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PhantomRam said:
On my last day of covid quarantine, I thought maybe I would share this tidbit that floored me a bit. Apologizes in advance to Vic and those not interested but I think it shows that our area needs an influx of capital investment in this area. But I just noticed that well known comedian Gabriel Iglesias is touring and has three dates scheduled in VA. 1)Fairfax at Eagle Bank 2) Norfolk Chartway and 3) VSU Mulit Purpose Center ----YES PETERSBURG is pulling in top talent (the show is selling well BTW). We know top events have been bypassing Richmond for years with JPJ, DC and Norfolk, but Petersburg?
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He did the Landmark in 2019
 
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PhantomRam said:
On my last day of covid quarantine, I thought maybe I would share this tidbit that floored me a bit. Apologizes in advance to Vic and those not interested but I think it shows that our area needs an influx of capital investment in this area. But I just noticed that well known comedian Gabriel Iglesias is touring and has three dates scheduled in VA. 1)Fairfax at Eagle Bank 2) Norfolk Chartway and 3) VSU Mulit Purpose Center ----YES PETERSBURG is pulling in top talent (the show is selling well BTW). We know top events have been bypassing Richmond for years with JPJ, DC and Norfolk, but Petersburg?
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It is a nice little arena. They have gotten a few of the smaller events that would have stopped in Richmond the past few months. I believe WWE stops there once in a while now. It would be nice if the Stu could pull in some of those acts as well.
 
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PhantomRam said:
On my last day of covid quarantine, I thought maybe I would share this tidbit that floored me a bit. Apologizes in advance to Vic and those not interested but I think it shows that our area needs an influx of capital investment in this area. But I just noticed that well known comedian Gabriel Iglesias is touring and has three dates scheduled in VA. 1)Fairfax at Eagle Bank 2) Norfolk Chartway and 3) VSU Mulit Purpose Center ----YES PETERSBURG is pulling in top talent (the show is selling well BTW). We know top events have been bypassing Richmond for years with JPJ, DC and Norfolk, but Petersburg?
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Is it possible that VSU is closer to a Latino population area? In DFW an act like that would most likely play at a venue in parts of town of that are more heavily Latino—of course it’s a much bigger and more diverse region, so convenience matters a bit more, but it is a theory.
 
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PhantomRam said:
On my last day of covid quarantine, I thought maybe I would share this tidbit that floored me a bit. Apologizes in advance to Vic and those not interested but I think it shows that our area needs an influx of capital investment in this area. But I just noticed that well known comedian Gabriel Iglesias is touring and has three dates scheduled in VA. 1)Fairfax at Eagle Bank 2) Norfolk Chartway and 3) VSU Mulit Purpose Center ----YES PETERSBURG is pulling in top talent (the show is selling well BTW). We know top events have been bypassing Richmond for years with JPJ, DC and Norfolk, but Petersburg?
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On a different, mostly irrelevant note, changing of the guard.
I am on my first day of quarantine…
 
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PhantomRam said:
On my last day of covid quarantine, I thought maybe I would share this tidbit that floored me a bit. Apologizes in advance to Vic and those not interested but I think it shows that our area needs an influx of capital investment in this area. But I just noticed that well known comedian Gabriel Iglesias is touring and has three dates scheduled in VA. 1)Fairfax at Eagle Bank 2) Norfolk Chartway and 3) VSU Mulit Purpose Center ----YES PETERSBURG is pulling in top talent (the show is selling well BTW). We know top events have been bypassing Richmond for years with JPJ, DC and Norfolk, but Petersburg?
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Southern Chesterfield.
 
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Not sure of the size needs for a baseball park but Charleston WV has a pretty nice baseball park....4500 people. Est cost in 2021 dollars is 30 million. WV hold multiple outdoor events are the park also.
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Not sure of the size needs for a baseball park but Charleston WV has a pretty nice baseball park....4500 people. Est cost in 2021 dollars is 30 million. WV hold multiple outdoor events are the park also.
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Charleston Dirty Birds Baseball

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The Squirrels sell out some games at the Diamond, which can hold almost 10,000 people (and that’s after it’s been downsized).

AA teams are required to have at least 6,000 seats. AAA teams are required to have at least 10,000 seats.

So, the stadium will have to have at least 6,000 seats and I would imagine they’d build it to accommodate a AAA team in the future, especially since they occasionally sell out the Diamond already. Pre-pandemic, they were averaging 6,255 in attendance in 2019.
 
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