Comment 71460

By Nox (anonymous) | Posted November 19, 2011 at 20:20:35 in reply to Comment 71445

I wouldn't worry about the prospect of "concerts every other weekend." The rental cost of the new stadium will be prohibitive for smaller promoters and the market for open-air concerts that require venues of 20,000+ capacity is limited at best. The Molson Amphitheatre (16K) and Darien Lake Performing Arts Center (21K) are both managed by LiveNation, so they stay booked as tight as they can be and soak up any available open-air tours. They're also far enough apart to avoid wandering into the tarpit of radius clauses; Hamilton is close enough to both to get nothing more than a sinking feeling. Festivals are about the only open-air product going these days that doesn't play to mid-sized amphitheatres, and they rarely appear in traditional stadia. BMO Field, for example, has a capacity of 20,000+ and little in the way of residential neighbours but has hosted exactly one concert so far, when Genesis played there four years ago.

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