Ticket Prices. Are they too high?

First Page - Previous - Next - Last - Add Entry - Other Topics - Message Boards - Exit Page 9 of 14 Submitted by Melissa from West Virginia USA Date: Thu May 3 17:10:31 2001 Ok my opinion on ticket prices is that they are PATHETIC/RIDICULOUS!!!! Here I am A huge fan Of the Guys and HAVE NOT ONCE seen them in concert!!! For One Reason is b/c THEY HAVE NEVER COME TO MY FREAKIN STATE and for another is b/c the Dazam ticket prices have went up WAY TOOO HIGH!! I have wanted to see the BSB for a long time now.. and I am far from being rich and there is no way i would pay no 125 dollars for a ticket when your seat wont even be that good!! I have tried getting tickets my mom sat on the phone for over an hour with ticketmaster to NORTH CAROLINA long-distance only to be rejected!!! something needs to be done!! and FAST! If we could some how get to the management the FIRM or whatever and enough ppl complained about it then maybe something would be done! I know its not the guys fault! its the management and the Venues! But still its way outta control and it needs to be stopped!! I am 15 yrs old and I adore teh BSB and i havent been able to see them in concert and all you fans that are dedicated would know that if you werent able to see them you would sit and cry just like i did!!! if any one has ne way we can get a hold of ne one at all to get something done we need to do it!!!! PPL email me I am willing to do ne thing!! I am from a low income family and cant afford concert tickets at the price of 125 a peice im only 15 and wouldnt even be able to get to the concert so something really needs to be done! Maybe if just once if not many ppl showed up for a show then maybe they would realize that something is wrong and lower them... i wont pay 125 100 90 80 maybe 70 but nothing higher for suck ass seats! Its pathetic! and I know that when i do get to see them i dont wanna see lil dancers runin around on the stage i pay good money to see THEM not some dancers!! its so screwed up and needs to be put under control!!! maybe we can all get together and get soemthing resolved!!!! thank you!! Melissa Email me with anty suggestions or ne thing i love meeting BSB fans online Later!! Submitted by Melissa O. from Houston Texas USA Date: Thu May 3 16:35:24 2001 my first bsb concert was on dec. 03rd, 1999. my dad bought me front row tickets as a gift for my 16th b-day which was on the 2nd. the concert was in tampa and of course the tickets were all sold out. my dad paid $525 for each ticket. i wish he hadn't spent all of that money. the prices for tickets are way too high these days, especially for bsb concerts. i wish the prices would be lowered to a reasonable and affordable amount. i am very fortunate to have such an awesome dad or otherwise i would have not gone. Submitted by RonStalker from Seattle Washington STATE USA Date: Thu May 3 14:13:44 2001 I just had to comment on the senseless post by "The Weirdest Al," who will receive the honorable title of STUPIDEST PERSON ON THE INTERNET. Please do not tell me you REALLY think prices are high because of the new president! Get a grip! Gas prices were flying through the roof BEFORE Dubbya was elected...and are continuously growing up here thanks to DEMOCRATIC governor Gary Locke (ugh!). Clinton did not keep concert ticket prices low...he was too busy lying to his nation and committing adultery on his wife to be worrying about your entertainment. Ticket prices were just as much when Clinton was in office - you just didn't notice because you didn't attend any tours with expensive tickets. And you REALLY expect them to STOP using buses to save gas money? What the hell are they going to do? Climb in a Metro and cruise around the country? Uhuh....nice try! Hate to break it to ya, but ticket prices AREN'T increasing to cover their gas...they are going up because they are touring ultra-small venues. If you want lower ticket prices, the Boys would have to do a stadium tour. So blame it on the venues...NOT Dubbya...our brand new President who is doing a dang good job in office. About the apple juice, I'm not EVEN going to go there...that's just too pathetic to comment on. Submitted by Leigh from Pittsburgh PA. USA Date: Thu May 3 12:33:42 2001 I paid 80.00(fees included in that total)for a seat at an upcoming outdoor concert in Pittsburgh.My seat is in the "nosebleeds"and has no roof.If I was to buy tickets that were under the pavillion they were 125.00 and they were still in the nosebleeds.So I am taking a raincoat and binoculars.I am just amazed at the prices of the tickets for crappy seats,but I am sure I will still love the show and be jealous of those who are so close to the action. Submitted by The Weirdest Al from USA Date: Wed May 2 21:44:10 2001 I think the main thing on why ticket prices sky rocketed, was that Dubbya is in office. For one thing, when Clinton was in office, our ticket prices were reasonable! Now, gas prices are up (They shouldn't use busses anymore, they only make us pay more $$$$$$$$$) and they are touring....busses....trucks....equiptment shipping....this is stupid! All because of Dubbya and his apple juice!! Submitted by Amanda from Louisville KY USA Date: Wed May 2 21:37:04 2001 I absolutely hate these high ticket prices!! In January I went all the way to Georgia to see them and our tickets were 58.50 each. Now, not even 6 months later, we paid 70.00 for 2nd best seats? No...this is totally wrong! In 1998, you could buy 3 tickets for the price of one!! 25.00 each, and now up into 100's...that is crazy. We all need to send a petition out to stop this torture. My family are fairly middle-class, and if they get any higher, I will be lucky to see them once a year! The Boys need to get rid of the dancers, and tone down the Pyro...that way they will be at least a little cheaper. Into The Millennium was better too, because everyone could see fairly well. Now it's not that great....Sorry guys, but this sucks! Submitted by Tanisha from Rialto CA USA Date: Tue May 1 21:38:10 2001 I believe that the prices are high, but I would do anything to see them because they put on the best show! I remember for the ITM tour the tickets were $35-50, for this tour there like $60-120 per ticket. The only way we could go this time was to get the bad seats, but as long as I see them it's okay. Remember BSB are not in charge of the ticket prices so don't blame them, it just depends on the venue because some venues are more expensive than others!!!! Submitted by Molly from DuBois PA USA Date: Tue May 1 20:14:33 2001 I totally agree that they should get rid of some of the pryos and dancers(no offense to them) to make things cheaper. I remember with the Into the Millenium tour, prices were reasonable, and everything sold out. Now, with this tour, there are tons of places that aren't sold out, and chances are, it's because of the ticket prices. Submitted by Leslie Forbes from Dallas Texas USA Date: Tue May 1 19:36:18 2001 I am a devoted Backstreet Boys fan. I would do anything for them, no matter what the cost. That is why I parted with over $100 in order to get good seats to this year's Dallas concert. Now I really would pay any price to see them. I've been to every concert they've done in Dallas, but I do believe that this is rediculous. I know that the boys have to be paid $1,000,000 per show, and that the venue has to make some profit too, but where do we draw the line? There's a thin line between being a devoted fan and attending a concert and looking like an idiot for paying so much money for a circa 3 hour show. But here's the thing. The concert in Dallas sold out in a flash. I know it happened everywhere else, too. That is just showing Ticketmaster and everyone else that there ARE that many people willing to shell out that much for tickets! I'm almost sad to say I'm one of them. If you look at it economically, it's all a matter of supply and demand. The ticket sellers see the demand for the Backstreet Boys, and know they could make a fortune. There are tons of people out there who pay out thier butts to fly to 5 or 6 concerts---what difference does it make to them if they pay $75 or $100 for a concert?! I know I'm just going on and on about this. I just like to look back on my first Backstreet concert where I paid $25 for front row seats, and there was no line at Ticketmaster when I went to get the tickets. Those were the good 'ol days...... Submitted by Dorothy from Mebane North Carolina USA Date: Tue May 1 19:12:57 2001 I just want to say I love the Backstreet Boys. Every time I go to see them I bring my daughter and at least two of her friends with us. One of her friends cannot afford the ticket and since she is like a daughter to me I buy her a ticket also. But like every one else I can't afford the tickets. I am a single parent with bills and we saw them earlier in their tour and it was only $65 now they are $85. They are coming here to North Carolina twice on this part of the tour and they were in Charlotte in the beginning of their tour (that cost $65) and I would love to be able to see them both times in this part of the tour but I just can't afford it. I have seen them every time that they have come to North Carolina and I have watched the ticket prices go from $25 to $50 to $65 and now to $85 for their shows. I am with alot of people that they should cut some of the pyros and dancers out. I saw them in 98 (and that was only $25) and there were no dancers or pyro and that was the best concert. I would pay the $85 if it was just them and not all the dancers and pyros. I feel like I am not getting my money's worth watching the dancers and pyros. I am there to see them not all the extra stuff. Submitted by Kimberly from Leonardtown Maryland USA Date: Tue May 1 17:52:25 2001 Ok I believe ticket prices are starting to become bogus. I myself being 17 cannot afford 80$ each time to see the guys. I loove them with all my heart and would pay $600 in advance order if It promised me a good floor seat but I don't have that kind of cash. A friend of mine payed that 600 in advance orders and got 15th row. Tha face price written on the ticket was less than 70. Now what are the chances you pay the actual amount for a good seat?? slim to none. With taxes, shipping and brokers prices go up. The last time I saw these guys was Sept. of 98 at merriwether Post. I had pavillion seats about halfway down and payed 25 bucks. That was good. I haven't been able to see them since because of prices. I was however able to get tickets for Nissan pavilion this year. I payed $80 a ticket. I am in the last section right before the lawn seats. Now part of the expensiveness(word??) of this ticket is due to the fact it is at nissan pavilion. A small arena compared to the usual MCI center or RFK stadium. But still already $80 is over what the face price of this ticket (69.95) and the face price of my friends floor seat from MCI earlier this year. To get to the fans, THE REAL FANS, you gotta get the prices on their level. Thats not saying lower them drastically but price them accordingly and make sure the highest price can still be afforded by your average teen or in some cases adults. If dropping the price meant getting rid of some of the dancers and pyros so be it, thats my opinion. I want to see the guys, not some smoke machine in the way or a whole parade of dancers confusing the ppl far away of who is who. Just for my babbling when the radio announced they were coming back I was excited but when they said nissan I wondered why they would go to such a small place. It just made ticket prices higher and the amount of fans that can get in smaller. It also gets rid of half the stage show. I dunno how they expect to give us the same set up when we are in a up hill arena, but yet we still pay the same high prices for the huge all out stage show for other arenas. Well enoung of my talking, feel free to email me. If you are going to the Nissan show email me and we can chat and maybe meet up!!or if you know how the stage and everything will be set up let me know, anyone please!! Hope to see you there and I can't wait..44 more days and I can see my guys after almost 3 yrs of waiting!! Submitted by mandy from Montreal quebec Canada Date: Tue May 1 15:00:49 2001 I love BSB with all of my heart! and i would do anything for them! i have been to 3 bsb concerts and i'm going to the b&b concert on july 26th, BUT everytime they come to Montreal the ticket prices keep getting higher and higher! for the black and blue concert coming up i paid 150$ a ticket!!!! i mean come on...that is pretty bad! on top of that my seats aren't even that good! =( whats gonna happen if they go on another tour..its gonna be like 200$ a ticket..!?!?! i just cannot believe how much thhose tix were!! Backstreet always ALWAYS puts on an awsome show and I know that it is worth it to pay that much but what about the ppl who really really can't get that kind of money..? anyway i can go on and on about this so i'll just shut up now...hehehe I LUV BACKSTREET WITH ALL MY HEART BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TICKET PRICES..IT IS PATHETIC! later! luv always...*mandy* K~T~B~S~P~A~! Submitted by Bria from MT USA Date: Mon Apr 30 23:04:47 2001 I had no idea that this time around BSB were charging $150 just for one seat! I went to the Tacoma Concert on the 25th of February and i spent $66.25 for seats that were so close to the top you could have jogged up and down 1-2 times in the time it takes them to sing the chorus for NOT FOR ME. Yah i enjoyed it and screamed my head of at the concert but this is pathetic. You know they are already Millionairs and yah they have to jack up prices because pyro and stuff but they have enough money as it is and the show doesn't make the singing they do. they put on a fabo show but if the spent the whole time singing and doing a little dancing and paying attention to the WHOLE crowd a lot more they would have a great show for less. About 3 years ago I had 11 rows from the stage seats at a Garth Brooks concert. His tickets were less than $20 and he put on a show that lasted for almost 3 hours and when we left you felt as if you knew him and you had so much fun laughing at his jokes and singing all of his favorite songs.(the merchandice was a TON cheeper that the prices that you see and BSB concerts too!) I'm really dissapointed in how the boys only had there attention on the front row instead of the whole crowd. There really is no excuse for having the jack up prices because they need Pyro. They would have a better and more connected time with all the fans if they payed attention to us and let us sing to them once an awhile except for singing only Brians part in IWITW. If you agree, email and I would love to talk with you to some how get this to the boys attention before they jack up prices more. Thanks for listening to my opinion. GOD BLESS Bria Submitted by Holly from Gaithersburg Maryland USA Date: Mon Apr 30 18:34:55 2001 OK heres what I have to say about ticket prices. THEY ARE CRAZY!!! Ok, I'd rather spend that money on tix to see bsb than anything else, but I'm not rich. I can't afford to keep paying hundreds of dollars to see them, but I can't just not go. Its not fair to the people that bsb means so much too, but they don't have that kinda money to spare. Then some spoiled brat who doesn't even want to go that much gets a $1,000 dollar front row seat. How is that fair? I know a lot of life isn't fair, but I wish someone could do something to make prices more reasonable for everyone to go. I mean, I have to pay for college and a car and i feel guilty paying even 80 bucks a piece to see them at Nissan Pavillion, for crappy seats might I add. It's not right and something needs to be done. Another reason the prices are higher too, I think is that brokers snatch all the tix so ticketmaster doesn't have much else to sell, so the prices have to be higher I'm sure to make more money. Then the brokers sell tickets for about $1000, if you want a good seat. It's so irritating! Something must be done, somehow. But I know the fans can all help out. make sure if you have extra tix, don't try to make a profit selling them. Thats just selfish. And don't buy as much from brokers! If you all keep buying, they keep selling for tons of money!! They do it because they know people will pay! It's not supposed to be about money, but the music and bsb!! ~Holly Submitted by Twisted Ana from Toronto Ontario Canada Date: Mon Apr 30 16:24:11 2001 Ok, I think the prices are waaaaaay too high, but at the same time, I understand why. I understand that pyros are expensive, and the special screens/footage, and trucks, people, and all that other stuff, but I think that $150 is still too much. When BSB didn't have pyros and all that other stuff, they still sold out stadiums so I don't understand why they have to have them now and charge so much more money! I went to a concert 4 years ago and my ticket cost $28!! Now, I'm paying $150 a ticket! That's crazy! I say leave the gigantic show and just make it good and simple! More people will be able to enjoy it because eveyone will be able to afford the tickets. Submitted by Lisa from NJ USA Date: Mon Apr 30 15:25:05 2001 I took my six year old daughter in February to see them and thought the prices were too high, but I went ahead and got her tickets to see them again in July, for even more money. But to add some perspective(?) to this...I found an old ticket stub from a sold out 1985 concert I went to(I'm 33). The tickets were for third row center seats for Motley Crue, which was a big name in 1985...the price on the ticket was $12.50! That is about an 800% markup in 16 years, that I believe is unbelievable!! I can't imagine how much tickets will be in another five years. I don't have a problem spending the money to see BSB, I think they are great, honestly I might pay more, but I think they need to cap prices and put a stop to the high prices. It is getting out of hand. Submitted by Holz from Calgary AB Canada Date: Mon Apr 30 03:27:33 2001 The ticket prices are beyond crazy. Last time I saw BSB (98 tour) here, tix were 45$ on the floor. I have crappy seats and I paid like 120$ a piece at Ticketmaster. Ouch. But you'll never hear me whining that it's not worth it. Hell no. I haven't seen these boys in concert for almost three years. I'd sell my toes if I had to. Submitted by elaine from cupertino CA USA Date: Mon Apr 30 03:26:31 2001 well someone sed they had to raise ticket prices so that shaggy would get a fair share since he became popular...but i don't think shaggy really deserves it...no offense because i kno it's not his fault. but most ppl aren't going to pay 125 dollahs to see shaggy! most people that are going to the bsb concertz r going to see bsb!! if shaggy went on tour by himself i don't think that he could sell out places for even 70 bux a ticket. well that's just my opinion...cuz shaggy's kool, but not someone i want to spend money on concert tickets for! cuz i bet if people had to fill out a survey when they bought tickets on who they were buying the tickets to go see, not many people would say shaggy! meaning it's not realli fair. cuz opening acts are supposed to help sell out more tickets, but shaggy isn't really helping. there are enough people trying to get bsb tix as it is! Submitted by Molly from DuBois PA USA Date: Sun Apr 29 21:16:20 2001 OK, we can stop blaming Shaggy ANYTIME now. It isn't his fault that the ticket prices are high, and the very thought is utterly ridiculus. The tickets are high because a)they are playing smaller venues in some places b)they have all the pyro stuff c)people are willing to pay it Come on people, let's use common sense. The money for all the fireworks has to come from somewhere. Also, keep in mind that some of the proceeds from the tickets are going to charity. So, by no means is this Shaggy's fault. And comments about kicking him off the tour are not appreciated, especially since the BSB were his opening act in Europe awhile back. Submitted by Anne C from Ontario Canada Date: Sun Apr 29 19:26:32 2001 I have been a fan for like 6 years now, I have seen the Boys twice. I would have LOVED to see them again, but I'm in college now and have other things I have to spend my money on. These ticket prices are INSANE!!! One of my friends got a ticket and she's going by herself because the rest of us couldn't afford tickets. I'm dying to see the Boys in concert again and so are a lot of other fans, unfortunately with these prices they are letting a lot of fans down. First Page - Previous - Next - Last - Add Entry - Other Topics - Message Boards - Exit Page 9 of 14