Here’s my basic prediction for U2’s 2009 25-date North American Stadium tour:
September - October 2009
City/Venue/Capacity & Tickets Sold/Gross/Basic Average Ticket Price
Edmonton - Commonwealth Stadium (2 shows...120,000/$11.5 million/$96)
Winnipeg - Canad Inns Stadium (55,000/$6 million/$109)
Chicago - Soldier Field (2 shows...120,000/$11.5 million /$96)
Washington, DC - RFK Stadium (55,000...$4.5 million/$82)
Philadelphia - Lincoln Financial Field (70,000/$8 million/$114)
Foxboro, MA (Boston) - Gillette Stadium (2 shows...140,000/$11.5 million /$82)
E. Rutherford, NJ (NYC metro area) - Giants Stadium (2 shows...160,000/$19 million /$119)
Montreal - Olympic Stadium (65,000/$6 million/$92)
Toronto - Rogers Centre (2 shows...105,000/$12.5 million/$119)
Detroit - Ford Field (65,000/$5.5 million/$85)
Boulder, CO (Denver) - Folsom Field (55,000/$4 million/$73)
Vancouver - BC Place Stadium (60,000/$5 million/$83)
Oakland - Alameda County Stadium (65,000/$6.5 million /$100)
Pasadena, CA (LA metro area) - Rose Bowl (95,000/$9 million/$95)
Mexico City - Azteca Stadium (2 shows...210,000/$14 million -/$67)
Las Vegas - Sam Boyd Stadium (40,000/$4.5 million/$112)
Glendale, AZ (Phoenix) - University Of Phoenix Stadium (60,000/$4.5 million/$75)
Atlanta - Bobbi Dodd at Grant Field (55,000/$4 million/$73)
Miami - Dolphins Stadium (75,000/$5 million/$67)
U2 will want ALL of these shows to sell out...hence the lower prices in most markets. This leg should gross over $150 million.
My predicted schedule won't be exact but it should be pretty close to how the tour will turn out.
Nearby markets that aren’t getting hit will obviously contribute to the overall grosses in the centralized markets that are being hit. U2 are apparently releasing another studio next year and will probably return in the spring of 2010 with an arena tour of secondary markets and return engagements in many larger markets that were hit on their fall ’09 stadium tour…