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Could PJ sell-out Giants Stadium?

mgiustomgiusto Posts: 66
edited September 2009 in The Porch
Could PJ sell-out Giants Stadium? Reason I ask is because U2 is in town now and has 3 concerts sold-out. I don't think PJ could do it. They've shied away from marketing themselves for too long whereas U2 has had an iPod tie-in and now BlackBerry.

I think if they were into marketing themselves and doing everything possible to appeal to the pop kids like U2, they could have done it. The funny thing about that statement "appealing to the pop kids" is that I remember years and years ago Bono saying in an interview that they didn't care if the pop kids liked them or not... I guess he changed his mind...

What does everyone else think? Could PJ sell-out Giants Stadium? If yes, could they do it for 3 straight nights?
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    maybe one night
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    maybe one night

    capacity?
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,231
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    maybe one night

    capacity?
    According to Wikipedia, 78,741.
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    benjs wrote:
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    maybe one night

    capacity?
    According to Wikipedia, 78,741.


    umkay...now capacity of say...msg?
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    If it was their only Northeast show (as if they would ever only play one), I think it could sell out.
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  • mgiustomgiusto Posts: 66
    benjs wrote:
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    maybe one night

    capacity?
    According to Wikipedia, 78,741.
    That capacity is actual installed seats for a football game. How many more can they fit on the field when a band is playing? Pearl Jam could actually fit more fans than U2 because their stages aren't too big, U2's 360 tour stage is ridiculous!
  • rnyc214rnyc214 Posts: 39
    The 78,000 is for football games, for most regular concerts where no one is sitting on the sides or the back and seats on the floor I believe is in the 55,000 range. It would be interesting to see if PJ can sell it out, if its one show they might be able to.
  • loveboatcaptianloveboatcaptian Posts: 138
    I hope they NEVER play giants stadium it's a shit place to see a concert. Their is no type of connection between you and the band, you might as well be watching it on tv.
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  • joe2468joe2468 Posts: 3,049
    ill tell this AFTER LAST NIGHTS U2 show........ i dont think i would even go....it took some people over THREE hours just to get back to there cars...
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  • orangediveorangedive Posts: 24
    Well, GNR did, but that was when men were men and rock stars wore white leather.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf0rIV6j2H4
  • mauichickmauichick Posts: 964
    Come on guys, they could for sure!

    They've sold out MSG, CAA, Nassau or JB on same tour, why not Giants Stadium
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    mauichick wrote:
    Come on guys, they could for sure!

    They've sold out MSG, CAA, Nassau or JB on same tour, why not Giants Stadium

    Because all those places hold a shit-ton fewer people than Giants Stadium.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • PearlJamPatriotPearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    joe2468 wrote:
    ill tell this AFTER LAST NIGHTS U2 show........ i dont think i would even go....it took some people over THREE hours just to get back to there cars...
    WTF, 3 hrs just to get to your car!!!! ANd I thought Mansfield, MA was bad in taking 3 hrs to get out of the parking lot from certain areas.
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  • mgiustomgiusto Posts: 66
    slightofjeff wrote:
    mauichick wrote:
    Come on guys, they could for sure!

    They've sold out MSG, CAA, Nassau or JB on same tour, why not Giants Stadium

    Because all those places hold a shit-ton fewer people than Giants Stadium.

    and a good bunch of the same people were at each show.
  • mauichickmauichick Posts: 964
    mgiusto wrote:
    slightofjeff wrote:
    mauichick wrote:
    Come on guys, they could for sure!

    They've sold out MSG, CAA, Nassau or JB on same tour, why not Giants Stadium

    Because all those places hold a shit-ton fewer people than Giants Stadium.

    and a good bunch of the same people were at each show.

    and how fast do the NY/tri state shows sellout?

    Oz has more PJ fans/demand then NY does? and i doubt PJ's tkt $ would be $300, sellout(s) for sure...
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  • RobbieC2008RobbieC2008 Posts: 432
    orangedive wrote:
    Well, GNR did, but that was when men were men and rock stars wore white leather.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf0rIV6j2H4


    Yeah, but that was GNR & Metallica on the same bill when both of there bands where @ the top of there games
  • andrewbandrewb Posts: 488
    Well it won't happen cause Bruce is closing Giants Stadium in October
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  • joe2468joe2468 Posts: 3,049
    PearlJamPatriot wrote:
    joe2468 wrote:
    ill tell this AFTER LAST NIGHTS U2 show........ i dont think i would even go....it took some people over THREE hours just to get back to there cars...
    WTF, 3 hrs just to get to your car!!!! ANd I thought Mansfield, MA was bad in taking 3 hrs to get out of the parking lot from certain areas.



    and to top it all off i got friends that went tonight they had to park 30mins away.. PAY for a bus that dropped them off at the entrance...now imagine wats going to be like after the show
    have you seen the colors of my fathers eyes
  • hollow bottlehollow bottle Posts: 183
    They could do it. Imagine the hype surrounding that kind of news. PJ fans would come out of the woodwork like cockroaches. No doubt about it. As for 3 nights, I doubt it. It would help if they had a relatively mainstream opening act like tha Stones do.
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  • covered in blisscovered in bliss chi-caw-go Posts: 1,332
    there are a lot of people out there that want to see U2 because they're U2. Those people probably know 5-10-15 songs, tops.

    U2 has been around for a long time therefore it's really cool to love them.

    You can't compare the PJ fan base to anything else. U2 selling out something doesn't mean shit and it's futile to point it out here.

    if you try, you have a small penis.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    covered in bliss wrote:
    there are a lot of people out there that want to see U2 because they're U2. Those people probably know 5-10-15 songs, tops.

    U2 has been around for a long time therefore it's really cool to love them.

    You can't compare the PJ fan base to anything else. U2 selling out something doesn't mean shit and it's futile to point it out here.

    if you try, you have a small penis.

    I'd have a small penis anyway, thankyouverymuch
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • covered in blisscovered in bliss chi-caw-go Posts: 1,332
    :) first to reply.

    What's this thread about anyway? PJ can't sell out Giants Stadium so they suck?

    How many people at that U2 show actually care about the band? Not as many as you'd think. They want to say they've been there.
  • WhyNotSwedenWhyNotSweden Sweden Posts: 4,308
    I dont think that PJ fit in a giant stadium, a small club is the best place, more intimate.
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  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    if that was their only nyc date on the tour......quite possibly.
    i have a paper here that entitles me to fast track status
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,107
    mauichick wrote:
    Come on guys, they could for sure!

    They've sold out MSG, CAA, Nassau or JB on same tour, why not Giants Stadium

    You could form band and sell out MSG. I doubt they could sellout Giants Stadium, but the only way they could would be to play only one show in 2010 and have it be at Giants Stadium.
  • avocadogirl79avocadogirl79 Posts: 7
    sure they could, whether it's NY Giants or SF Giants. the better question is, would you WANT them to have a stadium concert? there's no feeling of intimacy with the band. I vote for smaller venues, hands down.
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  • SolarWorldSolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    Who wants to see Pearl Jam in a place like this? 20,000 seat venues are big enough.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,598
    i hope to never find out ..
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  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,949
    Pearl Jam and sell-out in the same topic?! I don't like the cut of your jib!
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    no
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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