We actually have FOUR 10,000 venues with the addition of Chaifetz (sp?) arena…as well as Scottrade, Family Arena and Riverport. Last year I saw Depeche Mode in KC AND Chicago, since they never come here either. What a shame…at least Rush stops by almost every tour (including the current one, on June 28)

Don’t need a woman, have many and STL metro is not 3 million, it is 2.8 and only becasue it keeps adding rural counties south of Farmington which is the only way STL can keep the numbers growing. The high school question is BS, to a newcomer it is rude and very unwelcoming. STL is very cold to newbies relocating. It is all about baseball, bandwagon fans, IE; the Rams and the sellout of the tickets (never would a bad Bears team in Chicago have that happen) and just plain hoosiers bitching about the end of the world with I-64 closing. Sorry STL, highway farty is reall I-64 get with the times hoosiers, remember, you guys looked like morons when Pope John Paul came to town. Who cares about the left wing media in STL scarring you guys, we all know STL has zero traffic, you guys cry if you sit for 10 minutes longer than you have to. Ahhh, Mullet City Missouri, gotta love that schietty bud light beer and some good Skynard on KSHE.

I was wondering if anyone of those commenting have ever tried to book a show in this market. There are certain people booking agents will work with if they get the okay from certain individuals within the market. In other words a small number of people are in control of the entertainment that would come into St. Louis. If they have a problem or the building your trying to utilize has a problem or the city throws a roadblock in your way there’s no way you can get your show off the ground.

Sure, KC has a new arena which is actually smaller that Scottrade Center. Don\’t forget that they don\’t have a tenant like the St. Louis Blues. Artists will chose a building or location if they know for sure that their date will not be in conflict with anything else. Hannah Montana was in Scottrade Center a week before the first concert. It\’s hard to commit that amount of time with a professional sports franchise also needing certain dates. With SLU\’s new arena, I wouldn\’t be surprised if STL takes back the title. Springfield will also have a new arena online later this year!

I think it’s horrible that soooo many concerts skip over St. Louis and for some odd reason are going to Kansas City. St. Louis is a much bigger draw. I started noticing that last year when Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, who both had very successful individual tours, both went to KC but skipped St. Louis. I knew Madonna wasn’t gonna come here, she’s NEVER come to St. Louis. And with her ticket prices going for about 500.00 I doubt she will ever come here, cause people here won’t pay that kind of money to see her. But then again maybe they will because she’s never been here. But, Tina Turner skipping over the city that gave her her start is kind of odd to me. It’s all kind of big tours skipping STL:

Madonna
Tina Turner
Kanye West, Rhianna, Nerd, and Lupe
Duran Duran
George Michael
Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z
Coldplay

STL needs to be upgraded and fast!

Just to clarify what someone said - Maroon 5 has been here before and is appearing here again this summer with the Counting Crows at Riverport.

First of all, who cares why Madonna or Tina Turner isn’t coming here. Madonna is only hitting a few US cities anyway. I’ll be going to Miami to see her. With all the negativity in these comments, I wanted to say I am a transplant into St. Louis. I have lived here for 6 years, and I LIKE the city. I am not a hoosier. My friends are all happy people who are friendly to everyone. I strike up conversations with strangers all the time. I don’t hate Chicago or Kansas City. In fact, I like both cities and don’t feel like St. Louis is in any weird “best city” competition. If that has been someone’s impression of the people in St. Louis, it’s too bad because there are a lot of people here who aren’t anything like has been described here.

The worst thing is that when they actually do have concerts at Scottrade: the beer prices. $9.75 for a 24oz beer. That’s a dollar more than hockey, baseball and football games. I feel so sorry for the vendors who are getting a quarter as the tip.

Can anyone explain to me why the 2 biggest recent tours…..The Rolling Stones and The Police were here?!?!?! Madonna frankly is a wash up that wont draw the arena crowds here. Other than her 1 hit every few years she has not produced anything worthwhile since the late 80’s. I have lived in the east coast and they are rude….the whole “high School” thing is over played. I have hardly heard that in years. And if I do it is prefaced by….are you from St. Louis…then they might ask where I went to High School. But even then it is more likely a where did you grow up. It’s an ice breaker guys….get over it.

To STL BLOWS (very classy name, by the way):

Just the fact that you have to justify your love life to a group of bloggers that you don’t even know tells me a lot about you. It seems to me that you’re obsessed with everything St. Louis - for some reason, bashing STL makes you feel better about your self (low self-esteem?). As another blogger stated, you must have some interest in the city to keep posting comments on stltoday.com! What was the purpose of pointing out that there aren’t 3 million people, but 2.8 million people — big deal!?! I wouldn’t be so quick to judge hoosiers with mullets, because I’m sure if you posted a picture of yourself, you would have the meat-head, trashy “ceasar” haircut, because that’s how I picture you. I am not from St. Louis, but I personally love living here and am very excited about the future of the city. We’re glad you’re gone because we don’t need immature nay-sayers bringing us down.