Neyland Stadium question

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Acts only want to play 40,000+ seat venues in major markets.

Also, the lack of alcohol sales really hurt us. UT and Thompson-Boling have to take a smaller cut of ticket sales and concessions than most venues to make up for the lack of alcohol revenue.
 
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mdrew27 said:
Watching concerts without drinking beer isn't fun.
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Hadn't thought of that... good point. Campus is dry...

As for who could be potential big names to draw the biggest crowd (assuming it is promoted properly) I do think Justin Timberlake would draw a big crowd. He is from Tennessee and I actually like the guy. I became a fan after watching him host the ESPYs. Guy is hilarious.

Jay Z could probably draw a pretty big crowd just because he is Jay Z.

Honestly though if they did like an annual all day event, it would probably be even better though. I went to a rock concert in LA back in 2006 that had Atreyu, Buckcherry, 30 seconds to mars, rise against, papa roach, avenged sevenfold, alice in chains, muse, and guns n roses headlined and it drew a crowd of 80k. Granted that was LA...but still. An all day country show with the top country artists would probably draw a big crowd.
 
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TAF said:
Since next year there will be football at Bristol Motor Speedway...

Why not "NASCAR @ Neyland"

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Watching this game in person will be like watching ants run around on a shoebox...
 
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Nocleats said:
On a different note, ever wonder how awesome the stadium area could be if there was a "Volunteer volunteer day" where 10 or 20 thousand Vol faithful showed up to clean , paint, scrape, and spruce the old lady up.. I think thousands would show up and the place could certainly use it in places for sure.. No one on the field of course but in the seats, aisles, tunnels, corridors, bathrooms, concession areas, around the gates and all the areas just outside... Just an idea.. t
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I have thought the very same thing. I wondered around the stadium at the orange and white game and it could really use some cleaning and painting. I also think they should sell raffle tickets For a dollar each and pick about 10 people to run through the T every game with the team. There is no telling how much money they would raise!!
 
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volboy81 said:
I have thought the very same thing. I wondered around the stadium at the orange and white game and it could really use some cleaning and painting. I also think they should sell raffle tickets For a dollar each and pick about 10 people to run through the T every game with the team. There is no telling how much money they would raise!!
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I see some Medical expenses after half of them get run over by Big Charles, etc.
 
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volboy81 said:
I have thought the very same thing. I wondered around the stadium at the orange and white game and it could really use some cleaning and painting. I also think they should sell raffle tickets For a dollar each and pick about 10 people to run through the T every game with the team. There is no telling how much money they would raise!!
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They would make another $102,000 every home game!
 
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Volgrad98 said:
Neyland being such a large venue, you'd have to assume that the major pop stars(not the only ones) would be scheduled to play there. This is just one old man's opinion, but I don't want a justin bieber and those like him using Neyland Stadium as his playground.
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Yea right, you're probably listening to him as you type this! :)
 
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IndianaVol said:
Actually, it is kind of daunting for even big names to take on big venues like Neyland.
I know earlier this year the Rolling Stones were EXTREMELY skeptical about signing up to do a concert at Indy Motor Speedway.
The concern being that it would not be a "sellout" and a TON of seats would remain empty...and that was the ROLLING F'N STONES !!!
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I'm doing my part to make it a sellout. Have tickets for the Indy concert. Will be my first trip to Indianapolis Speedway but my fourth Rolling Stones concert.
 
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IndianaVol said:
Actually, it is kind of daunting for even big names to take on big venues like Neyland.
I know earlier this year the Rolling Stones were EXTREMELY skeptical about signing up to do a concert at Indy Motor Speedway.
The concern being that it would not be a "sellout" and a TON of seats would remain empty...and that was the ROLLING F'N STONES !!!
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Rolling Stones:3083yourock::givemebeer::beerf::toast:
 
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Neyland is only available if Elvis comes back or all 4 Beatles get back together.
 
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OK kids. Nap time's over. All one needs to say about having a concert in such a large, open air venue is (pay attention) WEATHER. You may all continue this discussion while keeping the negative consequenses of such a hard to predict potential meterological money vacuum. Too much can be lost.
 
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sameolvol said:
OK kids. Nap time's over. All one needs to say about having a concert in such a large, open air venue is (pay attention) WEATHER. You may all continue this discussion while keeping the negative consequenses of a such a hard to predict potential meterological money vacuum. Too much can be lost.
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Outdoor concerts happen all the time.
 
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Boca Vol said:
Outdoor concerts happen all the time.
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So weather's not a risk? Brilliant. Check the stats. All venues must purchase insurance for washouts, and it's recently become prohibitively expensive. Aside from a few more temperate locations, the trend has moved toward stadiums with roofs, such as the ones in Atlanta, Dallas, Indianapolis, et al. Tell me, boca; what and when was the last large venue outdoor concert you attended?
 
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sameolvol said:
So weather's not a risk? Brilliant. Check the stats. All venues must purchase insurance for washouts, and it's recently become prohibitively expensive. Aside from a few more temperate locations, the trend has moved toward stadiums with roofs, such as the ones in Atlanta, Dallas, Indianapolis, et al. Tell me, boca; what and when was the last large venue outdoor concert you attended?
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LP Field routinely hosts big name concerts, in addition to CMA Fest every summer.
 
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NashVOL93 said:
LP Field routinely hosts big name concerts, in addition to CMA Fest every summer.
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I understand your point. Today's problems with security...far more needed and far more complicated and costly, with (aforementioned) much steeper rates for weather insurance, plus more strident restrictions and higher fees for permits, it's just a more expensive risk to book one of those extravaganzas. Comparing LP with Neyland is comparing a cumquat with an orange...much smaller and easier to secure and implement outside vendors. It's typically used for such activities and far less expensive to insure. I love outdoor events as much as anybody. Believe me. But the reality is gimongous outdoor concerts are either disappearing or going indoors at the big covered arenas. Hey. Don't believe me...check it out. There's no need to argue for argument's sake.

OK. Where's boca's response. Somebody tell me when and where they LAST attended a LARGE venue outdoor concert.
 
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sameolvol said:
So weather's not a risk? Brilliant. Check the stats. All venues must purchase insurance for washouts, and it's recently become prohibitively expensive. Aside from a few more temperate locations, the trend has moved toward stadiums with roofs, such as the ones in Atlanta, Dallas, Indianapolis, et al. Tell me, boca; what and when was the last large venue outdoor concert you attended?
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They have 1 or 2 concerts in Raymond James Stadium every year. I promise you, it rains a lot more down here in the summer than it does in ET.

Yes, weather is a factor....but it doesn't stop stadium concerts in DC, Philly, Miami, and what do you know...the CMA Music Festival and The Rolling Stones are playing at LP this summer!

But the weather is much worse in Knoxville, right?
 
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sameolvol said:
I understand your point. Today's problems with security...far more needed and far more complicated and costly, with (aforementioned) much steeper rates for weather insurance, plus more strident restrictions and higher fees for permits, it's just a more expensive risk to book one of those extravaganzas. Comparing LP with Neyland is comparing a cumquat with an orange...much smaller and easier to secure and implement outside vendors. It's typically used for such activities and far less expensive to insure. I love outdoor events as much as anybody. Believe me. But the reality is gimongous outdoor concerts are either disappearing or going indoors at the big covered arenas. Hey. Don't believe me...check it out. There's no need to argue for argument's sake.

OK. Where's boca's response. Somebody tell me when and where they LAST attended a LARGE venue outdoor concert.
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Keep trying to cover your stupid comment but outdoor concerts happen all the time. And what makes you think LP Field is so much cheaper to insure than Neyland? For a concert, they would seat close to the same.

Here's another one...the Dead is playing at Levi Stadium and Soldier Field this summer.
 
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way back when,Dobyns Bennett, a Kingsport High School , had a concert,I for get who it was,but they were pissed about all the wine bottles and roaches left and didn't have any more

while Johnson City had a bunch of concerts at Science Hill and pulled in a lot of money

UT could pull in a lot of money doing concerts during the summer,but they probably won't,since it seems they have only did a few in the past,plus the lack of beer sales would hurt,but the concert goers probably wouldn't care,since it isn't very hard to smuggle some booze into any concert
 
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governmentmule said:
way back when,Dobyns Bennett, a Kingsport High School , had a concert,I for get who it was,but they were pissed about all the wine bottles and roaches left and didn't have any more

while Johnson City had a bunch of concerts at Science Hill and pulled in a lot of money

UT could pull in a lot of money doing concerts during the summer,but they probably won't,since it seems they have only did a few in the past,plus the lack of beer sales would hurt,but the concert goers probably wouldn't care,since it isn't very hard to smuggle some booze into any concert
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Aside from the entertainment tax, Knoxville is on the small side for a stadium tour. There have been a few over the years, but most these large tours play larger metro areas.

Back in the 90's they had concerts at the World's Fair Park. They were pretty cool. Hootie and Blowfish played there in '95. There may have been 10-12K people there. Nowhere near the amount to have it in Neyland.
 
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sameolvol said:
I understand your point. Today's problems with security...far more needed and far more complicated and costly, with (aforementioned) much steeper rates for weather insurance, plus more strident restrictions and higher fees for permits, it's just a more expensive risk to book one of those extravaganzas. Comparing LP with Neyland is comparing a cumquat with an orange...much smaller and easier to secure and implement outside vendors. It's typically used for such activities and far less expensive to insure. I love outdoor events as much as anybody. Believe me. But the reality is gimongous outdoor concerts are either disappearing or going indoors at the big covered arenas. Hey. Don't believe me...check it out. There's no need to argue for argument's sake.

OK. Where's boca's response. Somebody tell me when and where they LAST attended a LARGE venue outdoor concert.
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I'm not arguing for arguing's sake. I work in music and am quite familiar with what it takes to stage a big outdoor concert. The barriers to putting on a show at Neyland have pretty much nothing to do with weather, security, or insurance and everything to do with Knoxville's entertainment tax, the construction on Cumberland, and the economies of scale that come with a 100k seat venue. You'd really have to put on some kind of all-day or multi-day festival to make it worth it, and that number of people stomping around on the grass surface isn't likely to go over well with the field guys. The parking compared to LP is a wash and the weather/insurance would only be an issue in the case of severe, windy thunderstorms that could topple the stage structure and injure the musicians and audience. For anything less than that, the show goes on.

Also man, your point about big outdoor concerts going inside or disappearing is actually completely backward. Large outdoor music festivals can be extremely lucrative and are more popular than they ever have been.

TL;DR - If someone really wanted to put on a concert in Neyland and they had the money to make the right people listen, it could definitely be done.
 
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NashVOL93 said:
I'm not arguing for arguing's sake. I work in music and am quite familiar with what it takes to stage a big outdoor concert. The barriers to putting on a show at Neyland have pretty much nothing to do with weather, security, or insurance and everything to do with Knoxville's entertainment tax, the construction on Cumberland, and the economies of scale that come with a 100k seat venue. You'd really have to put on some kind of all-day or multi-day festival to make it worth it, and that number of people stomping around on the grass surface isn't likely to go over well with the field guys. The parking compared to LP is a wash and the weather/insurance would only be an issue in the case of severe, windy thunderstorms that could topple the stage structure and injure the musicians and audience. For anything less than that, the show goes on.

Also man, your point about big outdoor concerts going inside or disappearing is actually completely backward. Large outdoor music festivals can be extremely lucrative and are more popular than they ever have been.

TL;DR - If someone really wanted to put on a concert in Neyland and they had the money to make the right people listen, it could definitely be done.
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I agree with you...and I think as long as UT can get by without throwing Shield-Watkins field to the most severe beatdown its prob every had then concerts (large mega extravaganza types) will stay on hold for a long time to come...JMO....
 
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