1977-2007..30 years of memories (1)

[bogarcon]

here is some details for the very first tour of 1977:
2/12/77 Sat. 8;30pm Hollywood (Miami), Fl Sportatorium 15,500 (Indian Suit) Gross Receipt...206,350$

2/13/77 Sun 8;30pm West Palm Beach, Fl Auditorium
5,981 (King of Spade) Gross Receipt...87,400$

2/14/77 Mon 8;30pm St-Petersburgh, Fl Bay Front Center
8,355 (White Jumpsuit/Simple white Suit)

2 /1577 Tue 8;30pm Orlando, Fl Sports Stadium
(?) The Mexican Suit

2/16/77 Montgomery, Ala Garrett Coliseum
(?) Simple White Suit

2/17/77 Savanah, Ga Civic Center
(?) Mexican Suit

2/18/77 Columbia, S.C. Carolina Coliseum
20,000 (indian Suit) Gross Receipt...283,765$

2/19/77 Jonhson City, Ten Civic Center Freedom Hall
7,000 King of Spade

2/20/77 Charlotte, NC Coliseum
12,000 Mexican Suit

2/21/77 Charlotte, NC Coliseum
12,000 Indian Suit

enjoy..have a nice day,
Bogarcon

[vulcandude]

"2/18/77 Columbia, S.C. Carolina Coliseum
20,000 (indian Suit) Gross Receipt...283,765$"

You mean to tell me Elvis was still drawing up to 20,000 people to his concerts by 1977? Wow! I'm even more amazed by Elvis now than before.....Elvis, I bow to you.....

[jak]

"2/18/77 Columbia, S.C. Carolina Coliseum
20,000 (indian Suit) Gross Receipt...283,765$"

You mean to tell me Elvis was still drawing up to 20,000 people to his concerts by 1977? Wow! I'm even more amazed by Elvis now than before.....Elvis, I bow to you.....

Elvis always packed the house right up until the end.They were Elvis' main source of income.That's one of the reason's he toured so extensively.
Jak

[bogarcon]

"2/18/77 Columbia, S.C. Carolina Coliseum
20,000 (indian Suit) Gross Receipt...283,765$"

You mean to tell me Elvis was still drawing up to 20,000 people to his concerts by 1977? Wow! I'm even more amazed by Elvis now than before.....Elvis, I bow to you.....

well, in fact, Parker was a very smart man. He was using also arena in some ``normal`` city (that mean around 50,000-100,000 peoples) so the arena sometime was from 5,000 to 10,000 seats. But for the big one..always sold out 15,000 to 25,000 fans. In Augusta (Maine) this a very small state and there a lot of small cities and the arena has a 8,000 capacity seats. So sometime, he was doing 2 shows in the same city (onwe each night) or 2 the same day to get more money.
Have a nice day, Bogarcon
in my next post I will put more details for the March and April tour ('77)

[Dovey]

Thank you for posting Bogarcon, there is some very interesting facts in your post.... nice work... Dovey

[bogarcon]

Thank you for posting Bogarcon, there is some very interesting facts in your post.... nice work... Dovey

Hi Dovey, nice to hear from you. I will have a lot of amazing stuff from 1977 to put in for all the tcb world friends. And by the way, our 2 buses are already full for Memphis this summer. What a great experience that will be for the new fans and the old one..30 years and still at the top !
Have a nice day, Bogarcon

[Unchained Melody]

Good post Bogarcon. Look forward to the March April concert info!

Theres no doubt, that Elvis could still sellout crowds his final years, and he did !