But TicketBastards made out like bandits when you consider that their service charges are NOT refundable even though the original show was cancelled and then they made money on the resale of Saturday's show.
Field Day Festival (again)
20K my arse…. I would almost guarantee there were 20,000 on the field. Probably around 20k in the stands. Honestly here, 40K would be a very safe estimate. Remember, you are talking a 78,000 seat stadium that has an end stage. That makes 50,000 viewable seats. Upper level vacant = 30,000. Then a 75 yard by 80 yard field that was too full. Good thing it wasn't metallica. I would wonder however, how many people actually left half way through the day. I saw people soaking wet and shaking like no tomorrow at 2 pm. Of course security didn't allow any passes out. I know if I didn't gortex it I might have thought "radiohead and 95 bucks isn't enough to keep me".
Originally posted by myuman:The concert set-up only holds 55-60k. Anyway, I was just reporting what I read here. 20,000 seems to be the high end of the estimates.
20K my arse…. I would almost guarantee there were 20,000 on the field. Probably around 20k in the stands. Honestly here, 40K would be a very safe estimate. Remember, you are talking a 78,000 seat stadium that has an end stage. That makes 50,000 viewable seats. Upper level vacant = 30,000. Then a 75 yard by 80 yard field that was too full. Good thing it wasn't metallica. I would wonder however, how many people actually left half way through the day. I saw people soaking wet and shaking like no tomorrow at 2 pm. Of course security didn't allow any passes out. I know if I didn't gortex it I might have thought "radiohead and 95 bucks isn't enough to keep me".
that field was in NO way too full. perhaps when Radiohead played it got crowded, but i made my move to the front with ease during the middle of the Beasties. who by the way , should hang it up. for real.
Agree with Beastie boys…. where and exactly when did this psuedo act get a headlining spot at coachella and a prime spot at this festival (even though the festival itself fell apart in the last few days)…. as with the field… I was about 10 feet off the rail up front. A fairly oblivious viewpoint.. but if their wasn't a lot of people on that field, then there was one unbelievable amount of distortion on those camera views (which I'm not totally discounting)… but the 20k figure for total turnout is a ridiculous understatement.
dDidn't they (1) sell and (2) collect tickets at this event? A credible count should be *really* easy to come by……….
Ideally… however, remember the wizards sold out every game for two years (with 100's if not 1000's of empty seats) and I've been at sold out caps games that are quite sparsely attended… so I don't know if this method is accurate…. oh yeah… remember the million man march?