• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Sports and entertainment are down across the board. They can’t sell tickets because people can’t afford a night out, so this is their attempt to drive sales. They aren’t throwing families a bone, they are trying not to have to draft players with a much smaller budget next year. You can’t sell any concessions if people won’t buy tickets.

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      17 hours ago

      Man, that is not my experience here in Seattle. Ticket prices are up up up and they sell. I’m referring mostly to concert and stand up shows, but I hear from the sports people that it’s even worse for them. Prices are up, tickets sell.

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        4 hours ago

        I’m several states to the east and I’d have to agree. Ticket prices for everything have skyrocketed, especially concert tickets. Bands I’ve seen before who are arguably less relevant now are charging 4x as much. It’s completely fucked.

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      17 hours ago

      That and they’ll probably understock some food items. When they run out they’ll be like “sorry sir, we’re out of hotdogs, but we do have Dasani sewage plant water!”.