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Post by retiredone on Apr 2, 2012 14:14:46 GMT -5
It appears that Greyson's concert in Singapore has been moved to a smaller 1600 seat venue. It was to be held at the SIS, but now will be held at the Festive Grand Theatre™ at Resorts World. If the "select your seat map" for the old venue was any indication, the new venue should be pretty much filled. The new venue is beautiful and state of the art--just over 2 years old. Hopefully, Greyson and his crew will arrive there soon enough to enjoy the resort which includes a Universal Studios theme park. I haven't been able to garner any info on ticket sales for Malaysia and Manila, but Jakarta appears to have sold well over twice as many seats as Singapore. www.powerofpop.com/?p=9827
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Post by djtiny on Apr 2, 2012 17:11:16 GMT -5
Interesting, maybe a double booking, or perhaps they weren't generated enough ticket sales to warrant the SIS.
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Post by grownups4greyson on Apr 2, 2012 17:15:00 GMT -5
Interesting, maybe a double booking, or perhaps they weren't generated enough ticket sales to warrant the SIS. At the prices they are charging, I'm betting that the issue is ticket sales.
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Post by retiredone on Apr 3, 2012 4:54:32 GMT -5
Interesting, maybe a double booking, or perhaps they weren't generated enough ticket sales to warrant the SIS. At the prices they are charging, I'm betting that the issue is ticket sales. The show was definitely moved, you can no longer buy tickets for the other venue. I noticed that ticket sales slowed substantially after the initial surge. The “choose your seat” feature is up on the ticket site for the new venue, and there still appears to be about 400 seats available out of 1600 total. I’m not so sure ticket prices are the issue given the fact that Singapore is one of the wealthiest countries (city-state) in the world. It’s GDP PPP per capita income is the third highest in the world. For comparison, the U.S. is 7th -- a little over $10,000/year less. In fact, if we are to believe Wikipedia, 15.5% of the population of Singapore are millionaires. Compare that to Indonesia whose GDP PPP per capita income is 119th on the list. For the Jakarta show there are only 20 - $125.00US VIP seats left out of 910. The 910 seats in the $94.00 section are sold out, as are the 910 seats in the $56.00 section. Given the fact that the sections in front of and behind the $75.00 section are sold out, one would assume that that 910 seat section would be getting close to selling out also. One can’t really gauge what’s happening in the larger $44.00 section in the back. It appears they have sold or will have sold at least 3,500 tickets. Three thoughts come to mind that would affect ticket sales. One, a smaller fanbase in Singapore. Two, a poor job of promoting the event on part of the show sponsors/promoters. Three, I read several comments on Greyson’s Facebook page (when you could still write comments) where fans said that their parents wouldn’t let them go on a school night. But hey, a show for 1200-1300 fans -- I’m sure Greyson would be delighted to draw that size crowd for his US tour. Now that I think about it, lucky fans -- a more up close and personal concert! I have a feeling that his Malaysia and Philippine shows will do quite well as he was so heavily promoted there on his first trip.
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Post by grownups4greyson on Apr 3, 2012 7:38:52 GMT -5
At the prices they are charging, I'm betting that the issue is ticket sales. The show was definitely moved, you can no longer buy tickets for the other venue. I noticed that ticket sales slowed substantially after the initial surge. The “choose your seat” feature is up on the ticket site for the new venue, and there still appears to be about 400 seats available out of 1600 total. I’m not so sure ticket prices are the issue given the fact that Singapore is one of the wealthiest countries (city-state) in the world. It’s GDP PPP per capita income is the third highest in the world. For comparison, the U.S. is 7th -- a little over $10,000/year less. In fact, if we are to believe Wikipedia, 15.5% of the population of Singapore are millionaires. Compare that to Indonesia whose GDP PPP per capita income is 119th on the list. For the Jakarta show there are only 20 - $125.00US VIP seats left out of 910. The 910 seats in the $94.00 section are sold out, as are the 910 seats in the $56.00 section. Given the fact that the sections in front of and behind the $75.00 section are sold out, one would assume that that 910 seat section would be getting close to selling out also. One can’t really gauge what’s happening in the larger $44.00 section in the back. It appears they have sold or will have sold at least 3,500 tickets. Three thoughts come to mind that would affect ticket sales. One, a smaller fanbase in Singapore. Two, a poor job of promoting the event on part of the show sponsors/promoters. Three, I read several comments on Greyson’s Facebook page (when you could still write comments) where fans said that their parents wouldn’t let them go on a school night. But hey, a show for 1200-1300 fans -- I’m sure Greyson would be delighted to draw that size crowd for his US tour. Now that I think about it, lucky fans -- a more up close and personal concert! I have a feeling that his Malaysia and Philippine shows will do quite well as he was so heavily promoted there on his first trip. All very good points.
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Post by lightupthedark on Apr 6, 2012 17:22:38 GMT -5
Greyson always says that he wants his concerts to be more up close and personal. I feel that even though he'd love to have a crowd that size, he'd prefer smaller scale venues over giant arenas.
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Post by djtiny on Apr 7, 2012 11:35:42 GMT -5
Interesting statistics retiredone,
I highly doubt that the venue change was done because of personal reasons, such as Greyson preferring a smaller venue. It must have something to do with money because I am sure either the SIS, or UMG is going through hell and fire right now either refunding already purchased tickets, or exchanging them for new ones. Plus not to mention the cancellation fines the SIS must of charged UMG for cancelling their rental of the arena.
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Post by lightupthedark on Apr 7, 2012 12:24:31 GMT -5
I know, he probably doesn't have that power
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