Why are concert tickets so expensive?
Fleetwood Mac here in Minneapolis are selling the nosebleed tickets at the far upper level of the stadium from the stage for $175 each. The next better seats are $225, and you can still only see the band on the giant Trinitron screen. You could pay $800 to sit on the floor level. John Mellencamp tickets start at $200 and go up to $700 in a similar venue. Even Morrissey (Smiths frontman)tickets at a smaller old theater in Minneapolis starts at $250 and goes up to $375. I thought it was a typo when I first got on the ticket website to buy the Fleetwood Mac tickets. I refreshed several times and searched other ticket outlets. All the same. It is way out of control. I will NEVER pay more than $100 to see ANYONE. That includes Led Zeppelin if they tour in the US. If that means that I will never see another big act in concert, then so be it. It just isn’t worth it, an
