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Post by deskjet on Dec 1, 2010 22:40:46 GMT -5
11/28 in Abu Dhabi (Night #1): 400 fans.
11/29 in Abu Dhabi (Night #2): 350 fans.
11/30 in Abu Dhabi (Night #3): 250 fans.
Tickets were priced at $270 each at the first two events
credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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Post by k5 on Dec 1, 2010 22:50:40 GMT -5
considering i have no idea what the capacity crowd of that arena is, i'm not sure what these numbers equate to in terms of success, but an audience of less than 500 people cannot be a good sign for a promoted show tour.
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Post by eddie eddie on Dec 1, 2010 23:06:04 GMT -5
considering i have no idea what the capacity crowd of that arena is, i'm not sure what these numbers equate to in terms of success, but an audience of less than 500 people cannot be a good sign for a promoted show tour. i mean, its TNA in Abu Dhabi with 270 dollar tickets. i wouldn't expect much. and i saw videos of the tour. the arenas looked tiny. |
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Post by SodaGuy on Dec 1, 2010 23:15:47 GMT -5
They should out two of the shows, so, yeah.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Dec 1, 2010 23:32:31 GMT -5
The ticket price is so expensive b/c of the cost of travel for TNA. I know TNA is trying to grow globally......but I still think they are going about this wrong. The return on investment is low and much more of a gamble. Why not spend that money and try growing domestically before branching out?
As inferior as Heyman was with money.....he had a good plan. He got his company established in the north east, basically the tri state area, and as the company grew and became more well known he would slowly branch out. And then he would branch a little further and a little further.
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Post by SodaGuy on Dec 1, 2010 23:33:31 GMT -5
The ticket price is so expensive b/c of the cost of travel for TNA. I know TNA is trying to grow globally......but I still think they are going about this wrong. The return on investment is low and much more of a gamble. Why not spend that money and try growing domestically before branching out? As inferior as Heyman was with money.....he had a good plan. He got his company established in the north east, basically the tri state area, and as the company grew and became more well known he would slowly branch out. And then he would branch a little further and a little further. Because TNA has a huge following overseas. |
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Post by the franchise on Dec 2, 2010 19:37:52 GMT -5
They must like TNA if they are willing to pay $270 for a ticket.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Dec 2, 2010 23:42:34 GMT -5
The ticket price is so expensive b/c of the cost of travel for TNA. I know TNA is trying to grow globally......but I still think they are going about this wrong. The return on investment is low and much more of a gamble. Why not spend that money and try growing domestically before branching out? As inferior as Heyman was with money.....he had a good plan. He got his company established in the north east, basically the tri state area, and as the company grew and became more well known he would slowly branch out. And then he would branch a little further and a little further. Because TNA has a huge following overseas. Yes, so huge they drew 400 fans.  |
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Post by SodaGuy on Dec 3, 2010 0:21:44 GMT -5
Because TNA has a huge following overseas. Yes, so huge they drew 400 fans. The saturday show was a sell-out... which I said about four posts up. |
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Post by deskjet on Dec 3, 2010 1:23:57 GMT -5
Yes, so huge they drew 400 fans. The saturday show was a sell-out... which I said about four posts up. Agreed. Most people that have followed TNA know they do very well overseas. |
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Post by raabhimselffanv2 on Dec 3, 2010 1:40:00 GMT -5
Because TNA has a huge following overseas. Yes, so huge they drew 400 fans. hm, looks like about 571 more people that care more about TNA than you if you went over to Abu Dhabi. |
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Post by Likwid[[Southern]] on Dec 3, 2010 16:13:09 GMT -5
Yes, so huge they drew 400 fans. The saturday show was a sell-out... which I said about four posts up. May have been a "sell out", but still, I've wrestled shows in high school gyms with 400 fans. Not impressive. TNA is taking one step forward, and two steps back. |
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Post by k5 on Dec 3, 2010 16:16:37 GMT -5
The saturday show was a sell-out... which I said about four posts up. May have been a "sell out", but still, I've wrestled shows in high school gyms with 400 fans. no doubt, that certainly does help put things into context. |
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Post by deskjet on Dec 3, 2010 17:06:03 GMT -5
The saturday show was a sell-out... which I said about four posts up. May have been a "sell out", but still, I've wrestled shows in high school gyms with 400 fans. Not impressive. TNA is taking one step forward, and two steps back. So it's TNA's faut they were in a small arena? I mean i get what you're saying and it's not that impressive, but it's the venue that was chosen and they sold it out so that's at least worth something...yea 270 a seat     |
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Post by sean™ on Dec 3, 2010 17:58:37 GMT -5
$270? Jesus  ing Christ. I wouldn't pay that much to sit in the ring during a TNA event, much less pay that for just a seat. hell, I had free tickets to my TNA live event, and even after that I felt like I had spent more then I should have just going. |
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Post by SodaGuy on Dec 3, 2010 18:06:08 GMT -5
The saturday show was a sell-out... which I said about four posts up. May have been a "sell out", but still, I've wrestled shows in high school gyms with 400 fans. Not impressive. TNA is taking one step forward, and two steps back. But those shows didn't have $270 prices for tickets either, now did it? The fact that TNA can sell-out a live event with $270 ticket prices is great for them. |
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Post by theryanegan on Dec 3, 2010 19:45:36 GMT -5
Notice they said "attendance" and not "ticket sales". I wouldn't doubt the possibility that 3/5ths were comped.
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Post by King Silva on Dec 3, 2010 21:58:30 GMT -5
$270 is crazy!
But if it worked for them then congrats but damn I would not spend that much on wrestling for one ticket [other than WM].
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Post by "The Opportunist" Eric Flair on Dec 4, 2010 2:36:41 GMT -5
The saturday show was a sell-out... which I said about four posts up. May have been a "sell out", but still, I've wrestled shows in high school gyms with 400 fans. Not impressive. TNA is taking one step forward, and two steps back. Oh my God, not another "I've wrestled" comment. I mean, seriously. Not a great, huge number by any means, but at that high of a ticket price, and in BFE to boot . . . . not really bad. |
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Post by austintx on Dec 4, 2010 9:26:01 GMT -5
sellout of a 4,000 seat arena..yeah right!
The TNA shows in Abu Dhabi this past week turned into a disappointment in that the local promoter claimed they would sell out, but each show drew less than 400 people (mostly young kids with parents) in a 4,000 seat arena, which is why the YouTube video TNA posted didn't include any visible crowd shots.
It's important to note that these were sold shows, so TNA gets paid whatever the promoter guaranteed in advance, including costs. Tickets were reportedly very expensive priced up to $200 and local promotion wasn't very good. There was also an issue with the ring in that upon inspection, nobody felt like taking many bumps.
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