Gary Bongiovanni Quotations

Neil Diamond's fans aren't coming to see him just because he may have a record coming out. They know that the guy's been around a long time, and he's always going to put on a good show. It's the same with Springsteen. Just because you've seen him before doesn't mean you don't want to see him again.

He goes back and plays the same markets repeatedly and just develops a good, loyal following. It's an organic development, not based on MTV or radio hype, and that's the best kind of artist development.

That's very good business. Bruce Springsteen is grossing a similar amount of money, but he's playing smaller places at twice the ticket price.

You don't normally see three huge acts like that out touring in the same year. McCartney and The Stones alone really helped drive up ticket prices.

Traffic, access, noise, residential protests are problems with outdoor amphitheatres, especially those like White River that are built in rural areas. The traffic issues have to be resolved because ultimately, it's the customer experience that determines whether White River is successful in the long term.

That's not bad, not bad at all. Most amphitheaters don't sell out.

It's easier to sell 10,000 seats if you're in Philadelphia as opposed to 10,000 seats in Grand Forks because you're surrounded by millions of people.

There's nothing in the wings that I'm aware of that hasn't been announced. I don't know if there'll be any more Cream dates.

Some of the deals guaranteed (performers) a sellout, ... That's a dumb way to run the business.

It's almost like the business went off a cliff and it has not come back yet.