Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
I'm a seat snob, but it's just getting way too expensive for bigger shows. I just can't justify the $200+ price. I'll probably eat my words eventually, but I can't imagine paying that much for any one band, unless it's in a club or somewhere tiny.
I usually end up going straight for the 2nd price level seats. They're usually not bad and they're about $100 cheaper than the 1st price level. That'll usually put you on the back of the floor or close on the sides.
That's what I did for The Who. I ended up in 111. That was fine by me.
I can't knock you for that. Concerts are getting kinda crazy price wise. But I look at it this way, that $205 was spent for a PRICELESS experience. It's not like I'm ballin' like that, cause I'm not. But I do work hard so I can afford to nice shit like this. I'm young, single, plus have no kids and I haven't hit 30 yet. These are the best years of my life, & it'll be kinda cool to prop up Director Jr. on my knee one day & be like "Daddy was cool once upon a time." LOL. My scale pretty much applies to a $450 cap for KILLER seats. That's what I paid to see the Stones, so that's my scale for TOO expensive. Only a SELECT few groups are worth that to me. Much as I love the Who, I wouldn't have paid $450 to see them. But by today's standards $205 for 15th row seats seems fair to me. As far as my $450 cap limit, only the Stones, U2 (fortunately U2's floor seats are GA and FAR cheaper @ $60), Michael Jackson, & Pink Floyd (never gonna happen) are worth that to me. The Police are worth that (TO ME) as well, but luckily I scored 8th row Center stage in Hershey Park for $260. I'm AMPED for that, fam.
It's worth it, cause I feel the energy on the floor in that area is WAY different. The energy on the floor is indescribable. There's something cool about being able to look right up & see your favorite group/rock/hip-hop gods standing right over you pumping out classics in your ear. It's a beautiful thing. You can't put a price tag on utopia, and that's what concerts are to me. There's something special about 20,000 black, white, Spanish, Asian, etc. people becoming colorless & just stopping time for 2 hours (2 and a half with encores
). I'm not an emotional person by any stretch of the imagination, but concerts touch my heart like no female on the planet aside of my mother & like 1.5 ex-girlfriends never could. Different strokes for different folks, I guess . . . . So in a nutshell, that's why I don't mind the price tags. But the escalating prices are starting to blow me . . .
