Venue Cymru Arena

[wrex]

All i can say is ive seen the Manics,Stereophonics,Paul Weller,Kooks,and a few others and really enjoyed,sounded ok to me but im not an expert so i think it is the fault of the management and maybe the pricing policy,but i do think they have only one agenda at the moment and that is Colwyn Bay.

[Merddin Emrys]

Brit Floyd played last year and again just a few weeks ago, both times they sounded fantastic  D)

[wrex]

Theater or Arena

[Merddin Emrys]

The one with an upstairs to it, where we've also seen Jethro twice, I do know that it wasn't the Pier Pavillion site! 

[Fester]

Thats the theatre.

The adjacent arena is the huge, but under utilised venue that we all bang on about.

[Bri Roberts]

We called to purchase a couple of tickets yesterday afternoon for Jimmy Tarbuck in July and did not realise the box office is now closed on Sundays unless there is a show on when it opens one hour before the show starts.

It was strange to see the box office, café and restaurant all closed on such a busy day in Llandudno.

If this is a result of council cuts then why still employ two people to sell deckchairs further down on the promenade?

Surely one person could be employed to sell deckchairs and one person could open up the box office to sell theatre tickets?

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[DaveR]

Common sense seems to be sadly lacking at CCBC. 

[Bri Roberts]

It has just been announced that the Stereophonics are coming in July.

Will they be appearing in the Arena?

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[wrex]

Cheers Bri,tickets go on sale friday,they have played the Arena before so that sort of dismisses the bad acoustics theory.Ido hope they manage to get a few more.

[Bri Roberts]

There's a pair of tickets with a face value of £28.50 each already on e-bay for £115. 



Stereophonics – one of Britain’s best-loved bands – will perform four intimate warm up shows before their highly anticipated set at the Olympic Opening Ceremony Concert in Hyde Park July 27th.
 
Starting out at Llandudno Venue Cymru on Sunday 22nd July, taking in Derby Assembly rooms, the Grimsby Auditorium and finally the Cambridge Corn Exchange these promise to be very special one off events.
 
With 11 Top Five singles, 21 Top 20s and five consecutive No.1 albums under their belt, Stereophonics are one of Britain’s biggest bands.  The band are currently putting the finishing touches on a new album due early 2013.
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[SDQ]

How can anyone be selling tickets when they don't even go on sale until tomorrow???

[Bri Roberts]

Dunno.

Perhaps, some entrepreneurs get early access to tickets 24 hours before everyone else with Ticketmaster.

Now there are 6 sellers of tickets for sale on e-bay ranging from £0.99 - £115.99.

One is selling up to 6 tickets at £84.99 each plus £5.50 express delivery.

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[Yorkie]

At the end of the day I think it all boils down to financial matters.  Performers do what they do best for monetary reward.   Therefore the theatre has to have the seating capacity, the ability to have seat prices to yield a decent profit, and a large enough catchment area to attract those wanting to see the Act and to pay the price.

I don't think that Llandudno has the ability to fulfil all those requirements and others that are not mentioned.    It will never be a major venue for the big acts to use regularly and apart from the Welsh Opera and the Pantomimes and occasional "big" name must learn to survive with one night stands and conferences or just gathering dust at the expense of the ratepayer.
 

[wrex]

  The stereophonics sold out in 40 minutes.

[wrex]

2,500 tickets that is,proves we can have large bands and sell out easily,just one a month would be better than one or two a year that the management are attracting at the moment.