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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
I hear ya jne. Named acts like BB King often have exclusive contracts with XYZ promoter or their agent will only deal with a set list of promoters. The whole industry is set up to make sure the pie is distributed around.
Without that hookup, I am under the impression that it would be hard for the Brady to keep acts booked. They could have local bands play every weekend and the like, but to justify a 4K seat venue it would be hard.
I have minimal experience in this regard (while in undergrad I worked on a committee to book Nelly, P Funk, 3 Doors Down and the like to campus... it was run as a student non-profit. Pretty cool actually.), but there it is as I understand it. Totally open to correction if someone has a better feel or if my view is antiquated/flat wrong.
1800 seats sounds correct for the Brady. 4000 seats is another ball game. It is true that lots of big names who are successful in record sales have their souls chained to a label. These labels are owned by one of a few megamedia companies and they have exclusive arrangements with promoters and even venues, but their are outsider successes who have found their success in performing and managed to stay free of the media giant slave trade. They should be going after some of these, but it won't be easy with Cain's down the road. They will definitely need to find more traditional theater venue acts and that will mean that they will eventually have to find a relationship with a real promotion group. For now, I would look for big live performance bands that draw in college kids and trust fund hippies - in the vein of Widespread Panic. Also, I think comedy acts could do great with the right in house promotion and have the potential to be a big bang for the buck. And then, we can give em hell here on the forums:)
