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>The Broadway hit “Hamilton” is making millions. It could be making millions more if not for scalpers snapping up seats and hawking them for $2,000 a piece or m
by Trundle 10y ago
>The Broadway hit “Hamilton” is making millions. It could be making millions more if not for scalpers snapping up seats and hawking them for $2,000 a piece or more.
That makes absolutely no sense.
- sundvor 10y agoThe extra profit is going to the scalpers, not the show's producers who could presumably sell them at higher prices given the demand.
- packetslave 10y agobingo: I'd feel much better about paying $1000 for a ticket if I knew it was going straight to LMM and the rest of the show's cast/creative, instead of some random dude on StubHub.
- plcancel 10y agoI think what the writer is trying to say is that the musical is leaving money on the table by not charging the market rate. The wording make it sound like it's the scalpers' fault, but they've helped to reveal the price buyers value the tickets. So, they could up their premiums. "It’s become such a problem that the show’s producers are considering almost doubling premium-priced "Hamilton” tickets to $995 to keep more of the profit for themselves, according to the New York Post."