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Promoter threatens to cancel bullriding event at Corbin arena due to poor ticket sales
Posted On 06 Jan 2010
The promoter of a professional bull riding circuit that is scheduled for a show at The Arena in Corbin this weekend said Tuesday that the show will almost certainly be cancelled unless ticket sales pick up dramatically.
Bob Sauber, President and Events Coordinator for the Professional Championship Bullriders Tour, said only 500 tickets have been sold thus far for the Saturday show planned for The Arena.
"The Professional Championship Bull Riders Tour features 35 of the nation’s top riders battling some of the toughest bulls in the world," claims a press release about the event.
"Oh yeah, I’m almost about to cancel," said Sauber, who has promoted the event only through select radio stations and cable television. "I’m baffled. As of right now, I don’t think we are going to do it."
Sauber said he would make a final decision about the show Thursday night.
Grammy Award nominated country music artist Jake Owen is slated to perform in concert following the bullriding portion of the event. An RCA Records recording artist, Owen released his debut album "Startin’ with Me" in 2005. His follow up album, "Easy Does It," released last year, has produced hit singles "Don’t Think I Can’t Love You" and "Eight Second Ride."
Arena General Manager Cliff Clinger said he thinks there could be a significant "walk-up" crowd for the PCB Tour, and called it a good combination event.
"It’s a good event on a good night," Clinger said. "Jake Owen is a well known performer. If you are a 100 percent bullriding fan, then the concert is just icing on the cake. If you are concert fan, then the bullriding is some good entertainment that will be a prelude to the concert."
Owen has appeared in Corbin before. He played a free concert at the NIBROC Festival in 2007.
Clinger said he’s been working closely with Sauber to try to cut trade out advertising deals with local radio stations to promote the event in the final days before it is scheduled to happen. He said both he and the promoter remain "very optimistic" that ticket sales will pick up dramatically.
"During the holidays, ticket sales always slow down because people just really aren’t focused on that … there’s a lot of factors that come into play."
Sauber said at least 2,000 tickets need to be sold to keep the Corbin date. He said the PCB Tour is scheduled to make its next stop in Cincinnati Jan. 16 and that ticket sales there are brisk.
"As far as an entertainer on stage, Jake Owen is great. He’s energetic and really keeps the whole show going," Sauber said. "That’s the part of it that kind of has me shocked right now. I thought he would draw more ticket sales than this."
Originally, the PCB Bullriders Tours was set to be a two-night event in Corbin – Friday and Saturday. It was scaled back to just a one-night-only show in December.
Tickets for the Professional Championship Bull Riders Tour are on sale now and priced at $19.50, $26, $34 and $44. Tickets for children ages 2-12 are $11.
For more information about the tour, go to www.pcbtour.com.
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i think the main problem is the location of the arena.this time of year you have to take into account of the weather with it being on that hill folks dont want to get stuck or have a wreck coming off the hill or going up. allso i think the arena should have been built bigger so it would draw larger shows. like the monster truck shows and tractor pulls its dangerous and risky for such a small floor area to put on a good show.
I believe that if the people in the area and the local media were less negative about what this city is trying to do then The Arena would be successful in every event that they have. It seems to me like every article Mr. Knuckles writes is a smear campaign. I don’t think i have ever read a positive comment he’s made. There’s a chip on his shoulder for some reason and i’m not sure why. As a Corbin native i’m proud that we have something like the arena here and locals like yourself, Robert and Trent, should embrace the growth not hinder it.
Well,I’m not surprised.A select few around these parts really get into bullriding.I say that with nothing but respect to the folks who do the bullriding shows.That takes talent and lots of skill and hard work.I hope the management of the Arena are taking notice of what people are trying to tell them.Its not about what you guys want to see,but what the community is interested in.
I think that the more events that are cancelled, the less likely people will be to buy tickets in the future due to fear of the event being cancelled. But I always wait until last minute to make sure I can work around my schedule before buying tickets anyway.
way to go corbin, another waste of our tax dollar’s, the arena will only go down hill from here. city officals should have to pay for this out of THERE POCKETS.
the arena has not had anything that the pople of the tri county wants to see where are the concerts bring back the gaithers bring in some bands and ask us who we want to see do something to open up corbin