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Originally posted by Swine
It happens quite often that a pop star plays to a 30-50% full stadium. Shakira (and Gaga soon) in Greece, Madonna in Brussels. Madonna also cancelled a date in Slovenia which had only sold 13% of the tickets for the S&S tour.
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Yeah, but sometimes 30-50% is still enough to make a profit, thus why the shows aren't cancelled. When a tour designed for arenas is played inside of a stadium, the production costs aren't that much different, meaning stadiums are only booked in an effort to bring in more money than the typical arena. If you only sell 50% of the tickets and it's the same as what an arena show would bring in, the company would still be making money and it'd be seen as a success.