Pearl jam only $500,000 to book them??

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,024
    edited May 2014
    Zod said:

    What's the overhead on concerts? If the average arena holds 18000 people. $500000/18000 is only $27.78/ticket that they retain? That doesn't seem like much at all. What happens to the other $50?

    I've read that artists actually get most of the $$ from ticket sales. Average of 74%. Here is a decent article (2011) of the breakdown. http://www.wisebread.com/how-much-a-breakdown-of-concert-ticket-prices

    But of course "the artist" includes everyone they employ as well - crews, club employees, managers, etc etc etc - as well as equipment and travel expenses and all that shit. Not sure about security.... who non-specialize security at a venue? Is it the venue who covers that?
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