spmahn t1_je2feqy wrote on March 28, 2023 at 10:34 PM

Reply to comment by Dinglemeshivers in Rentschler Field by bluenephalem35

The problem is that it doesn’t seat that many people. For a concert, once you account for seats that would be blocked for production, you’re looking at roughly the same number of tickets the Xfinity Theater can hold down the road

Dinglemeshivers t1_je2pja0 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:47 PM

The place has 40,000 seats. Let’s say you take up the end zone near the flag poles that isn’t double decker but than add in field seating/general admission, that should more than make up for that lost area of seats. That’s 40,000+ compared to The Meadows’ 30,000

SherrickM t1_je2r3w5 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:59 PM

That's the thing, it doesn't equal out. Once you take everything into account, they're probably not gonna put more than 25 to 27 in there for a concert that can't be the day before or the day after a football game for logistics reasons, and for that you might as well use the actual concert venue with better amenities for the artist and crew.

realbusabusa t1_je4ih02 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 11:03 AM

Yeah but the Rent has 40,000 seats, Meadows only has 7500 seats the rest are lawn tix. Even if only 60% of those are usable due to stage setup, that is still 24,000 seats. Add in GA floor tickets on the field and you have similar capacity vs the Meadows just inverse seating vs GA ratios. That being said I don't think East Hartford wants concerts there. State should demolish it and rebuild in Storrs where it belongs. Or cancel the football program altogether.