HBN Concerts Capacity

[lilybee]

Can someone please mention the capacity of HBN concerts you've gone to?
On average how many people on the venues, 15,000? 5,000? etc...
Just want to have an idea...

Lily B.

[pizzaaddi]

I was in Dortmund. Westfalenhalle 3A.

1.950 people. Sold out !!!

Pizzaaddi

[Chris]

Warsaw'a Sala Kongresowa (the Congress Hall) 2,880 plus "clap-down" seeds at the end of rows.
Tickets sold out since early January, 2008.
Chris

[ronald]

Amsterdam HMH, max. capacity 5500, although most likely not sold out, but hard to judge as most places are standing.

Antwerpen lotto arena 7500 max, not sure if this is also at this concert, as they mention standing places in the general information

[Gerby]

At the Luxembourg concert there was about 1,500 people and it was not sold out (1/4 of the seats left).

[pizzaaddi]

As you can see - Germany is Chris Rea land !!!!

All shows were sold out, as you could see on eventim.de.

[Davy]

In Prague on Monday, there were around 3,000 spectactors. It was not completely sold out but the atmosphere was good. It took place in an ice-hockey stadium.

[tobi777]

Hello!

Just to see the difference:

Chris Rea 1993 Berlin (Deutschlandhalle): appr. 10.000 People (sold out)
Chris Rea 1998 Berlin (ICC 1): appr. 5000 People (sold out)
Chris Rea 2002 Berlin (ICC 1): max. 3000 People
Chris Rea 2006 Berlin (Tempodrom): appr. 3000 People (nearly sold out)
Chris Rea 2008 Berlin (Tempodrom): appr. 3000 People (nearly sold out)

REAgards

Tobias

[pizzaaddi]

Hi tobias,

what do you want to say with your post ???

That the concerts in the 90´ies were bigger than today ???

[Bart]

Can someone please mention the capacity of HBN concerts you've gone to?
On average how many people on the venues, 15,000? 5,000? etc...
Just want to have an idea...

Lily B.

This is the cappacity according the official tour planning (status November '07):

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JANUARY

THU___31___LUXEMBOURG, ROCKHALL______2,781

FEBRUARY

FRI___01___PARIS, OLYMPIA____________1,900
SAT___02___AMSTERDAM, HEINEKEN_______4,600
___________MUSIC HALL
TUE___05___LJUBLJANA, HALA TIVOLY____7,000
THU___07___MUNICH, HERCULESSAAL______1,200
FRI___08___DRESDEN, KULTURPALAST_____2,300
SUN___10___HAMBURG, LAEZHALLE________2,000
MON___11___LEIPZIG, GEWANDHAUS_______1,900
WED___13___FRANKFURT___ALTE OPER_____2,400
THU___14___DORTMUND, WESTFALENHALLE__2,100+
FRI___15___BERLIN, TEMPODROM_________3,100
SUN___17___VIENNA, GASOMETER_________3,600
MON___18___PRAGUE, SAZKA ARENA_______3,500
WED___20___WARSAW, SALA KONGRESOWA___2,700
FRI___22___RIGA, RIGA ARENA__________8,000+
SAT___23___TALLINN, SAKU SUURHAAL____7,000+
SUN___24___VILNIUS, PRANOGU ARENA____7,000+
TUE___26___ST PETERSBURG, ICE PALACE_7,000
THU___28___MOSCOW, LUZHNIKI ARENA____8,000

MARCH

SAT___01___KIEV, UKRANIAN PALACE_____3,600
MON___03___BUDAPEST, ARENA___________6,600
TUE___04___BELGRADE, HALA SPORTOVA___5,000
WED___05___SOFIA, PALACE OF CULTURE__3,500
FRI___07___BANJA LUKA, DVORANA BORIK_5,000
SAT___08___ZAGREB, DOM SPORTIVO______4,000
MON___10___ZURICH, KONGRESSHAUS______1,760
TUE___11___ANTWERP, LOTTO ARENA______3,500+

UK:

THU___13___CARDIFF, ST DAVID’S HALL__1,600
FRI___14___PLYMOUTH, PAVILLIONS______2,400
SUN___16___BRISTOL, COLSTON HALL_____1,700
MON___17___BRIGHTON, CENTRE__________3,200
WED___19___GLASGOW, ROYAL CONCERT HAL1,900
THU___20___EDINBURGH, PLAYHOUSE______2,000+
SAT___22___BIRMINGHAM, SYMPHONY HALL_1,900
SUN___23___BIRMINGHAM, SYMPHONY HALL_1,900 (OPTION)
MON___24___BOURNEMOUGH, INT CENTRE___3,000
WED___26___MANCHESTER, APOLLO________2,600
THU___27___NOTTINGHAM, ROYAL CENTRE__2,250
FRI___28___LONDON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL_3,400
SUN___30___OXFORD, NEW THEATRE_______1,750
MON___31___LIVERPOOL, PHILHARMONIC___1,500

APRIL

WED___02___NEWCASTLE, CITY HALL______2,000
THU___03___NEWCASTLE, CITY HALL______2,000 (OPTION)
SAT___05___SHEFFIELD, CITY HALL______2,000
SUN___06 ___HARROGATE, INT CENTRE____1,900
TUE___08___BELFAST, WATERFRONT_______2,223 
WED___09___DUBLIN, STADIUM___________2080

[pizzaaddi]

Hi Bart,

Belfas Waterfront - Main Auditorium (for 380 to 2,223 people) Homepage Waterfront
dublin national stadium -Total capacity: 2080 (1954 with ring) Homepage national stadium

Pizzaaddi

[Bart]

Hi Bart,

Belfas Waterfront - Main Auditorium (for 380 to 2,223 people) Homepage Waterfront
dublin national stadium -Total capacity: 2080 (1954 with ring) Homepage national stadium

Pizzaaddi

Hello Pizzaaddi;

Thanks for the addition. I have adjusted my previous post.

[lilybee]

Thanks for the info everybody!

I guess his concerts were bigger in the 90s, but still, with these many fans all over today, Chris should do pretty good on his concerts. Add to that the sales from his own label and he's got a sweet deal going on. I know I support him.

Lily B.

[pizzaaddi]

Hi,

i think that booking such big halls like Westfalenhalle 1 in Dortund or other countries is a big risk today.

If half of the halls are empty there is a big gap. On the site of the westfalenhalle you can see the prices of all halls.

Westfalenhalle 1 15700 €
Westaflenahle 3 a 2600 €

If its the reason why Chris is booking smaller halls ? Dont know. Maybe he likes to play in smaller halls with atmoshere.

What do you think ?

[Bart]

If half of the halls are empty there is a big gap. If its the reason why Chris is booking smaller halls ? Dont know. Maybe he likes to play in smaller halls with atmoshere. What do you think ?

I guess it is somewhere between both ... He stated often that he didn't want to do these big venues any more (lack of athmosphere for his new musical direction?!?) and of course because of this new direction he attrackts an other (perhaps a bit less) audience then back in the "old" days, and someone has to pay for renting the hall