Ticket Prices. Are they too high?
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Submitted by Lisa from Cambridge Ontario Canada
I think that the prices are crazy. i only spent $99 on mine, that it still a lot but they went all the way up to $150...now that is too crazy. this concert isn't worth spending $150 on...sorry. i bought nsync concert tickets which are really close to the stage and they were only $79 and they put on a way better show than bsb (sorry again but it's the truth).
Submitted by Michelle from St. Louis MO USA
Yes, I admit that ticket prices were very high this year but they didn't stop me. I have no limits when it comes to BSB. My best friend and I didn't know the best tickets, which we wanted, were $125 until the day before we had to go buy them. So were were rolling coins and borrowing money to get them, and we ended up being the first ones in line and we got row N. We are so excited because we have never been this close before. I think it was well worth everything. And I would pay any price to see these boys. But please don't blame the Boys because its no their fault the prices are high. Their tour just cost so much to produce that SFX had to charge a lot of $ to cover it. And they are only making it so elaborate to put on a great show for us fans. So just put it all behind you. You all got the tickets, now just look forward to seeing a great, amazing show from our Boys. Thanks so much.
Submitted by Michelle from Massachusetts USA
Hi I think that the tickets to this concert are way yto high. Imean in 1998 I went to a BSB concert with good seats foronly $25. The next year i went for $38. Both of these prices semm pretty fair except when I had to buy tickets this year they were $70. I don't see why they have to charge so much, they are rich anyway. DOn't they jsut want their fans to come support them without goign broke jsut to watch them play for a couple of hours. ODn't get me wrong, I bought tickests, but I think they should be a little buit cheaper
Submitted by Nina Zimmerman from Bozeman Montana USA
Hi BSB fans
Submitted by Kristin from Kansas City USA
I think they were REALLY freaking expensive, but my family was willing to pay for it. I got 7th row and it is well worth the $400 we spent on tickets (only 3 tickets!)
Submitted by bsb hunny bunny from atlanta GA USA
ok to "the weirdest al"...... how could u say the ticket prices have to do with the new president!?!? that is so untrue! the ticket prices were made by sfx! i paid 200 a ticket for 6th row, and i think it's worth it to be so close to them! i get the picture that alot of ya'll are democrat..... but this is a backstreet boys site! not a political one! get a life! and to everyone who's going to a b&b concert... have a blast! i've already been to the one in atlanta in jan! and im going to the one in greensboro,nc this summer! KTBSPA!
Submitted by Kayla Carter from Lake Helen Florida USA
I agree with evryone else here...the ticket prices were too high.I paid $100 for one (floor) seat.The money that i had to use was money that i had been saving for my car but since i TOTALLY LOVE the Backstreet Boys of course it was ok.It kinda makes me mad cuz this morning I bought Aaron Carter tickets that are in the same section as my bsb tix but are 10 rows closer and they were only $27.50.Matter of fact all the tickets for his shows are on price!!
Submitted by Cassy from MI USA
i agree with pretty much everyone here. when my parents found out how much the tickets were, they complained a little, but they let me go because they know im a die hard fan. i got 2 tickets to the detroit show. a ticket in the lower level on the side of the stage was $125+tax, and i got another one on the floor in section F for $80.30 including tax. its like near the round stage. i really dont know whats up with these people, but if the prices go even higher, i dont think my parents will let me go. i have friends whose parents thought $66 was much, and in no way are they letting them go again. if no 1 can afford tickets, sfx wont make money anymore. if tix are cheaper, more people come! so i think it would be to the advantage of sfx to lower ticket prices. ticketmaster prices are ridiculous too.
Submitted by Cindy from New York NY USA
To SFX:
Submitted by Jane from San Diego CA USA
please lower the ticket prices, they are way too expensive.
Submitted by Rachel from San Antonio TX USA
Yes, I love the boys, but the prices are a little too expensive. I was expecting them to be 50 bucks, not 100 and something a piece. I had to pay like $250 for just two tickets. That is outrageous. Also, there are many people who can not afford the tickets. If the prices keep getting higher, only the rich will be able to go.
Submitted by Maria from Gainesville Georgia USA
Okay I come from a middle class family with three children ubder the age of 18 and my parents cannot afford to take me to this summer's show in Atlanta. Tickets costing $48 to $125 is stupid. Many of their fans are under the age of 18 and cannot afford to go to the concerts. My recent study of the ticket availability of any show on the summer portion of the tour revealed that out of the twenty some shows only three were sold out, thereby proving my theory that due to the extremely high prices die hard fans with the extra cash to spend will be at those shows. Thanks alot, I know now that money truely makes the world go round.
Submitted by Marie-Ève Bilodeau from Beauport Québec Canada
Well well well! What I think about the price of the tickets?!? I cost me 107$ (canadian $) for one ticket and there were tickets for 157 $!!! But it will cost me more to see them because they don't come in my city, they come in a city who is 2 hours from my city, so it will cost me some dollars to go there. It will be the 8th time that I will see them and the first time, the ticket cost 30 $! I know that the BSB are more popular now but they have to think that they have fans who are quite young. Do you think that they will pay 107$ ??? I don't think so. I know that they do a really good show but I think that the tickets are too expensive. But I wanted to see them so bad and I was so happy when I knew that they will come in Montréal that I paid the price. At the begining of the Black and Blue tour, they only went in 2 cities in Canada so... I didn't have the choice to pay 107 $ for seeing them when I learned that they will come in more than 2 cities in Canada. I'm a really big fan, and I'm a fan since the begining (5 years ago) but I REALLY hope that the tickets' price will be a little bit more expensive next time!!! If not, I think that they will lose some fans! I think that we pay enough for the cd's, the posters, the video, etc... I've surely spend more than 5000$ for all of these things since the begining, and I'm not rich like the BSB are!!! Come on guys, be a little bit realist and make those price go down!!!
Submitted by Amanda from USA
BITCH. BITCH. BITCH
Submitted by Allison from Ohio USA
i think i'm along the same boat as everyone else here is. what's up w/the prices? geez. okay i admit i paid $840 for 8 tickets to the columbus ohio show(june 22nd YES)...but that's crazy! okay i'm not the richest person in the world. i come from a pretty well off family but we're not exactly millionaires. how do people think i, a 14 year old freshman in high school, can pay for this kinda stuff? i mean i think i'd like it better if they cut the pyro, cut the dancers, and just sang. no need for the technical stuff. i want to see THEM, not fireworks blowing up in the ceiling and stupid junk like that. and no dancers either. i don't know what i'd do if the ticket prices are jacked up even higher. my parents are still complaining about the ticket prices. the sad part is the fact that my seats aren't that great. 2nd row balcony. this is just ridiculous...
Submitted by Kaylee McLean from Aston Pennsylvania USA
if youre a true fan the ticket prices probably wont matter to you, but if you just want to go to a concert its an arm and a leg to pay. I went to 5 concerts and all together the tickets were more than $1,200. Believe it or not it was only my best friend and I going to all of them. $1,200? Thats a lot of money for two people and 5 concerts. I am a huge fan of the Backstreet Boys and the price doesn't really matter to me. The seats we had at all of the concerts were the very last row to about 9 rows down from there. I know what youre probably thinking... "those seats stink!" but little do you know we saw the entire concert and didnt worry about anyone telling us to sit down, be quiet, or struggling to see over someone's big head! If you've ever had seats like that, you know what I mean. Maybe the tickets prices are a little too high. I think they need to sell tickets the old fashioned way. You go to the ticket booth and ask for your tickets. Now-a-days you have to take a raffle ticket and wait for your number to be called. You could be sitting there for two days and not get tickets. It's rediculous! Last year, on the Millennium tour, I went to a nearby ticket master to get my tickets. I stood there for 2 days and as soon as the first number was called the machine broke. I went on the net for another day and a half to all these ticket websites and finally got two tickets. It just goes to show how much fans will try for they're favorite band.
Submitted by Nick's Shining Star from Portland OR USA
I agree that the new President has NOTHING to do with ticket prices! I don't like George Bush, not at all, but gimme a break the ticket prices have to do with what SFX wants to charge! The Boys really don't have that much say in the prices, but I believe they wouldn't charge that much for tickets. I am glad to be old enough to have a job, to pay for my own. Someone mentioned Aerosmith and Journey having lower prices, I checked out Janet Jackson and her seats are at the most $80!!! It's outrageous, and sadly I am willing to pay $110 for pretty good seats. I just hope that the prices get lowered. It is out of control!
Submitted by ~nAi from Oakland Cali. USA
The ticket prices are TOO high, that it is beyond ridiculous. This time, I have to go by myself, because all my friends can't really afford it..i only could afford the $68 one. This is even more expensive than the first B&B concert..???!!!! When i first saw the prices, i was like WTFreak??? I thought it was a typo or sumthin.
Submitted by Brittany Mclean from Denver CO USA
Okay, I really love the BSB and I am not trying to diss 'em or anything, but yes, the ticket prices are WAY 2 HIGH!!My mom spent almost $500 dollars on seats that are not very good. What is sad bout all this is that BSB chooses their prices for their tickets. They should know that every show will be sold out in 10 min, and have millions of fans and make millions of dollars. Now they put on a really good show, but still. I really think the BSB should consider lowering the ticket prices.
Submitted by Mackie from Indiana USA
one word- RIDICULOUS! me and my two best friends, being the biggest BSB fans there are, spent about $500 on tickets that are in the 13th row. but the part that i am so disgusted with is that i just went on ticketmaster to check out what other concerts are coming here this summer, and this is what i found out- aerosmith is coming here, and ticket prices range from $30-$75. journey is coming here and tickets range from like $25-$70. these are two groups who got music to where it is today and are basically rock gods. so if they can give a show with tickets at normal prices, why can't BSB?!?! i know jive has something stuck up their ass, but i mean come on! we're teenage girls, not multi-millionaires! i just think its ridiculous!
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