Ticket Prices
Everyone will jump on me b/c your all psychos. No one can objectively criticize the "boys", even if you are a huge fan like myself. Bear with me though as we go back in history:
2000 tour: $26.00
2003 tour: $36.00
2005 tour: $52.00
2008 tour: $74.00
Almost 300% mark-up in 8 years. Quite the inflation with ticket prices don't you think. See you in Hartford bitches!
2000 tour: $26.00
2003 tour: $36.00
2005 tour: $52.00
2008 tour: $74.00
Almost 300% mark-up in 8 years. Quite the inflation with ticket prices don't you think. See you in Hartford bitches!
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We've done this thread already.
First, welcome to 2008.
Inflation, economy sucks right now, gas prices, touring expenses, etc..
Smaller tour = more money to put on.
All that stuff, enjoy the show.
Also, Ed doesn't need our money to take his family to Hawaii, that's just being ignorant to say that.
and... Rolling Stones cost much, much more than Pearl Jam.
I just looked for tickets to Rush at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA; 110.00, 15.75 "convenience charge", and a 7.00 facility fee.
148.00 for Pearl Jam or 265.50 for Rush. Hope it makes you feel better. If you don't like Rush, sorry I tried :-)
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Okay, I'll bite on one of these threads one more time...
You're right. It's not just inflation. Or the price of gas. Or the guys simply wanting more money. Or the touring crew wanting raises. Or ticketmaster wanting more money. Or the venue wanting more money. Or simple supply and demand. It's all of those things together, and it means higher prices for us that far out-pace any of those factors taken individually.
Since you have tickets I take it you, like many others (myself included), are willing to point out the increase, but not willing to go without tickets because the price is too high. Thus, they will continue to charge at least that much in the future. Prices will only go down when the tickets stop selling.
Oh wait, this message board already has a search function?
Well, then use it.
for the least they could possibly do
$225-125 Police (mansfield)
$200-125 Kiss Concert(mansfield)
$150 Marroon Five/Counting crows (hartford)
$136 Jimmy Buffet (mansfield)
$125 Eric Clapton (mansfield)
$125 Rod Stewart(mansfield)
$110 Rush (mansfield)
$105- tom petty
$104.50 Kenny Chesney (foxboro)
$97.50 Bruce Springsteen (foxboro) then add 40-60 bucks to park
$95.50 - Kanye West
$94.50 Summer Jam (mansfield)
$85.50 Avril Lavigne
$75 dave matthews
$75 REM (mansfield)
$68 pearl jam ($60 before fees in mansfield)
$64.25 Tim McCraw
$49.50 Iron Maiden (mansfield)
Pearl Jam looks pretty cheap to me. Deal of the summer is June 1st in mansfield. Stone Temple Pilots=$45
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People are paying $150 to see Maroon 5 and Counting Crows? WTF???? :eek:
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When you want more than you have you think you need ...
No, seriously, to sustain the type of lifestyle they've been accustomed to, and to continue to support the charities they are all into, they probably do "need" the money.
Jeff has practically said so. (paraphrasing) "We left a lot of money on the table back in the today. Now, it's time to get ours."
for the least they could possibly do
STP is playing Camden also for $49 WMMR BBQ, but they wont tell you who the rest of the bands are, and your taking your chances of Scott being in re hab
Thanks for posting that. Sometimes it takes seeing it layed out plain as day for people to see that PJ isn't really that expensive.
It is what it is. If it's too much, don't go. I already know that, at some point, it's going to be too much for me to feasibly attend. I can afford a hundred dollar ticket, but I'm not sure I'll want to pay a hundred + dollars for a ticket to a concert. As amazing as the experience is for me to see PJ, I'll be drawing the line at some point. But.....I'm not going to hold it against them. All I care is that they make it feasible. And they do. They could be charging staggered seating prices like U2, and they don't. So I appreciate that fact. When the day comes that they are at the top of the list we saw above, then maybe some belly aching is warranted. But as of right now, it isn't the case, as outlined in the prices quoted.
2006 australian tour $115 aud, at the time about $100 US
Wembley 2007 - 45 pounds - $90+ US
$74 is cheap compared to the rest of the world!
I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
2006: Hartford, Boston I, Boston II
2008: Hartford, Mansfield I, Mansfield II
And good for them for doing so!!
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My friend was going to see Eddie last night. Since he was in Vegas, I gave him 5 Grand to gamble with. I told him I wanted it all to go on Black. Bastard! PhillyCrownOfThorns-11-2-12
Doesn't sound like your issue is with the prices. Sounds like you just want to "stir it up" a little. That's fine. It's pretty simple though. If you think the prices are too high, don't buy them. Never understood these posts. Compared to other concert tickets, PJ is always at the low end.
Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16 Fenway 1 18 Fenway II 18
E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
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I see I'm not the only one that was thinking that!!!
True, the day after you would say 'Fuck, why didn't I go. Who cares about the $70.' I would I'm sure.
I bought Columbia and MSG 1 but opted not to try for MSG 2 due to the amount already spent, another 168 for tix, another night of hotel, another full day of taxi's, meals, etc., but now the thoughts are creeping in about how I will be heading to the airport while folks are getting psyched up for the 2nd night.
Atlanta 4-3-94,Charleston 10-5-96
Atlanta 8-7-00,Atlanta 4-19-03
Vegas 6-6-03,Vegas 7-6-06
Chicago Vic 8-2-07,Columbia 6-16-08
MSG I 6-24-08, Philadelphia 10-31-09
I hit a show about once a month but always at a small venue and with bands that are pretty unknown. I can go see 3 Cross Canadian Ragweed, Shooter Jennings or Reckless Kelly shows for what I would pay for one PJ ticket.
Again wish I could go.
Shoot, I got no problem with it.
for the least they could possibly do
Wow. I actually like all of those bands.
But I like Pearl Jam at least three times more ... so the economics make sense.
for the least they could possibly do