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  • Sarava
    Sarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,061
    TR70596 said:
    For years Pearl Jam had a reputation for looking out for the fans and keeping ticket prices low, but those days are sadly gone.  

    Bands like Radiohead and Phish still keep their top prices around $75 and they have the same drawing power and history as PJ. I'll still pay $123 to see them at Fenway, but let's not kid ourselves - these jacked up prices are pure greed from a band that likes to talk a big game about putting fans first.
    Whoa...easy there dude. Are they cashing in a bit more than they have in the past? Yeah, sure. Greed is a bad word. They're entitled to get paid for their work. It's still a fine value. Especially since they will likely play close to 3 hour shows.
  • quasi
    quasi Posts: 492
    riley540 said:
    $130 reallly isn’t that bad for a live performance from a very seasoned, very talented group of mucisians. There is incredible demand for Pearl Jam tickets. There had been since I started seeing them in 2013. People are willing to pay for a quality product. Pearl Jam is the best as it will get for a live show. $130 all day, no brainer. I’m happy to pay it 
    Yeah, probably not. However, I still opted to just go for one Seattle show versus two. To possibly have $259 x 2 = $518 taken out at once is just too much for my budget to handle right now. In 2013, the Seattle Ten Club tickets were just $156 for a pair which seems like such a bargain now ($130 per ticket in 2018 vs $78 in 2013).
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  • Sea
    Sea Posts: 3,131
    edited February 2018
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  • sunvalleylaw
    sunvalleylaw Posts: 110
    edited February 2018
    Yah, I have no problem with them charging more.  I charge more for my services than I did when I last attended a PJ show too.  Just was a bit surprised by how large the jump.  But I can afford it, and do not begrudge paying it to take my son to a great show in Missoula (hopefully!! Fingers Crossed!)
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  • whoanelly15
    whoanelly15 Posts: 742
    Maybe this has been said already somewhere in the last 6 pages and if so, I apologize. 

    But forget the jump from 1994 to now... $188 for a Wrigley pair in 2016 to $245 in 2018? I realize the demand is huge and that the bottom line won't be bothered by this, but that's the difference between me being at one or both shows. I won't even enter the lottery for both now. In 2016, I entered and was hoping to win both. If I entered both for 2018, I'd be hoping to only win one show, and that's not right. $376 for 2 shows in 2016... $490 in 2018? 

    As an aside, it also significantly increases the chances of me getting shut out, which sucks. 
  • EA17313
    EA17313 Posts: 63
    edited February 2018
    Do we live in Iran or Venezuela? What's up with the inflation in ticket prices? For real. 
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  • quasi
    quasi Posts: 492
    whoanelly15 said:
    Maybe this has been said already somewhere in the last 6 pages and if so, I apologize. 

    But forget the jump from 1994 to now... $188 for a Wrigley pair in 2016 to $245 in 2018? I realize the demand is huge and that the bottom line won't be bothered by this, but that's the difference between me being at one or both shows. I won't even enter the lottery for both now. In 2016, I entered and was hoping to win both. If I entered both for 2018, I'd be hoping to only win one show, and that's not right. $376 for 2 shows in 2016... $490 in 2018? 

    As an aside, it also significantly increases the chances of me getting shut out, which sucks. 
    I agree, the jump between even 2013 and 2018 was enough for me to just enter the lottery for one show. $312 for 2 shows in 2013 versus $518 for 2 shows in 2018 is a 66% increase! At most, inflation is about 2% per year.
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  • klusterfuk
    klusterfuk Posts: 1,411
    Man, what a drag. I may just sit these shows out. I can afford it but that's not the point to me.
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  • jlbusch
    jlbusch Posts: 54
    FWIW 2 GA tickets to Foo Fighters at SafeCo in Seattle - $242 with taxes and fees
    The current ticket prices are the fair market value. yes they are expensive, yes, this is how much tickets to the stadium shows of the other bands cost as well. 
  • TR70596
    TR70596 Posts: 18
    The unfortunate thing is the band used to cater to fans seeing multiple shows per tour, but if $120 per ticket is the new normal going forward how many people can afford to go to 6-8 shows if they do an extensive US tour? 
  • 3days
    3days Posts: 1,200
    Some friends of mine were dumbstruck looking at prices for Elton John and Pink tickets recently. Based on what they told me, we're still doing pretty good. 
  • sunvalleylaw
    sunvalleylaw Posts: 110
    edited February 2018
    jlbusch said:
    FWIW 2 GA tickets to Foo Fighters at SafeCo in Seattle - $242 with taxes and fees
    The current ticket prices are the fair market value. yes they are expensive, yes, this is how much tickets to the stadium shows of the other bands cost as well. 
    Amazing.  Below is a cut and paste from my receipt for my tix where I took my son (who I am hoping to take to Missoula) only weeks ago.  Bob Mould was there too.  the difference in price is Cray Cray!!  Pretty darned good seats too!  Better seats than my seats in Missoula in 2012.  Similar sized stadium.  
    __________________________________________________________________

    Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold USA Tour 2017

    DEC 07 2017 at 07:30pm

    Ford Idaho Center Arena


    Price Type                Price Level Qty    Price       Fee       Cost

    ------------------------- ----------- --- -------- --------- ----------

    All                       P3                       2      49.00     12.00     122.00


    Seating:

    Level Section Row   Seat(s)   

    ----- ------- ----- ----------

    U     _C29    F     14-13     

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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,623
    Cut the ballpark shows out and I would gladly pay this price. 

    Still GA or nada though.
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
    Greenville 2016
    (Raleigh 2016)
    Columbia 2016
  • odiej34
    odiej34 Posts: 9
    Foo Fighters just two weeks later at the same venue is the same price after TM fees. Don't have a problem with either but i think the Pearl Jam tickets are a better value.
  • sunvalleylaw
    sunvalleylaw Posts: 110
    odiej34 said:
    Foo Fighters just two weeks later at the same venue is the same price after TM fees. Don't have a problem with either but i think the Pearl Jam tickets are a better value.
    Saw them in Idaho only weeks ago, with Bob Mould, for $55/ticket including fees.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    Young people should go see young people bands for the cheap concerts.  Old people with money see Pearl Jam.
  • Patrick_Sea3
    Patrick_Sea3 West Seattle Posts: 935
    You all know this is to raise 10 million dollars for homeless people in Seattle?

    $3 of each ticket ($10 for Seattle) is a charitable contribution to the Vitalogy Foundation, a United States-based public charity under I.R.C. section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1)
  • riley540
    riley540 Denver Colorado Posts: 1,132
    bootlegger10 said:
    Young people should go see young people bands for the cheap concerts.  Old people with money see Pearl Jam.
    22 here. Really not hard to scrape together $250. Haha! 
  • sunvalleylaw
    sunvalleylaw Posts: 110
    As I said, I don't have a problem with higher prices, especially to help support a good cause.  But both PJ tix, and apparently Foo tix, have gone up amazingly in a short amount of time.  Not sure the Foo Fighters are helping out the homeless, but I don't know.
  • riley540
    riley540 Denver Colorado Posts: 1,132
    sunvalleylaw said:
    As I said, I don't have a problem with higher prices, especially to help support a good cause.  But both PJ tix, and apparently Foo tix, have gone up amazingly in a short amount of time.  Not sure the Foo Fighters are helping out the homeless, but I don't know.
    Foo aren’t selling out their shows. There was lots of open seats up high in Spokane 
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