The News: Not surprisingly ticket sales are down all over town: http://www.thewrap.com/article/2770
Among Vegas’ woes: Danny Gans died unexpectedly at 52 last week, stories have been simmering that Bette Midler sales are down, Elton John just left town, and the fact that Vegas is reportedly the most hard hit US city in the current recession.
Interesting to note: Elton’s show made $125 million and shows were filled at 95% capacity. Celine Dion beat him earning $400 million from 717 shows. Midler has been playing to 78% capacity in comparison. No word on Cher’s seat numbers. But Cher and Midler allegedly have cut ticket prices 9 % across all price points. Bette’s new bottom price of $45.45 and she’s also offering upgrade programs for locals and customers of Travelzoo.com. It’s also interesting to learn that Barry Manilow had the highest ticket price of any performer in the US last year? And his tickets are now more expensive than last year. Now I’m a Barry fan but…wtf?
The Rumor: Cher to end her Vegas run early
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/22/curtain_will_fall_on_cher_s_vegas_show_t
http://www.goldminemag.com/collectorresources/
This false bit of gossip frenzy got a few fans buying tickets to Vegas last week, fans who had been procrastinatin.
One smart Cher-groups fan smartly did the math on the rumor:
“Well she'd better hurry if she plans on finishing this year…the 2008 shows plus what's presently scheduled through December 2009 only makes a total of 114 shows!”
Where did the misinformation come from? Was it a cynical ploy to boost ticket sales or someone’s misreading of the latest Cher press release on the final 2009 show dates? Who knows.
The record was set straight on Cher World: http://www.cherworld.com/news/?p=748
Pic above from davidkiyokawa.com/blog/2008/09/cher-at-caesars/
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