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Originally Posted by snicksfan85
It takes 120 semis to carry around just the stage. That's why tickets are 250 bucks....
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I have heard that the cost for the tour's daily operation (whether there is a show or not) is about $2.5M. Again, that's per day. That's not even including the rumored $8M (largely financed by Blackberry) start-up cost to construct the three identical stages that they are currently lugging around Europe.
Its a spectacular production... but aside from the overhead, they are really raking it in. They left a LOT of money on the table by only touring arenas in North America in '05. Good for them.