wangus12 said:

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I keep thinking one of these days the entertainment industry is gonna hit a wall, but it hasn't happened yet.

Concert tickets for bands like Turnpike used to run you like $30-40 tops on an expensive night. Hell I don't think I paid more than $20 for a concert. And oddly enough I think its kinda killing off smaller acts.

We went and saw the Casey Donahew Band over the weekend for $30 at Toyota Music Pavilion in DFW and they had to shrink the seating area and upgrade everyone to either pit or fron section seats because none of those sections sold (because they were priced at $80-100).

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It's def. not everyone.

The best way I can describe it is it's the 'trendy' acts that are blowing up in price. Or in this case, a trendy venue. Red rocks is always pricey.

I saw it first hand. 2 consecutive years, incubus came to town doing an album play through of morning view. Once at ball arena, where I got in for $50. The other year, red rocks, cheapest ticket I saw was $150. And ball arena was first in 2024, so it's not like any fan knew they would come again in 2025 when red rocks happened. I could understand if the timeline were flipped and red rocks happened first.





I thought about going to see goose at red rocks a bit back. Same thing, sold out, cheapest tickets a few hundred. I'd bet on my life that if they came to fiddlers green, I could pick up a lawn seat for ~$75.

I still pick up tix all the time for $50, at large venues like the arena... but it's not trendy stuff. A lot of legacy and/or hard rock and metal. But even that genre isn't immune.. Sleep token came to red rocks, tix price skyrocketed, then a year later, came to ball arena, same thing. Nose bleeds at $200.

Because they are trendy. I don't know how to else to describe it.

Look at metallica. Their normal shows in the last few years at stadiums, you could get in way up all high day for $60-$80. But at the sphere? Forget it, cheap seats are $300+. Venue is as trendy as it gets.