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"Tickets are now sold out through January 2017, according to Ticketmaster’s website." and THIS is why ticket scalpers suck. Literally the only options to see H
by packetslave 10y ago
"Tickets are now sold out through January 2017, according to Ticketmaster’s website."
and THIS is why ticket scalpers suck. Literally the only options to see Hamilton any time this year are to pay ridiculous rates ($1000-2000 each for good seats) to a scalper, or enter the same-day lottery and pray.
I predict it's only going to get worse now that Hamilton has grabbed 16 Tony Award nominations (and is likely to win a truckload of them).
- rhizome 10y agoAfter which it will go on tour and ticket prices will become more reasonable.
- packetslave 10y agoCan't really compare a touring production to Broadway, though. Different cast, different light/sound/scenery design, etc.
- rhizome 10y agoStaging is usually the same, or not noticeably different (especially if you didn't see the original), and maybe I didn't get to see Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in "The Producers" on tour, but Jason Alexander and Martin Short were pretty damn good substitutes.
- harryh 10y agoAre prices really that high for all the shows? I bought tickets from Stubhub 2 months ago on the very low end of that range. And they were very good seats for a Saturday night show that I bought day of. I would have assumed that less good seats on other nights of the week would be much cheaper? Or maybe prices have risen significantly in the last two months?
- packetslave 10y agoI just picked a random date in June (Tuesday the 14th). Single orchestra tickets range from $931-$3712 through ticketmaster resale, or $1350-$3300 on stubhub. You might be able to find better prices for, e.g. a Sunday matinee when LMM isn't performing, I suppose.
- harryh 10y agoWell based on that it sounds like prices has definitely gone up significantly. Wild.
- vilhelm_s 10y agoThat's not really the ticket scalper's fault, is it? If the tickets were only sold at the low face-value price, they would still be sold out, and your only option would still be the same-day lottery. This way, people who really want to see the show at least have an option to pay extra to see it.
- packetslave 10y agoIt depends on what percentage of tickets the scalpers are buying for each show vs. how many are available to actual fans. The article says in one case, a ticket broker managed to buy 20,000 tickets.
- bitJericho 10y agoExcept not to the artist, the only one actually creating that value.