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This doesn't even make sense  The maps show how many tickets have been sold, they are updated every time a ticket is purchased. A venue with 10k+ people is gonna look full no matter what, especially since most times when a show isn't fully sold-out people from upper levels are moved closer to the stage to make the venue look fuller. Atlanta, Detroit, St. Paul etc. sold decently but clearly were not 100% sell-outs no matter what LN reported. |
Except, they were sold out and you guys can deny the numbers all you want because of your misunderstanding of what "sold out" means, but those are just the facts. The venues tally up the numbers, report them to LN, who then reports them to Billboard and Pollstar.
Sold out doesn't mean every single seat in a venue is filled, it normally means every single ticket that was put up for initial sale was sold. Sold out is pretty much an arbitrary status that changes depending on the venue. If Gaga plays in a venue that can hold 15,000 people but her team and the venue decides to only sell 10,000 tickets, then the show is "sold out" after those 10,000 tickets are sold even if the venue can fit 5,000 more people. The venue and Gaga's team get to set what "sold out" means for each individual show because they're the ones gauging the demand and the market.
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And yeah, San Antonio has entire blocks in the upper sections completely unsold but I never got why they booked three dates in Texas in an otherwise not extensive tour especially when she was just there last year.
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They're not selling tickets for those seats because they obviously don't feel the demand is there. The seats that do not go on sale do not affect a show's "sold out" status because they were never being sold to begin with. It's like me bringing 100 cookies to a bake sale even though I made 500. If I sell those 100, then I sold out because I sold the cookies I intended to sell.
Slay!
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