Guns N’ Roses comes up roses in Las Vegas
Guns N’ Roses continues to come up roses in Las Vegas.
The numbers are in on the first round of shows from the band’s second residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock, which kicked off last month, and once again, the band is doing good business.
Here’s a breakdown of the attendance figures courtesy of Billboard’s Boxscore:
Artist: Guns N’ Roses
Venue: The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel
Dates: June 4, 6-7
Gross sales: $853,785
Attendance/capacity: 9,221 / 10,130
Number of shows/sell outs: 3 / 2
Ticket prices: $195, $129.50, $85, $69.50
Artist: Guns N’ Roses
Venue: The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel
Dates: May 28, 30-31
Gross sales: $739,534
Attendance/capacity: 8,021 / 9,449
Number of shows/sell outs: 3 / 0
Ticket prices: $195, $129.50, $85, $69.50
How are other Vegas residencies doing?
Shania Twain continues to fare well:
Artist: Shania Twain
Venue: The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
Dates: May 20-21, 24-25, 28, 31, June 1, 3-4, 6-7
Gross sales: $3,197,239
Attendance/capacity: 28,208 / 30,796
Number of shows/sell outs: 11 / 0
Ticket prices: $250, $150, $99, $55
Bruno Mars, on the other hand, is showing signs of market fatigue, continuing to sell out arenas in other cities but not drawing as well here:
Artists: Bruno Mars, DJ Supra
Venue: The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
Dates: May 23-24, 2014
Gross sales: $338,903
Attendance/capacity: 2,900 / 5,800
Number of shows/sell outs: 2 / 0
Ticket prices: $125, $95
The Cosmo has had a busy year concert-wise thus far, hosting shows by multiple acts who also played Coachella. Here’s how some of their shows did:
Artists: Lorde, Lo-Fang
Venue: The Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan
Dates: April 15-16
Gross sales: $230,443
Attendance/capacity: 6,500 / 6,500
Number of shows/sell outs: 2 / 2
Ticket prices: $40, $31, $20, $15.50
Artists: Eric Church, Caitlyn Smith
Venue: The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
Date: April 26
Gross sales: $208,385
Attendance/capacity: 2,900 / 2,900
Number of shows/sell outs: 1 / 1
Ticket prices: $75, $35
Artists: Lana Del Rey, Born Casual
Venue: The Chelsea
Date: April 11
Gross sales: $120,640
Attendance/capacity: 2,900 / 2,900
Number of shows/sell outs: 1 / 1
Ticket prices: $45, $35
Artists: Ellie Goulding, Conway
Venue: The Boulevard Pool
Date: April 12
Gross sales: $113,540
Attendance/capacity: 3,200 / 3,200
Number of shows/sell outs: 1 / 1
Ticket prices: $35, $17.50
Artists: Flogging Molly, Ozomatli
Venue: The Boulevard Pool
Date: March 15
Gross sales: $110,088
Attendance/capacity: 3,110 / 3,500
Number of shows/sell outs: 1 / 0
Ticket prices: $36, $18
Artists: Foster the People, Young & Sick
Venue: The Boulevard Pool
Date: April 18
Gross sales: $108,120
Number of shows/sell outs: 2,755 / 3,200
Attendance/capacity: 1 / 0
Ticket prices: $40, $20
Artist: Childish Gambino
Venue: The Chelsea
Date: May 2
Gross sales: $82,980
Attendance/capacity: 2,900 / 2,900
Number of shows/sell outs: 1 / 1
Ticket prices: $30, $15
Artists: Our Big Concert: Capital Cities, MS MR, Phantogram, Cherub, Kongos, The Orwells, Bad Things
Venue: The Boulevard Pool
Date: May 29
Gross sales: $80,815
Attendance/capacity: 2,342 / 2,500
Number of shows/sell outs: 1 / 0
Ticket prices: $35, $17.50
Artists: Empire of the Sun, DJ Supra
Venue: The Chelsea
Date: April 9
Gross sales: $77,475
Attendance/capacity: 2,145 / 2,900
Number of shows/sell outs: 1 / 0
Ticket prices: $45, $17.50
