This. Do people not realize how many people are employed in a Pearl Jam or equivalent tour?
So are you saying that loan money will go to security, concession workers, ticket scanners, etc. that missed out an already planned tour? I think that would be hard to do. There are probably at least a couple of hundred people at each location between the different types of personnel. It's one thing for it to be a payment to a central group, but to have the group spread out over cities all around... I doubt that it happens that way.
I think when you buy a ticket from Ticketmaster, then Ticketmaster pays the location a certain percentage, of which the workers are paid from. Pearl Jam isn't cutting the concession stand worker a check.
But I do know it's more than just Ed, Mike, Stone, Jeff, and Matt. There are sound techs, pyro guys (possibly - if fireworks are used) etc. But it isn't the thousands of people that are local and working a venue for one night. They get paid from the venue itself, not the artist.