Ken Stein Quotes
There are many unique challenges in keeping old theaters fresh and exiting to the public. Hal brings a different perspective and we are very exited to have him as our new president of the board. 
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[Stein says, frankly, the pop shows have not been big money-makers.] If you're gonna start doing pop music in Austin, you're suddenly competing with everybody... For example, we know not to program when the Austin City Limits Festival is in town.
- Ken Stein
Bright Eyes was our first general admission show, and we won't do that again... We had lines down the street around the block. We were getting calls from the Stephen F. Austin (Inter-Continental Hotel). So we opened the lobby early and people were in tears because they couldn't rush to the front to get good seats.
- Ken Stein
Unless you are a subscriber, the rest of Austin sees us as whatever is on stage that night... However, even when these pop shows aren't in and of themselves profitable from a ticket-sales standpoint, they break even from a patron relationship standpoint. We want to get patrons from ticket buyer to season ticket holder to donor. We know there's a future there in that audience. Ten years from now, when we're bringing Bright Eyes back for a reunion tour, that audience that has grown up with us.
- Ken Stein