{"id":210,"date":"2009-11-14T22:48:58","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T02:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=210"},"modified":"2009-11-14T22:48:58","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T02:48:58","slug":"wicked-tour-brings-6-million-to-wichita-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/blog\/wicked-tour-brings-6-million-to-wichita-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"'Wicked' Tour Brings $6 Million To Wichita Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

WICKED, the hit Broadway musical, broke record after record during its three week ( October 21-November 8 ) Wichita engagement, becoming the most successful touring Broadway musical in the history of Wichita\u2014and the State of Kansas. More about Wicked The Musical Current Tour.<\/a>
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\nWICKED, the hit Broadway musical, broke record after record during its three week Wichita engagement, becoming the most successful touring Broadway musical in the history of Wichita\u2014and the State of Kansas. The Theater League\u2019s October 21-November 8 Century II presentation of the blockbuster hit enthralled some 45,000 theater patrons and contributed more than $6 million to the local economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe response was amazing,\u201d explained Theater League president Mark Edelman. \u201cNo one has ever seen anything like it. And the economic impact of the show came as a most welcome shot in the arm for the entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The WICKED Company\u2019s actors, musicians and support staff contributed more than $125,000 to the area\u2019s hotel and restaurant trade during their three week stay in Wichita, according to GoWichita sources. Another $250,000 in local jobs were created as hundreds of stagehands, hair and make up artists, musicians, security personnel and related staff were enlisted in the WICKED effort. City and State government benefitted from tens of thousands of dollars in improvements to the theater necessary to accommodate WICKED.<\/p>\n

WichitaTix, Century II\u2019s ticket office, logged sales calls from more than thirty-seven states, including Alaska. The show\u2019s pre-show lottery\u2014at which a limited number of tickets were made available for $25— had one of its biggest turn-outs, according to Company representatives, with upwards of three hundred people waiting for the specially-priced admissions. \u201cWe had patrons from as far away as Chile and Canada waiting for lottery tickets,\u201d added Karen Yuhasz, Theater League presentation manager.<\/p>\n

All over the Wichita metro area, restaurants and other retail outlets saw huge increases in sales during the show\u2019s exclusive engagement. \u201cThanks to WICKED, our Harvest Kitchen and Bar achieved revenue numbers not seen since its opening in October 2008,\u201d shared the Hyatt\u2019s Director of Sales and Marketing Aaron Bastable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was talking to a sales rep at GoWichita,\u201d continued Edelman. \u201cShe was on the phone with a meeting planner from Florida who was looking at the Wichita CVB\u2019s website. When the planner saw the show\u2019s logo, she said \u2018If you\u2019ve got WICKED playing, Wichita is the kind of town our meeting wants.\u2019 Those are the kinds of stories we\u2019re hearing about what an impact WICKED had on Wichita these last three weeks.<\/p>\n

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