Ticket Prices. Are they too high?

First Page - Previous - Next - Last - Add Entry - Other Topics - Message Boards - Exit Page 10 of 14 Submitted by fan from USA Date: Sun Apr 29 18:50:04 2001 SEE it IS shaggy's fault. i say they drop him, and just keep Krystle Submitted by Kat from USA Date: Sun Apr 29 15:03:33 2001 I spent $515 on 2 front row tixs in Orlando, this summer- first date! The ticket prices are just a little bit too high- *with a hint of sarcasm.* But BSB's worth it! Shaggy should have accepted NSUCK's offer for their opening act. Oh well, BSB ROKS!!!!!!!! & KTBSPA!!!!!!! Submitted by Sarah from Missouri USA Date: Sun Apr 29 14:12:49 2001 Me and 3 other friends recently bought tickets to the st louis show. this will be my 5th concert. Our first concert was when the boys werent that popular yet...tickets were 20 bux a piece. last year for the second leg of the tour we were on the back row of the floor and paid 46 bux per ticket. this year we're 3 rows from the stage and paid 124.50 plus all that other stuff so about 130 bux....for 4 tickets, thats 520 bux. we asked the guy that sold them to us why it was so expensive. he said that bsb signed shaggy before he was very popular, now thats he's popular they had to raise ticket prices to give him the fair share of his money...its not bsb's fault. look on the bright side...the younger kids parents arent gonna want to buy them tickets so we all get closer seats...:) Submitted by Amy from Grand Rapids MI USA Date: Sun Apr 29 13:59:57 2001 Hey everyone. I'm devestated about these ticket prices. I have been a backstreet fan for almost 6 years and have never been so dissapointed at them in my life. As a BSB fan I have been to 4 really good concerts. I have only had to pay for one because, I had won all the rest of my tickets. I still remember the prices for the first bsb concert was 22.50-23.00! That was it. The other ones were in between 48-68, now the prices for the concert this summer is 124.50! That is insain! With most of the fans being in between the ages of 5 and 25 and most common age is around 15 and 16 that go to the concerts not many of them have that much money to spend on a ticket. Im 16 and Im not allowed to work during school so I normally pay my parents back in the summer or do work for my tickets. But this time even my parents thought it was crazy, and that there was no way they would ever let me pay that much for tickets! I said I would pay up to 200.00 dollars for bsb tickets. But that is also 200 dollars that I dont have and not many people do. If these prices keep going up I dont know how much longer they are going to be having sold out shows, cuz kids can't afford it, and parents dont want to pay it. Thankfully I won tickets agian this past week to the show in july so I get to go to my 5th one, but for the people who dont get it go I think it is a awful thing. I know when my parents told me I couldnt go I cryed for a day. So I think bsb really have to look over their fans, I think they were making enough money as it is on ticket prices to sold out show rather then having someone pay 124.50 which with the ticket master charge comes out to around 132 bucks! Pretty soon no one is going to be able to afford their concerts and people will just start losing intrest in going, this is the begging of the end, and someone has to stop the prices from getting any worse befor it ends. Submitted by Alana from Sydney NSW Australia Date: Sat Apr 28 23:46:55 2001 hey, i just like you love the BACKSTREET BOYS. i'll be a fan till the end. On the current B&B tour im waiting for the boys to hit Australia. from all your comment s the prices are high, and they will be even higher in oz as our dollar doesnt equal yours. I love BSB, but i dont know if i can afford it. I only dream about getting front row center, but i doubt that will happen. and can anyone tell me wat row (position etc.) that the center stage is in, i was wondering, when you buy tix can u ask for a specific seat (like the seats right in front the center stage) thankyou so much, i hope all you guys can get the seats you want. take care and keep the backstreet pride alive!!!! love always, a bsb fan. Submitted by keri from tn USA Date: Sat Apr 28 23:34:42 2001 I think BSB's ticket prices are outragous!!!! I paid $207.10 for 2 tickets in Orlando!!! Yes, they're on the floor center stage, but on the 11th role!!! Most of their fans are young and can't afford expensive tickets. Well, hopefully, the concert will make up for the crazy prices. Submitted by Katie from Athens Georgia USA Date: Sat Apr 28 21:18:19 2001 Personally, I think even if it is BSB, the ticket prices are too high. I couldn't get floor tickets to the BSB concert in Atlanta because they were $125 each and My friend and I, who are only 14, cannot afford that much. Many middle class families do not have the money to spend on tickets because they have bills to pay and so on. And, if you pay $4000+ for 3 floor tickets, you bought them from scalpers!!!!! Submitted by jen from homeworth ohio USA Date: Sat Apr 28 16:36:50 2001 i paid 4,547 dollars for 3 tickets for second row floor. my opinion it think that it is way to much for the boys i guess but if i had the chane for backstage i would everything and more Submitted by Alex from Ohio USA Date: Sat Apr 28 16:21:59 2001 hey i paid $70 a ticket for 2nd row balcony which are really good seats in the columbus arena. i mean, sure they're not floor...but the BSBFan club got those. *sigh* oh well. they ticket prices are really high though, but we're talking about BSB here. i'd do anything to see them...6/22/01!!!!!!!! yay i'm sooo happy! Submitted by Allie from Ohio USA Date: Sat Apr 28 16:17:27 2001 okey dokey. well i guess compared to all the other tours, this one does cost a lot. on the other hand, it's worth it to see bsb. the thing about this tour is that my parents won't pay for it. they think it's a waste of money, but they've agreed to let me go if i find and earn my own money. my friend KT's parents got the tickets for us and after 8 tickets for Columbus Ohio, and 4 for Pittsburgh pennsylvania, they spent almost $900. so the ticket prices are rather high...but i'll pay it because i've never seen them before! last time they came here, i didnt' get tickets. this is my one and only chance and i just HAVE to go. it means the world right now. Submitted by BsB Hunny Bunny from Atlanta Ga USA Date: Sat Apr 28 14:28:31 2001 I do think the ticket prices have gone up too much, but on the other hand this is BSB we are talking about! I have been a fan since 97 and have always dreamed of getting to just see them live! the first time i saw them was jan. 27 01! i paid only 202.00 for 3 awesome floor tix! now thats the price of two upper level seats! i am willing to say i spent 200.00 each for some 6th row seats! omg! i can't wait! i think it's worth it to see bsb! get a job and start saving up if ya want good tix! thats all i got to say!ktbspa! everyone have an awesome time at thier concert! i know i will! Submitted by Kaira from Baltimore Maryland USA Date: Sat Apr 28 14:07:32 2001 I went to my very first BSB concert on February 2, 2001 at the MCI Center in downtown Washinton, D.C. My girlfriend and I spent $100 a piece for tickets!! We had to scrabble around at the last minute because tickets sold out in about an hour!!! We had to finally get tickets from this lady because she had surgery on her foot and couldn't take her child. Tickets are crazy, and people in other countries, and even here are camping out like crazy for a month and stuff. I just think that a better ticket distribution is the answer. I don't know what an anwser would be. I've gone on Ebay, and tickets are selling for hundreds of dollars, and front row are like $600+. I think that tickets are ridiculously priced.The show was out of this world, but I wish they would do a general admission seating or something, because it's insanity trying to buy these tickets. Submitted by Jodie from Atlanta GA USA Date: Fri Apr 27 22:50:31 2001 I think that ticket prices are pretty reasonable, except for the floor seats. The floor seats are pretty outrageous and I dont think its fair to sale them for so much because its not fair for people that are not rich and that love the Backstreet Boys just as much (if not more)than some of the people that buy floor seats. I think the other tickets prices are ok because BSB puts on such an amazing performance! I just wish I had the money and opportunity to get a reasonable price for floor seats! Submitted by Julia from Brooklyn NY USA Date: Fri Apr 27 19:46:12 2001 Tickets are NOT high! I got 2 7th row tickets for $155! Only if you consider that high, I don't , for me that's cheap. Considering that they are famous, they are on TV like every day, and they are talented. Submitted by Joyce from Silver Spring Maryland USA Date: Fri Apr 27 17:23:44 2001 I don't think its Shaggy's fault that the tickets are so high. Ticket prices vary from the location the show is it. I went to their concert at the MCI Center and tickets were $70. I'm trying to go to their concert at the Nissan Pavillion, and tickets are over $140. It's not Shaggy's fault. Submitted by fan from USA Date: Thu Apr 26 21:46:44 2001 i say we blame SHAGGY not bsb. its all his fault tickets cost us so much. he SUUUUUUUUCKS, and is taking our money.!!!!!!1 Submitted by Sema from Boston MA USA Date: Thu Apr 26 20:07:23 2001 Hey. I am also a poor college student, and there are 5 shows at the Fleet Center and I am going to 3 of them. I think that the reason the BSB tickets are so high compared to the last leg is because of Shaggy. They Have to pay Shaggy, Rikrok (the It wasnt me singer) Rayvon, (The Angel Singer) and the back up singers Brian and Tony Gold. I paid about $124 each ticket for each show and im not going alone, so thats even more money charged to my card for the other tickets i bought. Yeah I have some money saved up but I only work a minimum wage job at Dunkin Donuts this summer so Ill be in debt all summer. But its all good, the Boys are so well worth it. ANd Shaggy too, I Love that man, hes partly the reason why I am seeing them 3 times! TO all you who are going to the concert you guys have fun! Submitted by Zenobia from USA Date: Thu Apr 26 18:09:00 2001 I paid 38 bucks for my tickets and i got 7th row section 223 at the palace of Arburn Hills. That was a nice price to pay considering that they are full view seat at the Palace. But if you wanted foll seat it was $150.00 I lkie BSB but not that much. If i ever pay that nuch to see a BSB concert They better follow me home running while they are singing and dancing doing back flips. Now that would be worth my $150. Submitted by Geri from Canada Date: Thu Apr 26 17:42:48 2001 I bought middle section tickets for $56 and it was still in the back row!!! The only difference was that they were "sideview". But I didn't expect to sit in the back section, with people who paid less money than me and got the same seats! Submitted by Jacinthe from Montreal QC Canada Date: Thu Apr 26 13:18:03 2001 I paid $157 CAN for (good) tix on the floor (5th row... i'm sooo happy!) But, just like everyone, I thihk it's very expensive. Why? I don't think BSB will lose their fans 'cause of the tix prices, but for sure some can't see the concert 'cause it's just too much money. But there's something people should know: it's not the Boys who are responsable for that. They have a whole crew who fix prices. It's them who should hear us. First Page - Previous - Next - Last - Add Entry - Other Topics - Message Boards - Exit Page 10 of 14