Will you look at this?
The concerts at this year's Illinois State Fair actually turned a profit.
Sammy Hagar and Fall Out Boy were the big winners.
With another set of those stupid manufactured Disney kids being the huge losers.
And wow..... $327k to bring-in the Rascal Flatts show! Pricey!!
Out for now.......
Matt
Sammy Hagar and Collective Soul (Aug. 14)
* Tickets sold: 9,507
* Revenue: $319,306
* Artist cost: $217,000
* Total: $102,306 profit
Fall Out Boy (Aug. 15)
* Tickets sold: 7,858
* Revenue: $375,111
* Artist cost: $300,000
* Total: $75,111 profit
Justin Moore, Josh Thompson and Jon Pardi (Aug. 16)
* Tickets sold: 4,009
* Revenue: $128,998
* Artist cost: $155,000
* Total: $26,002 loss
Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery and RaeLynn (Aug. 18)
* Tickets sold: 6,980
* Revenue: $329,830
* Artist cost: $327,500
* Total: $2,330 profit
Styx and Tesla (Aug. 19)
* Tickets sold: 3,450
* Revenue: $75,708
* Artist cost: $125,000
* Total: $49,292 loss
The Fray and Andy Grammer (Aug. 20)
* Tickets sold: 2,808
* Revenue: $67,616
* Artist cost: $150,000
* Total: $82,384 loss
Hank Williams Jr. and .38 Special (Aug. 21)
* Tickets sold: 6,623
* Revenue: $221,393
* Artist cost: $185,000
* Total: $36,393 profit
Austin Mahone, Kalin & Miles, and Laura Marano (Aug. 22)
* Tickets sold: 2,381
* Revenue: $87,183
* Artist cost: $180,000
* Total: $92,817 loss
Brantley Gilbert, Colt Ford and Michael Ray (Aug. 23)
* Tickets sold: 7,804
* Revenue: $296,964
* Artist cost: $225,000
* Total: $71,964 profit
Total ticket revenue: $1.9 million
Total artist cost: $1.86 million
Total profit: $37,609