I didn’t know Wildwood catered to hillbillies, considering the ethnicity of your fine section 8 neighbors.
These guys from Altoona were undoubtedly at the shindig:
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AWD
June 25, 2012 3:05 pm
Admin:
So, Bruce Willis can wear a black cowboy hat and grope a super-model, what’s your point?
llpoh
June 25, 2012 7:04 pm
Admin – I call utter bullshit. “Kenny Chesney gave a free concert” – no way in hell do I believe that. That implies he wasn’t paid. I bet you he sure as hell was paid – by people who couldn’t give a flying fuck what a Kenny Chesney is. And even if he wasn’t paid, what would the organization/clean-up bill cost. Just another FSA initiative. Bread and fucking circuses. Bread and fucking circuses. Another million or so dollars of taxpayers money pissed against the wall. Nothing to see here. move along.
llpoh
June 25, 2012 7:06 pm
Anyone think he erected that fucking stage, brought his dozens of roadies, paid for all the transport/insurance/etc for fucking free?!!! What horsehit.
Don’t use common sense when dealing with llpoh. He’s still fuming from the ass kicking he received last night. His comprehension skills are on par with SSS’. They are both doddering old men entering their twilight years and what little intellectual capabilities they once had are in rapid accelerating decline.
It’s a sorry sight to see. Sad.
llpoh
June 25, 2012 7:16 pm
taxslave – don’t mess with a good rant. Seriously. It is a trap to draw out the Admin. He should be ashamed of himself for promoting a free-shit-army bread and circuses event, and I am calling him on it. That shit is to be ridiculed and scorned.
Mike, Admin's section 8 neighbor
June 25, 2012 7:59 pm
Lipoh:
You should have seen all the white trash that showed up for that concert.
You forgot to mention admin works, no slaves away all year so he can take a vacation at his beachside condo, while we get to live there free ALL YEAR. Admin gets to pay taxes, health insurance premiums, has to pay for medication.We get free healthcare, plenty of it, and all the free medication and surgeries we might require. Admin has to buy his own food, buy his own gas, pay for his own cell phone. We get free food, gas subsidies, and free internet and cell phones. Admin has to earn a living, support his family, risk his life driving to work every day. We get direct deposit cash, plenty of it, and don’t so much as have to lift finger to get the cash, it’s free, baby, free. Your right, he’s a sucker, well, so are you for that matter.
Colma Rising
June 25, 2012 8:13 pm
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass….
Right around the corner, llpoh!
Thank you tax-free municipal bonds!
llpoh
June 25, 2012 8:29 pm
Admin is happy to soak up the free shit when it is available to him, and even seems to be promoting that fact herein. What is the world coming to? I am so disappointed as it kinda reminds me of Rand Paul selling out.
I’m wondering if llpoh has suffered a mild stroke. His brain function is operating on low as he has somehow convinced himself that a concert put on by a country singer is a handout to the FSA.
Yes it is a sad sight to see. Every subsequent post is more pitiful than the last.
I almost feel bad about the epic ass kicking I applied last night. It’s like kicking a 16 year old mangy cur with two teeth and one eye.
LLPOH’s utterly ridiculous free shit contention obliterated by the facts. Hotel occupancy soared from 30% to 100%. Merchants hit the jackpot selling shit. 20,000 people spent money in the town. Tax revenue soared, easily covering the cost of bringing Chesney to town. Capitalism at its finest. It’s amazing that llpoh is able to run a successful business with his grasp of facts.
Wildwood prepares for Kenny Chesney’s beach concert
June 21, 2012|By Jacqueline L. Urgo, Inquirer Staff Writer
WILDWOOD – For something that is supposed to be “unstaged” – as if country music’s Kenny Chesney just stumbled upon a beach, framed by a boardwalk Ferris wheel and roller-coaster, on which to host a free concert for 20,000 people – there’s an awful lot of stagecraft going on in this seaside resort.
For days, crews have been building a four-story stage and gated general-admission area on the wide Schellenger Avenue beach for Chesney’s Wednesday night concert, the latest installment of the “American Express Unstaged” music series.
With his own team, the director Jonathan Demme – known for The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, as well as films showcasing Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Talking Heads – has been scouting angles for the show. Demme will direct a 75-minute livestream of the performance by the No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem singer.
At this Jersey Shore playground, where the concert is expected to be the largest ever held on the beach, Chesney fever has set in.
Motels and hotels, which were booked solid as soon as the concert was announced on June 7, are festooned with banners welcoming Chesney fans. Occupancy rates this time of the year normally hover around 30 percent, officials said.
Bars and restaurants are offering pre- and postconcert parties and Chesney-themed drink specials – maybe a “Hemingway’s Whiskey” or a “You and Tequila” will be in order. And some plan to offer the concert to patrons via widescreens.
Chesney T-shirts celebrating the Welcome to the Fishbowl CD released Tuesday are already for sale in Boardwalk shops.
And in an amusing twist, considering that actual concertgoers paid nothing for their passes, the Splash Zone Waterpark is selling about four dozen $75 tickets to a VIP area on a concrete-and-steel deck that offers a “vantage point” of the stage about 2,000 feet away.
“The town is going crazy in a good way, like it’s a Saturday night or the Fourth of July,” said Will Knapp, Splash Zone’s marketing director.
The water park, which closes at 6 p.m., will reopen at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Knapp said. For $50 general admission, those who may have not gotten tickets to the show can get close enough to possibly hear it.
Mike, Admin's section 8 neighbor
June 25, 2012 8:40 pm
Every time I see Admin’s he’s loaded (Irish).
He drinks Hams and that rot-gut $2 scotch. Disgraceful.
I don’t drink scotch. That’s the drink of the upper class, like llpoh.
I’m sticking with Corona Light (only 4 carbs – gotta keep the diabetes under control) and vodka spiked Arnold Palmers.
I think Mike and Joyce went on vacation from their lifetime vacation. They’ve been gone for the last two days.
Mike, Admin's section 8 neighbor
June 25, 2012 8:58 pm
Your correct, mister Admin. We’re in Aspen. It was kinda crowded with a bunch of geeks. We do enjoy the mountains and hobnobbing with other people that don’t have to work or pay taxes.
llpoh
June 25, 2012 9:00 pm
Admin cannot even admit that he has been bought by the Wildwood politicians. One “free” concert and he loses all perspective. They are sucking him in – first he will be accepting free concerts, then he will move on to accepting free medical care, SNAP, etc., and before you know it he will up and move to the Thirty Blocks. The move to FSA is insidious and begins with the acceptance of small free shit samples.
All free shit is to be condemned. Join me in my attempt to bring Admin back to the fold, before it is to late.
Colma Rising
June 25, 2012 9:06 pm
I can smell the petuly and digity-dank already….
AWD
June 25, 2012 9:09 pm
Free Kenny Chesney concert? Hell yes we went
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llpoh
June 25, 2012 9:15 pm
Admin comes out with a cut-and-paste. Go figure. But he leaves out any actual substance.
Nowhere in his “proof” is there any cost analysis – some vague references re occupancy rates. Just how many extra rooms were actually let? Doesn’t say. Just how much was Kenny paid? Doesn’t say. Just how many of the 20,000 people were local and how many were from out of town? Doesn’t say. How much did the city spend on organization and clean-up? Doesn’t say.
It is obvious that Admin has no idea how to run a cost benefit analysis. And if history has shown one thing re these bread and circuses it is that it almost ALWAYS costs more to throw these little free parties than they bring back into the community.
llpoh
June 25, 2012 9:22 pm
Admin says tax revenue soared, and covered the cost of Kenny. Please provide some FACTS re that. Let’s say the little exercise cost 1 million. Just where do they get tax revenue? He doesn’t say. But let’s assume that that the tax revenue recovery is 10% of every dollar spent – that would imply that $10 million would have to flow into Wildwood to achieve that amount. I googled up that wildwood has 8000 rooms – lets say that the occupancy did in fact increase by 60% – facts not in evidence of course- and that there are 2 persons per room = 9600 people came in. In order to cover costs, then each person would have to spend $1000 – all of it taxable by the city (which is certainly HORSESHIT). There is NO WAY IN HELL the city recovered its expenditures.
Once again, llpoh obliterates Admin’s infantile arguments with simple mathematics.
Oh boy. This is sooooo sweet. Looks like llpoh finishes last again. Time for the Dartmouth Dunce Cap. I can’t wait for his backtracking and bullshit. The entire concert was paid for by American Express. OOPS!!!!
Good old American capitalism. This was a huge windfall for the City of Wildwood, the merchants of Wildwood and the taxpayers of Wildwood.
It is truly pathetic to watch llpoh get his ass handed to him AGAIN. It never grows old. Admin smacks the living shit out of the BIG DOGS. Now stick your mangy tail between your legs and crawl off.
I simply can’t wait to see how you try to rationalize your ignorance and unfailing ability to be wrong every time.
Credit American Express sponsorship for Kenny Chesney’s Wildwood concert
June 22, 2012|By Linda Loyd and INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Kenny Chesney’s mega concert on the beach in Wildwood on Wednesday night was the 10th “unstaged” music concert sponsored by American Express Co. since 2010.
These gigs, which have teamed top artists with equally top-tier directors — filmmaker Jonathan Demme produced the live-stream of Chesney’s performance on YouTube — are designed to give artists exposure during new-album release weeks, and give fans input through social media and tweeting to unlock a special encore at the live performance.
The free, 75-minute concert from the Jersey Shore, one day after the release of Chesney’s new album Welcome to the Fishbowl, was billed as the largest outdoor concert ever on the beach in Wildwood — with more than 20,000 Chesney fans.
Anyone in the United States and many around the globe tuned in to watch the live-stream. American Express cardmembers could also download a free copy of Chesney’s hit single “Come Over” at iTunes.
“The idea behind this is we’ve had an incredibly passionate and engaged cardmember base of music fans,” said Deborah Curtis, American Express’ vice president of entertainment and marketing sponsorships. “There’s only a finite space to any venue. The live experience is so special. How do we transport that live experience to an at-home audience in a way that’s really compelling and makes the at-home viewer feel like they are part of the experience.”
American Express created the “unstaged” music series in partnership with Vevo and YouTube. The credit card company declined to disclose its investment in the series, which began with a performance by Arcade Fire and Terry Gilliam in August 2010. A concert last October by Coldplay and Anton Corbijn broke YouTube live-stream records.
American Express spent $40 million to $45 million on corporate sponsorships in 2011, ranking 26th among all U.S. sponsors, according to IEG L.L.C. in Chicago, which analyzes corporate sponsorship in sports, the arts, causes, and entertainment marketing
llpoh
June 25, 2012 9:33 pm
I just scanned through the wildwood budget – the only tax tehy might collect from this little FSA excercise is a 1.85% room tax so maybe $1 per person per night revenue gain. That will surely cover the cost of this little excercise. Not.
llpoh
June 25, 2012 9:35 pm
Prove you figures, hotshot. Oh, right – you say costs will be covered by increased tax revenue. But you quote no costs, and don’t seem to know how Wildwood collects revenue. But me – I looked it up. And gee, tax from rooms seems to be about the only way they will get income from these “extra” visitors.
llpoh
June 25, 2012 9:38 pm
Just looked up that Kenny made $86 million gross for his shows last tour. Hmmm. You work it out. Plus costs to the city re organizing and clean-up, etc. My $1 million guess looking ok. How does your tax revenue statement look?
Llpoh attempted to refute the Admin with his $1 million comment just as Admin blew him out of the water. I await llpoh’s admission of defeat and sorrowful plea for mercy.
I know exactly how llpoh will respond as he is incapapable of admitting defeat – a trait of all Boomers. He will contend that sponsorship does not mean American Express paid for the concert. Grasping at straws.
What a humiliating defeat for llpoh witnessed by the thousands of TBP visitors. I should stick this post to the front page to rub it in llpoh’s face.
llpoh
June 25, 2012 9:41 pm
From Admin’s cut and paste: “The credit card company declined to disclose its investment in the series”.
The coup de grace applied to llpoh’s scorched ass. Test your comprehension skills you doddering old fool. The mayor of Wildwood estimated the concert would bring in $15 to $20 million to the city. THE ENTIRE $40,000 COST TO THE CITY WAS PAID FOR BY AMERICAN EXPRESS.
I await your concession of total defeat.
Wildwood Officials Ready For Kenny Chesney Concert
by Robin Rieger
WILDWOOD, N. J. (CBS)
Fans spent their time cooling down and spending money in stores and restaurants.
“[They] probably were spending a good $400 or $500,” says Ann Marie Gifford of Scranton.
Gifford brought some Kenny Chesney fans with her from Scranton, and they have big plans for the day: “Do some shopping, go on the beach, maybe do some jet skiing,” explains Gifford.
Business owners like George Caravangelos are fans of Kenny Chesney’s fans. “It’s going to be great for business [since] this is off season, we have extra staff,” says Caravangelos, the owner of Du Wop Diner.
Paul Franco is glad to be running the Ocean Sands Hotel and Smitty’s Parking. “We’re full at the hotel, we rented our last room this morning. It’s mainly concert goers,” he explains.
“This has got to be worth $15-$20 million to the City of Wildwood,” says Mayor Ernie Troiano, who also says many city employees are on overtime. But the expected $40,000 price tag will be covered by concert sponsor, American Express.
“It’s [not] just police, it’s fire, public works…we brought in a security company, Strike Force is the name of it, and there’s about 120 people working security inside the event,” says Troiano.
The stage faces the boardwalk. There are metal bleachers set up, but most fans will stand in a fenced in area and can only access the beach area with tickets.
Occupancy tax, excise tax on the gallons of swill, sales taxes, increased boardwalk traffic, air fares, media exposure and less global warming from all the fishbellied mullets reflecting UV’s back into space….
Free concerts are a win-win.
Kill Bill
June 25, 2012 10:35 pm
Chesney got some free publicity by the media. No matter his cost.
Madonna has done the same.
The state got some revenue.
Others enjoyed the music.
Tshirts were sold.
Beer was drank.
DUIs were made.
The national guard was NOT called in.
Good times.
Zarathustra
June 25, 2012 10:35 pm
Any artist who wears a cowboy hat is immediately a douchebag.
Colma Rising
June 25, 2012 10:37 pm
Admin: Not silent….
Didn’t want to waste a whole pot so I got a small cup at ‘bucks instead.
Llpoh
June 25, 2012 11:00 pm
Still not one single fact presented by Admin. Admin doing his best Flash imitation. How sad.
Llpoh proves his comprehension skills have deteriorated to such a degree that his reputation as a self proclaimed Big Dog is no longer valid. By failing to acknowledge the FACT that American Express paid for the entire concert as part of their promotional budget, he has given all TBP members a glimpse into his blackened soul. What else would you expect from an Ivy Leaguer. Sad. So very sad.
Llpoh
June 25, 2012 11:05 pm
Admin turns to the MSM for “facts” when he is getting thrashed.
ThePessimisticChemist
June 25, 2012 11:12 pm
This exchange reads like a really bad DND session.
Novista
June 26, 2012 12:50 am
TPC, heh heh.
I just feel like saying “kids these days!” … llpoh, you young fogey!
Colma Rising
June 26, 2012 1:10 am
TPC: LOL
Wait til the Dm starts playing dirty.
llpoh
June 26, 2012 6:57 pm
Admin once again shows he is financially innumerate. The $40k he is crowing about obviously means the overtime premium cost to the city, not the entire cost. He needs to read for comprehension. $40k would not even cover the transport costs/set-up and tear-down costs. $40k is just $2 per person – I just googled Kenny ticket prices, and the first I found was $272 – each. Bwahahahahaha!
Admin has bought into the MSM lies. Oh, the horror! The horror!
LLPOH delivers the knockout kick to the Admin’s nuts.
I didn’t expect anything less from a former TBP Big Dog. When crushed by an overwhelming torrent of facts, ignore them and attack with verocity. Admin shakes his head and admires llpoh’s spunk in the face of utter defeat and humiliation.
llpoh
June 26, 2012 8:11 pm
One does not remain a big dog by allowing the Admin to claim victory when he has been soundly thrashed. His gaming of the voting system, his removal of posts to suit his arguments and to eliminate his mistakes, are stuff of legend, sure enough, but in the end, those that keep attacking his shrivelled flanks come out on top.
It is a shame to see the once proud Admin, Big Dog Emeritus, reduced to this in the face of my continued onslaught:
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llpoh
June 27, 2012 3:23 pm
By the way: I can’t decide which aurically challenged loser is worse. Kenny Chesney with his attempts to imitate a gargling camel with chlamydia of the throat, or that snappy lil dresser from Green Day who likes his britches to ride below his knees for easy access from the rear!
You would think after a historic embarrassment of epic proportions at the hands of the Admin, llpoh would stay in his corner sucking his thumb and mumbling to himself about how it was all the free shit army’s fault. But no. He actually wants to keep this thread alive to show everyone his dunce cap level debate performance. Even SSS was too embarrassed to enter the fray on llpoh’s behalf.
Who?
Who?
I didn’t know Wildwood catered to hillbillies, considering the ethnicity of your fine section 8 neighbors.
These guys from Altoona were undoubtedly at the shindig:
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Admin:
So, Bruce Willis can wear a black cowboy hat and grope a super-model, what’s your point?
Admin – I call utter bullshit. “Kenny Chesney gave a free concert” – no way in hell do I believe that. That implies he wasn’t paid. I bet you he sure as hell was paid – by people who couldn’t give a flying fuck what a Kenny Chesney is. And even if he wasn’t paid, what would the organization/clean-up bill cost. Just another FSA initiative. Bread and fucking circuses. Bread and fucking circuses. Another million or so dollars of taxpayers money pissed against the wall. Nothing to see here. move along.
Anyone think he erected that fucking stage, brought his dozens of roadies, paid for all the transport/insurance/etc for fucking free?!!! What horsehit.
Free to the audience is my educated guess.
taxSlave
Don’t use common sense when dealing with llpoh. He’s still fuming from the ass kicking he received last night. His comprehension skills are on par with SSS’. They are both doddering old men entering their twilight years and what little intellectual capabilities they once had are in rapid accelerating decline.
It’s a sorry sight to see. Sad.
taxslave – don’t mess with a good rant. Seriously. It is a trap to draw out the Admin. He should be ashamed of himself for promoting a free-shit-army bread and circuses event, and I am calling him on it. That shit is to be ridiculed and scorned.
Lipoh:
You should have seen all the white trash that showed up for that concert.
You forgot to mention admin works, no slaves away all year so he can take a vacation at his beachside condo, while we get to live there free ALL YEAR. Admin gets to pay taxes, health insurance premiums, has to pay for medication.We get free healthcare, plenty of it, and all the free medication and surgeries we might require. Admin has to buy his own food, buy his own gas, pay for his own cell phone. We get free food, gas subsidies, and free internet and cell phones. Admin has to earn a living, support his family, risk his life driving to work every day. We get direct deposit cash, plenty of it, and don’t so much as have to lift finger to get the cash, it’s free, baby, free. Your right, he’s a sucker, well, so are you for that matter.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass….
Right around the corner, llpoh!
Thank you tax-free municipal bonds!
Admin is happy to soak up the free shit when it is available to him, and even seems to be promoting that fact herein. What is the world coming to? I am so disappointed as it kinda reminds me of Rand Paul selling out.
I’m wondering if llpoh has suffered a mild stroke. His brain function is operating on low as he has somehow convinced himself that a concert put on by a country singer is a handout to the FSA.
Yes it is a sad sight to see. Every subsequent post is more pitiful than the last.
I almost feel bad about the epic ass kicking I applied last night. It’s like kicking a 16 year old mangy cur with two teeth and one eye.
LLPOH’s utterly ridiculous free shit contention obliterated by the facts. Hotel occupancy soared from 30% to 100%. Merchants hit the jackpot selling shit. 20,000 people spent money in the town. Tax revenue soared, easily covering the cost of bringing Chesney to town. Capitalism at its finest. It’s amazing that llpoh is able to run a successful business with his grasp of facts.
Wildwood prepares for Kenny Chesney’s beach concert
June 21, 2012|By Jacqueline L. Urgo, Inquirer Staff Writer
WILDWOOD – For something that is supposed to be “unstaged” – as if country music’s Kenny Chesney just stumbled upon a beach, framed by a boardwalk Ferris wheel and roller-coaster, on which to host a free concert for 20,000 people – there’s an awful lot of stagecraft going on in this seaside resort.
For days, crews have been building a four-story stage and gated general-admission area on the wide Schellenger Avenue beach for Chesney’s Wednesday night concert, the latest installment of the “American Express Unstaged” music series.
With his own team, the director Jonathan Demme – known for The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, as well as films showcasing Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Talking Heads – has been scouting angles for the show. Demme will direct a 75-minute livestream of the performance by the No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem singer.
Chesney fans not lucky enough to have copped a free ticket can watch the concert at 8:30 and for 12 hours afterward on YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/user/kennychesneyvevo/unstaged).
At this Jersey Shore playground, where the concert is expected to be the largest ever held on the beach, Chesney fever has set in.
Motels and hotels, which were booked solid as soon as the concert was announced on June 7, are festooned with banners welcoming Chesney fans. Occupancy rates this time of the year normally hover around 30 percent, officials said.
Bars and restaurants are offering pre- and postconcert parties and Chesney-themed drink specials – maybe a “Hemingway’s Whiskey” or a “You and Tequila” will be in order. And some plan to offer the concert to patrons via widescreens.
Chesney T-shirts celebrating the Welcome to the Fishbowl CD released Tuesday are already for sale in Boardwalk shops.
And in an amusing twist, considering that actual concertgoers paid nothing for their passes, the Splash Zone Waterpark is selling about four dozen $75 tickets to a VIP area on a concrete-and-steel deck that offers a “vantage point” of the stage about 2,000 feet away.
“The town is going crazy in a good way, like it’s a Saturday night or the Fourth of July,” said Will Knapp, Splash Zone’s marketing director.
The water park, which closes at 6 p.m., will reopen at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Knapp said. For $50 general admission, those who may have not gotten tickets to the show can get close enough to possibly hear it.
Every time I see Admin’s he’s loaded (Irish).
He drinks Hams and that rot-gut $2 scotch. Disgraceful.
I don’t drink scotch. That’s the drink of the upper class, like llpoh.
I’m sticking with Corona Light (only 4 carbs – gotta keep the diabetes under control) and vodka spiked Arnold Palmers.
I think Mike and Joyce went on vacation from their lifetime vacation. They’ve been gone for the last two days.
Your correct, mister Admin. We’re in Aspen. It was kinda crowded with a bunch of geeks. We do enjoy the mountains and hobnobbing with other people that don’t have to work or pay taxes.
Admin cannot even admit that he has been bought by the Wildwood politicians. One “free” concert and he loses all perspective. They are sucking him in – first he will be accepting free concerts, then he will move on to accepting free medical care, SNAP, etc., and before you know it he will up and move to the Thirty Blocks. The move to FSA is insidious and begins with the acceptance of small free shit samples.
All free shit is to be condemned. Join me in my attempt to bring Admin back to the fold, before it is to late.
I can smell the petuly and digity-dank already….
Free Kenny Chesney concert? Hell yes we went
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Admin comes out with a cut-and-paste. Go figure. But he leaves out any actual substance.
Nowhere in his “proof” is there any cost analysis – some vague references re occupancy rates. Just how many extra rooms were actually let? Doesn’t say. Just how much was Kenny paid? Doesn’t say. Just how many of the 20,000 people were local and how many were from out of town? Doesn’t say. How much did the city spend on organization and clean-up? Doesn’t say.
It is obvious that Admin has no idea how to run a cost benefit analysis. And if history has shown one thing re these bread and circuses it is that it almost ALWAYS costs more to throw these little free parties than they bring back into the community.
Admin says tax revenue soared, and covered the cost of Kenny. Please provide some FACTS re that. Let’s say the little exercise cost 1 million. Just where do they get tax revenue? He doesn’t say. But let’s assume that that the tax revenue recovery is 10% of every dollar spent – that would imply that $10 million would have to flow into Wildwood to achieve that amount. I googled up that wildwood has 8000 rooms – lets say that the occupancy did in fact increase by 60% – facts not in evidence of course- and that there are 2 persons per room = 9600 people came in. In order to cover costs, then each person would have to spend $1000 – all of it taxable by the city (which is certainly HORSESHIT). There is NO WAY IN HELL the city recovered its expenditures.
Once again, llpoh obliterates Admin’s infantile arguments with simple mathematics.
llpoh’s entire post is based on some bullshit $1 million cost he made up in his thumb ring addled brain. Prove your $1 million cost hotshot.
I guess that’s what they teach at those fine Ivy League institutions that destroyed the world.
Oh boy. This is sooooo sweet. Looks like llpoh finishes last again. Time for the Dartmouth Dunce Cap. I can’t wait for his backtracking and bullshit. The entire concert was paid for by American Express. OOPS!!!!
Good old American capitalism. This was a huge windfall for the City of Wildwood, the merchants of Wildwood and the taxpayers of Wildwood.
It is truly pathetic to watch llpoh get his ass handed to him AGAIN. It never grows old. Admin smacks the living shit out of the BIG DOGS. Now stick your mangy tail between your legs and crawl off.
I simply can’t wait to see how you try to rationalize your ignorance and unfailing ability to be wrong every time.
Credit American Express sponsorship for Kenny Chesney’s Wildwood concert
June 22, 2012|By Linda Loyd and INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Kenny Chesney’s mega concert on the beach in Wildwood on Wednesday night was the 10th “unstaged” music concert sponsored by American Express Co. since 2010.
These gigs, which have teamed top artists with equally top-tier directors — filmmaker Jonathan Demme produced the live-stream of Chesney’s performance on YouTube — are designed to give artists exposure during new-album release weeks, and give fans input through social media and tweeting to unlock a special encore at the live performance.
The free, 75-minute concert from the Jersey Shore, one day after the release of Chesney’s new album Welcome to the Fishbowl, was billed as the largest outdoor concert ever on the beach in Wildwood — with more than 20,000 Chesney fans.
Anyone in the United States and many around the globe tuned in to watch the live-stream. American Express cardmembers could also download a free copy of Chesney’s hit single “Come Over” at iTunes.
“The idea behind this is we’ve had an incredibly passionate and engaged cardmember base of music fans,” said Deborah Curtis, American Express’ vice president of entertainment and marketing sponsorships. “There’s only a finite space to any venue. The live experience is so special. How do we transport that live experience to an at-home audience in a way that’s really compelling and makes the at-home viewer feel like they are part of the experience.”
American Express created the “unstaged” music series in partnership with Vevo and YouTube. The credit card company declined to disclose its investment in the series, which began with a performance by Arcade Fire and Terry Gilliam in August 2010. A concert last October by Coldplay and Anton Corbijn broke YouTube live-stream records.
American Express spent $40 million to $45 million on corporate sponsorships in 2011, ranking 26th among all U.S. sponsors, according to IEG L.L.C. in Chicago, which analyzes corporate sponsorship in sports, the arts, causes, and entertainment marketing
I just scanned through the wildwood budget – the only tax tehy might collect from this little FSA excercise is a 1.85% room tax so maybe $1 per person per night revenue gain. That will surely cover the cost of this little excercise. Not.
Prove you figures, hotshot. Oh, right – you say costs will be covered by increased tax revenue. But you quote no costs, and don’t seem to know how Wildwood collects revenue. But me – I looked it up. And gee, tax from rooms seems to be about the only way they will get income from these “extra” visitors.
Just looked up that Kenny made $86 million gross for his shows last tour. Hmmm. You work it out. Plus costs to the city re organizing and clean-up, etc. My $1 million guess looking ok. How does your tax revenue statement look?
Oh boy
Llpoh attempted to refute the Admin with his $1 million comment just as Admin blew him out of the water. I await llpoh’s admission of defeat and sorrowful plea for mercy.
I know exactly how llpoh will respond as he is incapapable of admitting defeat – a trait of all Boomers. He will contend that sponsorship does not mean American Express paid for the concert. Grasping at straws.
What a humiliating defeat for llpoh witnessed by the thousands of TBP visitors. I should stick this post to the front page to rub it in llpoh’s face.
From Admin’s cut and paste: “The credit card company declined to disclose its investment in the series”.
Sheesh – don’t Admin rread what he posts?
llpoh with an absolutely pitiful response as he knows he has been crushed like a cigarette butt by Admin.
Don’t admit you were obliterated llpoh. That makes it sweeter.
llpoh has crawled into a corner and is now rocking and sucking his thumb
OH NO!!!!
The coup de grace applied to llpoh’s scorched ass. Test your comprehension skills you doddering old fool. The mayor of Wildwood estimated the concert would bring in $15 to $20 million to the city. THE ENTIRE $40,000 COST TO THE CITY WAS PAID FOR BY AMERICAN EXPRESS.
I await your concession of total defeat.
Wildwood Officials Ready For Kenny Chesney Concert
by Robin Rieger
WILDWOOD, N. J. (CBS)
Fans spent their time cooling down and spending money in stores and restaurants.
“[They] probably were spending a good $400 or $500,” says Ann Marie Gifford of Scranton.
Gifford brought some Kenny Chesney fans with her from Scranton, and they have big plans for the day: “Do some shopping, go on the beach, maybe do some jet skiing,” explains Gifford.
Business owners like George Caravangelos are fans of Kenny Chesney’s fans. “It’s going to be great for business [since] this is off season, we have extra staff,” says Caravangelos, the owner of Du Wop Diner.
Paul Franco is glad to be running the Ocean Sands Hotel and Smitty’s Parking. “We’re full at the hotel, we rented our last room this morning. It’s mainly concert goers,” he explains.
“This has got to be worth $15-$20 million to the City of Wildwood,” says Mayor Ernie Troiano, who also says many city employees are on overtime. But the expected $40,000 price tag will be covered by concert sponsor, American Express.
“It’s [not] just police, it’s fire, public works…we brought in a security company, Strike Force is the name of it, and there’s about 120 people working security inside the event,” says Troiano.
The stage faces the boardwalk. There are metal bleachers set up, but most fans will stand in a fenced in area and can only access the beach area with tickets.
Admin learns his lesson. Never mess with a big dog.
How come this thread has gone silent?
Anyone out there?
Occupancy tax, excise tax on the gallons of swill, sales taxes, increased boardwalk traffic, air fares, media exposure and less global warming from all the fishbellied mullets reflecting UV’s back into space….
Free concerts are a win-win.
Chesney got some free publicity by the media. No matter his cost.
Madonna has done the same.
The state got some revenue.
Others enjoyed the music.
Tshirts were sold.
Beer was drank.
DUIs were made.
The national guard was NOT called in.
Good times.
Any artist who wears a cowboy hat is immediately a douchebag.
Admin: Not silent….
Didn’t want to waste a whole pot so I got a small cup at ‘bucks instead.
Still not one single fact presented by Admin. Admin doing his best Flash imitation. How sad.
Llpoh proves his comprehension skills have deteriorated to such a degree that his reputation as a self proclaimed Big Dog is no longer valid. By failing to acknowledge the FACT that American Express paid for the entire concert as part of their promotional budget, he has given all TBP members a glimpse into his blackened soul. What else would you expect from an Ivy Leaguer. Sad. So very sad.
Admin turns to the MSM for “facts” when he is getting thrashed.
This exchange reads like a really bad DND session.
TPC, heh heh.
I just feel like saying “kids these days!” … llpoh, you young fogey!
TPC: LOL
Wait til the Dm starts playing dirty.
Admin once again shows he is financially innumerate. The $40k he is crowing about obviously means the overtime premium cost to the city, not the entire cost. He needs to read for comprehension. $40k would not even cover the transport costs/set-up and tear-down costs. $40k is just $2 per person – I just googled Kenny ticket prices, and the first I found was $272 – each. Bwahahahahaha!
Admin has bought into the MSM lies. Oh, the horror! The horror!
LLPOH delivers the knockout kick to the Admin’s nuts.
I didn’t expect anything less from a former TBP Big Dog. When crushed by an overwhelming torrent of facts, ignore them and attack with verocity. Admin shakes his head and admires llpoh’s spunk in the face of utter defeat and humiliation.
One does not remain a big dog by allowing the Admin to claim victory when he has been soundly thrashed. His gaming of the voting system, his removal of posts to suit his arguments and to eliminate his mistakes, are stuff of legend, sure enough, but in the end, those that keep attacking his shrivelled flanks come out on top.
It is a shame to see the once proud Admin, Big Dog Emeritus, reduced to this in the face of my continued onslaught:
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By the way: I can’t decide which aurically challenged loser is worse. Kenny Chesney with his attempts to imitate a gargling camel with chlamydia of the throat, or that snappy lil dresser from Green Day who likes his britches to ride below his knees for easy access from the rear!
You would think after a historic embarrassment of epic proportions at the hands of the Admin, llpoh would stay in his corner sucking his thumb and mumbling to himself about how it was all the free shit army’s fault. But no. He actually wants to keep this thread alive to show everyone his dunce cap level debate performance. Even SSS was too embarrassed to enter the fray on llpoh’s behalf.