41 Quotes by Gary Bongiovanni

Part of it is going to be how you define jazz.

Part of it is fate and just random, but it's also fueled by the fact that last year was such a bad year for the industry. This year, a lot of acts were reluctant to go out right away,

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

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 have to figure that's not a healthy sign for the industry overall.

Tribal-operated casinos have realized that that's a very good way to bring in traffic to their casinos. They're looking for people to come in and spend money on gambling, not just go to a concert.

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.

We keep pushing the envelope on ticket prices and I think it's finally gone beyond the pale a little bit. Consumers are voting with their wallets and they're keeping them in their pockets.

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.