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Corpus Christi ticket sales update?

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#1 ·
Anyone has an update on how the ticket sales are going for the Corpus Christi Impact taping?
 
#11 ·
3 thousand is still 3 times better than in imbread zone. It will be fine.
 
#18 ·
2.5k is still a positive number, nothing impressive considering the amount of people the venue can hold but still at least they are drawing fans in thousands and not hundreds. The on the road thing will take time but I feel eventually, TNA will be able to draw good/great crowds in the smaller venues they are doing. It's all about brand development just now.
 
#19 ·
I realize Corpus Christi is a good bit from San Antonio but I would've liked to see them hit other areas before returning to Texas where they just had Lockdown a month ago. If what you guys are saying that Corpus Christi has a bad reputation wrestling wise that makes the decision to go there look even worse by TNA management.

Going on the road they are going to have bumps now we'll see if they can make them through and become a stronger company for it.
 
#20 ·
TBF even if it comes in low at 2500 thats 2500 PAYING fans for 2 shows that they would have made zero money off tickets on in the impact zone. Theres still 3 days and the good news is all the expensive seats are the ones being taken up 1st.

One the ticketmaster site it appears balcony seats are now on 2 for 1 offer which might attract a few more late comers. Main thing for TNA in this initial period of tapings is just getting as many people in as possible without giving away too many free tickets. Free tickets will annoy paying fans thats why people gave up with WCW because so many fans paid then WCW let loads in for free so people just gave up paying.
 
#21 ·
TBF even if it comes in low at 2500 thats 2500 PAYING fans for 2 shows that they would have made zero money off tickets on in the impact zone.
But they would also would've had to have spent zero money as well. $700,000 per venue now.

Nevertheless, it's still a positive. When Nitro first hit the road, their attendance was pretty shit oftentimes. This kind of thing was anticipated and is more than likely a bump on the road. TNA should work their cameras better though. Their director too often exposes the limitations of the arena and attendance. They need tighter angles and lenses. I.e. a good director will make sure that you rarely if not never see two walls of a small arena in one shot. Do everything possible to put the size out of mind. Accentuate the positives...
 
#29 ·
If it was for a regular episode, I maybe wouldn't complain and moan. But:

1. TNA has built this show as a huge deal with PPV like matches. Not only would they deserve better when getting their shit together, but some non regular viewers might as well being turned off by an empty arena with a silent "crowd".

2. They should have never scheduled a show in friggin Corpus Christi. Yes, regular WWE and TNA crowds are very different, but Corpus had been downright awful in the past: silent for almost everyone other than Cena, very mark'ish, just families with their kids.

3. There was a PPV called Lockdown a month ago in Texas... TNA drew a good crowd there, but what's the point of returning to the same state so fast? Why not New York/New Jersey? Why not Michigan? They also drew well for live events in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and stuff.
 
#30 ·
I don't understand why 2500 fans is considered a failure all of a sudden. Not that long ago they were happy for 4000 fans at the big PPVs like BfG. Why would anyone expect these numbers to drastically change overnight? Just because they drew good numbers in the UK and in the last two or three venues in the US, doesn't mean that from now on, they're gonna draw 5000+ everywhere.
 
#34 ·
Because:

1. TNA has been doing a much better job of promoting these shows than in the past. Press conferences with mayors or city councilmen, billboards within the city, radio and TV advertisements, local interviews, deals with local food chains etc. They have spent a lot more money, time and effort into promoting these shows than ever before.

2. They have built up the Corpus Christi show as a big show. One would think they deserve a better crowd for that.
 
#33 ·
I don't care why you're upset. 2500 is still a decent number for them and I don't understand why anyone would think otherwise. In some cities you just won't get a huge attendance no matter how great the card looks or how good the story development was the last few weeks.
 
#39 ·
It will look fine on TV, they'll move the people that bought upper deck tickets to the lower deck and tarp off the upper deck. Not to mention they will have alot of fans that buy tickets day of show at the venue (thus those fans get to avoid ticketmaster fees). I'm sure it will look fine and the attendance will a fair amount higher than the current numbers on Thursday (not a shitload higher, but a fair amount higher than current numbers).
 
#40 ·
With that awesome Main-Event and only 2500? That's a shame. It's going to be awesome for sure.

WWE fans complain about the product but don't come and watch the superior product, instead crap their pants because Cena made a heel joke. It's sad.

I watch both and I get way more pleasure from TNA by a mile. Bar the Ziggler cash in, that was phenomenal.
 
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