Ticket prices. This is not for you (the fans).

a5pj

kaw753 said:

Jim Tressel said:

I wonder if one member (Jeff?) has a higher price than the rest to go on tour, The rest of the band have to agree or there won't be a tour at all. Then they still have to split the money equally, so the ticket prices go up exponentially. 

Time to "Richie Sambora" him from the band?

(This was a joke)

Doubt it's Jeff - He basically financed the 2 RNDM tours out of his pocket because he likes touring. 

lastexitlondon

I don't think Jeff likes touring Ive seen it in an interview but doubt he is a reason 

mace1229

lastexitlondon said:

I don't think Jeff likes touring Ive seen it in an interview but doubt he is a reason 

He said in an interview he gets physically sick the several days before a tour, just knowing he's going to be gone several weeks. 

Lerxst1992

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

Haijay

Lerxst1992 said:

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

😴😴😴

mpedone

Lerxst1992 said:

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

What are they listed for on StubHub now?

bootlegger10

Lerxst1992 said:

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

Some monopolies are okay apparently.  

bootlegger10

mace1229 said:

lastexitlondon said:

I don't think Jeff likes touring Ive seen it in an interview but doubt he is a reason 

He said in an interview he gets physically sick the several days before a tour, just knowing he's going to be gone several weeks. 

That's too bad.  Wonder if it is anxiety or just really enjoying your life at home.   

mcgruff10

pdalowsky said:

mace1229 said:

pdalowsky said:

jpgoegel said:

Tim Simmons said:

PJ is a bigger brand than SP or =w=. 

That being said, Green Day and SP are playing Wrigley and their tickets were $20 more than PJ (after fees)

Rancid is as well on that ticket i believe

I was so pissed that they are only on the USA leg. Rancid are absolute legends in my book

I saw Rancid about 15 years ago at KROQ weeniefest. Weezer was headlining, that's why I went. Rancid was pretty bad. At least the vocals, they were almost unbearable. I hope it was just an off night because it was pretty bad. 

I expect it was an off night, Ive seen them many times and they are incredible usually. Tim's voice is so unique. The recent album is an absolute stunner imo

First saw rancid back in early 96 at the stone pony in asbury park.  They were phenomenal live.  

danofun

Lerxst1992 said:

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

"sold"

pjl44

bootlegger10 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

Some monopolies are okay apparently.  

At this point I don't know how this would go any differently with an AXS or whomever. Technology has made it a complex game of whack-a-mole to get tickets in your fans' hands at a price that feels generous. If lots of people are willing to shell out big bucks for a ticket it's gonna get in their hand. At least this way it's going to people actually involved in putting on the show.

GlowGirl

danofun said:

Lerxst1992 said:

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

"sold"

Right. They could have pulled them to create more demand for later.

Get_Right

josevolution said:

Get_Right said:

josevolution said:

Chrrie said:

bicyclejoe said:

Tim Simmons said:

PJ is a bigger brand than SP or =w=. 

That being said, Green Day and SP are playing Wrigley and their tickets were $20 more than PJ (after fees)

 I wouldn’t pay these prices for Green Day or SP, either. 

U2 tickets at the Sphere cost me $140 each. They were excellent seats. And that concert experience is arguably the most extraordinary of any in history. It’s was amazing.  

And U2 is a much bigger band than PJ.

And U2 GA was $250, red zone was $600, P1 was $500, and $$$$ VIP packages etc. They subsidized the $140 400 section with the better seats whereas PJ just made everything essentially the same price. Not saying either way is better than the other but you can’t just compare a band’s nosebleed section with PJ’s because they’re entirely different pricing strategies. 

The thing is the Sphere is by far the best venue for a concert period! There’s not one arena that can come close to duplicating the experience of seeing a show in the Sphere it makes the high prices worth it!

The problem is that it is in Vegas. Armpit of America.

I’m giving the title to either Florida or Texas! It really doesn’t matter to me it was worth it 

Florida yes, but not Texas!!!

vedpunk

Get_Right said:

josevolution said:

Get_Right said:

josevolution said:

Chrrie said:

bicyclejoe said:

Tim Simmons said:

PJ is a bigger brand than SP or =w=. 

That being said, Green Day and SP are playing Wrigley and their tickets were $20 more than PJ (after fees)

 I wouldn’t pay these prices for Green Day or SP, either. 

U2 tickets at the Sphere cost me $140 each. They were excellent seats. And that concert experience is arguably the most extraordinary of any in history. It’s was amazing.  

And U2 is a much bigger band than PJ.

And U2 GA was $250, red zone was $600, P1 was $500, and $$$$ VIP packages etc. They subsidized the $140 400 section with the better seats whereas PJ just made everything essentially the same price. Not saying either way is better than the other but you can’t just compare a band’s nosebleed section with PJ’s because they’re entirely different pricing strategies. 

The thing is the Sphere is by far the best venue for a concert period! There’s not one arena that can come close to duplicating the experience of seeing a show in the Sphere it makes the high prices worth it!

The problem is that it is in Vegas. Armpit of America.

I’m giving the title to either Florida or Texas! It really doesn’t matter to me it was worth it 

Florida yes, but not Texas!!!

At least the band knows they can sell out arenas in Texas and Florida!  Can’t say the same for Europe or other locations.  

pjl44

GlowGirl said:

danofun said:

Lerxst1992 said:

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

"sold"

Right. They could have pulled them to create more demand for later.

Not sure if it still does but this used to happen for Red Sox games all the time a while ago. As it got closer to some games you would see big swings in inventory go from StubHub to the official Sox site or vice versa. I imagine it's more sophisticated now but it was crazy to watch.

PJ_Soul

Chrrie said:

bicyclejoe said:

Tim Simmons said:

PJ is a bigger brand than SP or =w=. 

That being said, Green Day and SP are playing Wrigley and their tickets were $20 more than PJ (after fees)

 I wouldn’t pay these prices for Green Day or SP, either. 

U2 tickets at the Sphere cost me $140 each. They were excellent seats. And that concert experience is arguably the most extraordinary of any in history. It’s was amazing.  

And U2 is a much bigger band than PJ.

And U2 GA was $250, red zone was $600, P1 was $500, and $$$$ VIP packages etc. They subsidized the $140 400 section with the better seats whereas PJ just made everything essentially the same price. Not saying either way is better than the other but you can’t just compare a band’s nosebleed section with PJ’s because they’re entirely different pricing strategies. 

I'll happily say which way is better. Tiered pricing is better. E.g. I think PJ GA could fairly be priced at $300/ticket and have the upper level priced under $100. That would be SO much better than the worst seat being the same price as the best seat. I can't see how anyone could argue against the theory of getting what you pay for.

mace1229

PJ_Soul said:

Chrrie said:

bicyclejoe said:

Tim Simmons said:

PJ is a bigger brand than SP or =w=. 

That being said, Green Day and SP are playing Wrigley and their tickets were $20 more than PJ (after fees)

 I wouldn’t pay these prices for Green Day or SP, either. 

U2 tickets at the Sphere cost me $140 each. They were excellent seats. And that concert experience is arguably the most extraordinary of any in history. It’s was amazing.  

And U2 is a much bigger band than PJ.

And U2 GA was $250, red zone was $600, P1 was $500, and $$$$ VIP packages etc. They subsidized the $140 400 section with the better seats whereas PJ just made everything essentially the same price. Not saying either way is better than the other but you can’t just compare a band’s nosebleed section with PJ’s because they’re entirely different pricing strategies. 

I'll happily say which way is better. Tiered pricing is better. E.g. I think PJ GA could fairly be priced at $300/ticket and have the upper level priced under $100. That would be SO much better than the worst seat being the same price as the best seat. I can't see how anyone could argue against the theory of getting what you pay for.

The only argument is would they lower the price of the bad seats, or just raise the prices of the good seats?
That would be my argument. If nothing is going to be any cheaper, then there is no benefit to the fans other than people just being bitter they didn't get good seats. And anywhere that sells out, I doubt they'd be lowering any prices, only raising them.
So for that reason, I'm happy with the one price system. 

Lerxst1992

pjl44 said:

GlowGirl said:

danofun said:

Lerxst1992 said:

All right fans great job! All of the $1012 MSG2 platinum tickets have been sold! Great job band getting 10% of your customers to pay for 50% of your revenue! 

"sold"

Right. They could have pulled them to create more demand for later.

Not sure if it still does but this used to happen for Red Sox games all the time a while ago. As it got closer to some games you would see big swings in inventory go from StubHub to the official Sox site or vice versa. I imagine it's more sophisticated now but it was crazy to watch.

But the fine folks of Philly are not doing this nor holding up their end to have 10% of the buyers fund half the gross revenue (well less in Phillys case, maybe platinum will only fund a third of the gate), because there’s been a single $459 sitting there almost two weeks. Cmon brotherly love, that’s a steal!

mpedone

mace1229 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Chrrie said:

bicyclejoe said:

Tim Simmons said:

PJ is a bigger brand than SP or =w=. 

That being said, Green Day and SP are playing Wrigley and their tickets were $20 more than PJ (after fees)

 I wouldn’t pay these prices for Green Day or SP, either. 

U2 tickets at the Sphere cost me $140 each. They were excellent seats. And that concert experience is arguably the most extraordinary of any in history. It’s was amazing.  

And U2 is a much bigger band than PJ.

And U2 GA was $250, red zone was $600, P1 was $500, and $$$$ VIP packages etc. They subsidized the $140 400 section with the better seats whereas PJ just made everything essentially the same price. Not saying either way is better than the other but you can’t just compare a band’s nosebleed section with PJ’s because they’re entirely different pricing strategies. 

I'll happily say which way is better. Tiered pricing is better. E.g. I think PJ GA could fairly be priced at $300/ticket and have the upper level priced under $100. That would be SO much better than the worst seat being the same price as the best seat. I can't see how anyone could argue against the theory of getting what you pay for.

The only argument is would they lower the price of the bad seats, or just raise the prices of the good seats?
That would be my argument. If nothing is going to be any cheaper, then there is no benefit to the fans other than people just being bitter they didn't get good seats. And anywhere that sells out, I doubt they'd be lowering any prices, only raising them.
So for that reason, I'm happy with the one price system. 

And this also can make it even more difficult to get tickets in the lottery. If GA/P1 is $300-400 a ticket, I'm probably putting in for the lower tiers. Essentially, the only people who are going to be able to pick any section are those able (or willing) to pay for the most expensive ticket.

So, yeah, it sucks that back row is the same cost as front row, but it's a way to allow people to select any available section and maximize their chances

RatherStarved

Vancouver 2 Premiums just had a price reduction.  Still too much in my opinion.