Concert at Arizona Stadium lost nearly $1 million
By Coley Ward
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.04.2009
The first concert in Arizona Stadium since 1977 lost nearly $1 million.
The Last Smash Platinum Bash, which featured Jay-Z and Kelly Clarkson, ended up $917,000 in the red. The concert cost $1,420,000, and ticket and merchandise sales brought in only $503,502, according to student organizers.
The contract for Jay-Z, who was paid $750,000, was signed March 24.
The ASUA will apply its entire emergency budget reserve — $350,000 — to help cover the shortfall.
All told, ASUA sold 6,100 tickets to the Bash and gave away about 4,400 tickets as part of marketing deals with local radio stations and newspapers. The Star received 18 tickets.
Roughly 1,000 tickets were given away to students who demonstrated the ability to sing a Kelly Clarkson song, or passed other equally inane tests administered on the mall on the day of the show.
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I agree. Kelly has always had the Payola behind her for radio, and TONS of support from the media.
She’s OK, but not the amazing talent we are supposed to love, or we are deaf. Her live singing is not good. Her last solo concerts were all canceled, due to poor ticket sales. Then, she hooked up with Reba.
However, she will bounce back, as AI and her label absolutely love the girl, and will not allow her to fail.. Money talks.
Perhaps, though, people had no interest in Jay-Z.
Even with giving away all those tickets, the show still tanked? Pretty sad when so many of the tickets didn’t even have to be purchased.
But of course it will be due to the “economy” because it’s Kelly Clarkson. Anyone else it would be due to not being popular enough.
Not a big surprise to me, I don’t see what people see in Kelly Clarkson.