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Title5Take1
I'm a brat to say this, but if the tickets had been $50 I probably wouldn't have gotten mine that are so close to the stage (too much competition). Or I would have had to pay $800 to a scalper. (There is no way comparable seats as close as mine are among the unsold $600 tickets.) The ball bounced in such a way that I got fantastic seats. "The hand of fate" and all....
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gotdablouse
I still don't see how they're planning to fill the arena tomorrow night.
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I still don't see how they're planning to fill the arena tomorrow night.
They're bringing in bus loads of confused senior citizens who think they're going to a casino.
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Duane in Houston
The prices are,indeed,ludicrous. But the real problem is that most Rolling Stones fans are so @#$%& old they just don't give a shit about going to see them any more, or any other act for that matter. Plus they just don't have the energy it takes to go through all the bullshit. AND if they've already seen them several times you can multiply that factor by about a hundred.
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flacnvinyl
In complete honesty... not joking... AES needs to come out an apologize for the pricing. Just straightup say 'we got greedy' and then change the pricing model is a big meaningful way. Ultimately Jagger + Co are responsible for the prices as they signed off on them, BUT, they can save face by saying 'see, they fixed it'.
Tomorrow we will find out if the $85 are really 'throughout the arena' or just 'around the upper deck'. We will find out if they play an adventurous set or if its the same old stuff as the limited 2012 run. If there are big empty sections in the arena, it will be reported.
It stands to reason that the initial $85.00 tickets were a result of the Stones insisting on lower ticket prices during tour negotiations. The promoters probably had no intention of setting any ticket prices that low, but they compromised. So at least thank the Stones for that. The promoters blew it! It's their job to know the market. They smugly set the ticket prices with the 2012 shows in mind thinking it was a lock. They simply miscalculated. Of course we would all feel better if we were to get some kind of announcement that the inflated ticket prices were actually the result of an agreement between the Stones and the promoters to block the scalpers with the end result being additional low priced tickets going to the fans.
Really JumpinJackOLatern? The $85 ticket 'promo' was and is a fumbled PR stunt/bait and switch. The press has so far reported that press release almost verbatim 'Stones tickets are as high as $2,000, but look! you can go for only $85!' I'm certain that the negotiations with Dainty/Virgin collapsed when that promoter did their math and KNEW that the numbers wouldn't work in today's economy. MJ & Co. DO ask for a absolutly guaranteed sum, and that's it. Michael Cohl woo'ed them in '89 by doing so, and they've done it ever since. The only reason for the outrageous ticket prices this time is that MJ & Co. (and it is Mick, he still plays naive over what people have to pay to see them,) is the band have demanded an absolute of $XX millions for XX number of shows. They, not any promoter, have set the requirement for stepping on the stage. What DOES amaze me is that my beloved heroes knew what tickets would HAVE TO sell for to get this paycheck, and thought we could pay it! That said, I'm gonna be way up in section 216 here in LV on May 11, $250.00 +service charge and handling fees...
It's not a reach to envision the promoters offering the Stones the moon if they were confident they could still make a bundle. Which appears to be the case judging by the inflated ticket prices. It's hard for me to imagine the promoters putting that kind of pressure on themselves by offering the Stones so much that they would have to scramble to make a decent profit. Either they miscalculated or they (and the Stones) have something up their sleeves. For the Stones sake, I hope that turns out to be the case. The next 24 hours should be interesting.
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andrewt
Top dollar for the best seats isn't really the issue, it's top dollar for all 100 level and floor seats regardless of where they are, not to mention $400+ for the upper deck that's the joke.
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Aquamarine
It's kinda sad to keep seeing these promos, "Hi, I'm Mick Jagger/Keith Richards, and I'm delirious with excitement about playing your town" . . . with the subtext of "so please buy more damn tickets."
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mnewman505
It is now 7AM PT on showday. A quick glance of the official ticket sales site, popular broker sites such as ticketsnow, stubhub, etc shows thousands of seats unsold and available for purchase
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It is now 7AM PT on showday. A quick glance of the official ticket sales site, popular broker sites such as ticketsnow, stubhub, etc shows thousands of seats unsold and available for purchase
But remember, the secondary sites like ticketsnow and stubhub are reselling tickets that have ALREADY BEEN SOLD. That money is in the AEG bank...
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Munichhilton
Is AEG willing to consider ticker-taping the remaining tickets from a helicopter?
Say around downtown LA? They'd need to stay away from the fires to the North...
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mtaylor
A helicopter on top of LA throwing tickets for free with a free beer consumption ticket