I recently purchased tickets to one of my favorites, John Mayer. This is my third time seeing him with my best friends. Being on the sappy senior year bandwagon, this will probably be one of our last times together before we graduate, considering that we all go to different schools. The whopping total of our mecca to Mayer-dom?
$105.
Is this the price of an intimate concert amongst some of John's most devoted fans? I think not. It's going to be in St. Pete Times Forum. So I will be sharing him with thousands of other fans.
Let's consider who is taking a piece of the concert ticket pie. The artist, the record company, cost of renting the venue, the crew, and all of the travel expenses. All in all, it seems quite expensive. Yet- $105? I don't think so. There is also the online ticket purchase medium. How much money goes to them seems too difficult to think about.
This article explains some of the reasoning behind the merger between Ticketmaster and Livenation (a.k.a. companies that charge WAY too much for tickets.)
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