# How much would tickets to an execution go for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890 "2011-01-25T06:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/21 "2024-06-05T08:18:27Z")
Hey, people are just dying to get in. ---
**Author:** ![Plutonium\_Chef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/plutonium_chef/32/11211_2.png) [@Plutonium\_Chef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plutonium_Chef)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/22 "2024-06-05T11:42:12Z")
This is straying too close to being in good taste. Part of the pre-game show should be interviews with special guest witnesses: the suffering patients scheduled to receive the condemned one’s organs (and the patients’ families) Just to show the world that the death penalty actually saves lives! I leave the post-game show to your imagination. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/23 "2024-06-05T13:28:27Z")
Half-time show sponsored by Pepsi? ---
**Author:** ![Plutonium\_Chef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/plutonium_chef/32/11211_2.png) [@Plutonium\_Chef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plutonium_Chef)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/24 "2024-06-05T15:49:29Z")
If they put in the highest bid. Remember, this is a money-making scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/25 "2024-06-05T16:10:02Z")
> [@Plutonium\_Chef](#): > > Part of the pre-game show should be interviews with special guest witnesses: the suffering patients scheduled to receive the condemned one’s organs (and the patients’ families) Just to show the world that the death penalty actually saves lives! A lot of people say this, and I’m guessing that none of those people have ever seen the questionnaire before donating blood. Have you ever spend more than three days in jail, juvenile detention, or lockup? Have you ever used needles to take anything not prescribed by a doctor? Have you ever exchanged money or drugs for sex? I’m guessing that very, very few Death Row convicts are going to be eligible donors. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/26 "2024-06-05T16:33:01Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Anyone else ever wondered this? In all honesty, no, because the idea is so barbaric that I never believed it worth serious consideration. Once you turn capital punishment into a spectator event, where does it end? Does ESPN or ABC get a contract to televise the event? Will it go pay per view? ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/27 "2024-06-05T16:34:36Z")
> [@tesseract](#): > > I imagine it would raise enough money to fix the deficits of several states. Don’t give the MAGA states any ideas ☹ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/28 "2024-06-06T02:06:38Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Don’t give the MAGA states any ideas ☹ I’m surprised they’re not televising the castration of the convicted pedophile in Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/29 "2024-06-06T14:46:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I’m surprised they’re not televising the castration of the convicted pedophile in Louisiana. It just occurred to me, where are they going to get a doctor to do this? They can’t even get medial professionals that want to participate in legal executions. That whole oath-thing. Most doctors, even trumpists, would (should!) balk at that. Or get their licenses yanked. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890/30 "2024-06-06T15:16:20Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Once you turn capital punishment into a spectator event, where does it end? Does ESPN or ABC get a contract to televise the event? Will it go pay per view? > **[Deathrow Gameshow (1987) ⭐ 5.1 | Comedy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092859/)** > > 1h 23m | R However, nothing can live up to the good old days, when doomed prisoners were carted from the prison to the gallows through teeming city streets. [![](https://www.executedtoday.com/images/Newgate_hangings_1789_detail.jpg) ](https://www.executedtoday.com/images/Newgate_hangings_1789_detail.jpg) > [T]hey object that the old method drew together too many spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators; If they do not draw spectators, they don’t answer their purpose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-tickets-to-an-execution-go-for/568890.md?page=1)