the set up allow it to accommodate.

4 Sold out shows in Toronto will help...