re: Foo Fighters and Trombone Shorty to open Fillmore New Orleans *Postponed*

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If LiveNation tries to sell super high tickets for the majority of shows they book there, they'll have a tough time filling out 2,000-2,200 tickets per show.

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I doubt they'll have many stadium acts booked at the Filmore. Foo Fighters grossed over $6 million at Wrigley Field and over $13 million at Wembley this summer. Two nights at the Filmore, with about 4,400 tickets sold at $270, would "only" bring in about $1.2 million. Probably under $2 million even with reserved VIP seats. I'm sure they wanted a big splash opening, but I suspect we'll get a stream of acts we might otherwise see at the Saenger or maybe lakefront.

The Detroit Fillmore has Simple Minds, Social Distortion, Elvis Costello and Echo and the Bunnymen coming up in the next few weeks, for example.

Foos making bank