# I just paid the most for a face value concert ticket I've ever paid. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441 "2016-12-11T16:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441/22 "2016-12-15T02:13:45Z")
ive paid 100-150 for wwe/f wrestlemania second row floor seats but hat was back in the day when front row seats went for 300 dollars and you got to keep the nice folding chair you sat in Everytime ive tried to go to concerts it flops out except the time I went to see the stones at the rose bowl for the voodoo lounge ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441/23 "2016-12-15T09:49:05Z")
The most we’ve ever paid for concert tickets would definitley be to see Van Halen a few years ago at Madison Square Gardens. It wasn’t just the cost of the tickets, there was the plane fare and the hotel…given that we travelled from England for it! ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441/24 "2016-12-15T14:00:40Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The most I ever paid was $450 for front row for The Who’s 2013 Quad tour. Not just front row, but right in front of Pete. Worth every penny. Zowks! I thought my $700 for two tix for _Cabaret_ on Broadway (Alan Cummings and Jenn Lawrence) might be the winner. Worth every single penny and I’d love to see it again – but maybe from nosebleed section this time :D. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441/25 "2016-12-15T14:05:02Z")
$1K for two tix to see Springsteen’s acoustical solo tour, in the 6th row center in a small venue (the Riverside in Milwaukee). Worth it. We made eye contact!! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441/26 "2016-12-15T14:12:53Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > $1K for two tix to see Springsteen’s acoustical solo tour, in the 6th row center in a small venue (the Riverside in Milwaukee). whoops, not face value of tix, of course. Missed that part of the OP. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441/27 "2016-12-15T14:31:05Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > The most we’ve ever paid for concert tickets would definitley be to see Van Halen a few years ago at Madison Square Gardens. It wasn’t just the cost of the tickets, there was the plane fare and the hotel…given that we travelled from England for it! > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > $1K for two tix to see Springsteen’s acoustical solo tour, in the 6th row center in a small venue (the Riverside in Milwaukee). > > Worth it. We made eye contact!! Milwaukee is the most I’ve paid for a concert – saw The Promise Ring at a reunion show at Turner Hall a few years ago and drove there all the way from Florida because they weren’t playing the south (and since then, around 5 years ago, they have only gotten as far south as Atlanta - once.) Between the driving and the hotel room and the taking a day off from work it was probably close to $1K even though the tickets themselves were only $20 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441/28 "2016-12-16T14:08:26Z")
Looking at tickets for Tom Petty at Wrigley Field and 75% of the tickets are $130 with some cheaper seats in the way back. Last time I saw him, I paid maybe $30 at Northerly Island for pretty decent seats. I’ll be hitting the sale site at 10am this morning though. Most venues I see artists in are smaller ones (and the musicians less well known) so I’m used to the $20-$30 range. I paid about $100 a pop for a pair of second-hand tickets to see Jenny Lewis a couple months back but we wound up in the 2nd row, right on the center aisle so I’ve got no complaints. Most times I’ve seen her, it was $20 but this was in the Chicago Theater for her big _Rabbit Fur Coat_ anniversary tour instead of some church or small venue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-paid-the-most-for-a-face-value-concert-ticket-ive-ever-paid/774441.md?page=1)