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Originally Posted by adecou  No offense, but who spends more on these types of concerts age wise? I understand having the more expensive money making bands play to accomodate the age of their audience, but if CPR Fest is ANYTHING like I remember it, it's full of high schoolers and college age kids... now, it could be much much different than I remember, but the fest part of it (the booths, the food) was a big part of the attraction. Something's lost when you take that away...that's just my opinon. |
I would actually imagine that people in their 30s and up would spend more money at these events because they have more money to spend. I went with 2 friends who were also in their 40s, and the son and nephew of one of them who were 16 and 18 respectively. The friend whose son and nephew it was actually bought all our tickets and bought shitloads of merch for his son and nephew, and probably spent $100 on beer and food for everybody as well. He probably spent $350 there that day.
So people who started going in their 20s but are now maybe in their 30s or 40s ARE more likely to go to an indoor show. They are apt to spend more money, and they're also less apt to fuck with security because they got thrown out of shows with busted heads when they were kids, and have learned by now.
They can sit in the stands, drink beer and watch the bands while their teenaged kids go down on the floor and mix with the crowd. And CPR certainly seems to see it as a step up that they're inside now.
Life is change. Adaptability is good. Just because it isn't what it once was doesn't make it bad. But then again, you don't have to go either if you don't like what it's become. But it's probably inside now because more fans prefer that than not. And people sure seemed to be having a good time when the whole place was chanting "Hell Yeah!" and "Fuck Yeah!" during the show.