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[Seattle Times] 15 years after moving Sonics, now it’s the Thunder asking for publicly funded arena
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There are legitimately only 3 or 4 artists in the world with any possibility of filling a stadium right now. Unless you have Taylor Swift and Beyoncé coming regularly, there’s just no chance of a decent return.
Maybe in any given year a stadium would be used for a concert 3-4 times, but there's definitely more than 4 acts that can fill stadiums. George Strait just did a sold out stadium tour this year.
Still not something the city/state should pay for.
That's the standard and the stadium doesn't even come close to paying itself back
Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Bad Bunny, and aging classic rock acts doing a "final tour". And those last ones are gonna start to get few and far between
Was about to chip in with a David Gilmore - Roger Waters suggestion
U2, Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones did notable stadium tours in the last decade or so I think. But yeah other than that it's one-offs like when the dead did Fare Thee Well. I bet outside or major markets the NFL stadiums don't get used for concerts more than like 3x a year on average.
Ehh. I’d say any of the following could still fill an NFL stadium:
Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Madonna, Britney Spears, Blackpink, The Weekend, Lizzo, reunion tours of NSYNC/Spice Girls/Backstreet Boys/U2/Guns n Roses/Metallica/Foo Fighters/One Direction, others I’m forgetting. But yes, most could not.
And like 5-10 country artists, too.