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Originally Posted by WatchChain
I paid approximately $14.50 for a ticket to Stevie's Wild Heart Tour in 1983, and roughly $16 for the Mirage Tour a year earlier. These were good seats on the floor.
Nowadays, two tickets and drinks cost me a minimum of $500. The cost for two small mixed drinks at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas is around $36. Ridiculous! The price for these concert experiences in 2024 is grossly inflated!
$16 in 1982 adjusted for inflation in 2024 comes to around $52.
Instead, I am now paying $200 to $250 per ticket for decent seats.
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It is ridiculous. IN THEIR DEFENSE, when people stopped buying cds(20 years ago), I asked the promoter I worked for, what was going to happen to their income. He said, "they're going to have to tour every year now"(rather than every few years, like it used to be).