# My wife got tickets to "Hamilton" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577 "2019-05-06T18:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/1 "2019-05-06T18:06:35Z")
She was on a waiting list for tickets to the touring show coming to Kansas City this summer. She just got an email today alerting her that tickets were available, she went online and after about half a dozen attempts, was finally able to snag a pair of tickets. At $430 a pop. :eek: I guess I won’t be needing to buy her anything for Mother’s Day, or her birthday, or Christmas… for the next few years. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/2 "2019-05-06T18:20:45Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > She was on a waiting list for tickets to the touring show coming to Kansas City this summer. She just got an email today alerting her that tickets were available, she went online and after about half a dozen attempts, was finally able to snag a pair of tickets. > > At $430 a pop. :eek: > > I guess I won’t be needing to buy her anything for Mother’s Day, or her birthday, or Christmas… for the next few years. The tickets here in San Antonio run as high as $900 each. Crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/3 "2019-05-06T18:25:02Z")
Yep, when I saw it in DC last September the only tickets left by the time I got to the head of the online members-pre-sale queue were the $650 (each) ones. I saw it again in NYC in January, and “only” paid $400-something. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/4 "2019-05-06T18:35:57Z")
My wife and I decided not to “do presents” this year, and instead we bought Hamilton tickets for NYC. Even though they were insanely expensive, we thought it was money well-spent. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/5 "2019-05-06T18:53:33Z")
She said “We never do anything fun.” I said “Whad’ya mean? We’re going to see Avengers tomorrow night!” 😃 Yeah, it was a chunk of cash, but I figured it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing, might as well jump on it while we got the chance. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/6 "2019-05-06T18:55:30Z")
If you’ve already spent that much on tickets, you’ve pretty much committed yourself to a $250 dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/7 "2019-05-06T19:09:01Z")
I won that lottery when Hamilton came to Boston, but I guess I won earlier since I got the seats for $230/each. And they were excellent seats. At that bargain price, I ended up buying 4. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/8 "2019-05-06T20:14:36Z")
These prices seriously blow my mind ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/9 "2019-05-06T20:19:24Z")
_Hamilton_ played in Rochester this week. Somebody told me that the cheapest seats available cost $250. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/10 "2019-05-06T20:21:11Z")
Yep. As much as I’d like to see Hamilton, this right here is why I probably never will, lol. That’s well into “yikes!” pricing territory for me! ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/11 "2019-05-06T21:41:56Z")
I don’t understand these prices. I actually saw Hamilton two weeks ago, and had purchased the ticket three weeks before that for $84. This was in San Francisco on a work trip. Is this just because it is at the beginning of the run in these cities, and it would have been these prices in SF too at the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/12 "2019-05-06T21:48:13Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > If you’ve already spent that much on tickets, you’ve pretty much committed yourself to a $250 dinner. Yeah I’m thinking hotel room, dinner… might as well make it a mini-vacation. (Can’t afford to go anywhere else now!) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/13 "2019-05-06T22:03:40Z")
Hamilton just extended its run in San Francisco. I don’t remember what we paid. I was sitting on the virtual queue for hours, and we bought them when we were in NY where TKTS tickets were $100 each for less desired (but still good) shows, So there is demand. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/14 "2019-05-06T22:04:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The tickets here in San Antonio run as high as $900 each. Crazy! Odd - I think they max out at $400 something in San Francisco, where you’d think it would be higher. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/15 "2019-05-06T22:40:41Z")
It’ll be here in August. My tickets were $85 each. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/16 "2019-05-06T23:16:18Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Odd - I think they max out at $400 something in San Francisco, where you’d think it would be higher. I’m just guessing but it might be a function of the size of the theater. If the show is performed in a theater with a thousand sets it would have to charge more per seat than it would in a theater with four thousand seats. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/17 "2019-05-07T00:33:57Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It’ll be here in August. > > My tickets were $85 each. 😕 You sure you actually own those tickets? [Proctors sez](https://www.proctors.org/event/hamilton-2/) tickets won’t be on sale till June. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/18 "2019-05-07T09:15:29Z")
**Shoeless** , you could have come to the Godzilla and Friends film festival, this past weekend, for free! Well, we do hope for donations, but not $430. There was a guy I met this year who drove from Hutchinson to Topeka to attend, he is a lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/19 "2019-05-07T11:26:53Z")
**Baker** that sounds awesome! Too bad I missed it. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577/20 "2019-05-07T14:12:17Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I won that lottery when Hamilton came to Boston, but I guess I won earlier since I got the seats for $230/each. Man, $240ish is what I paid for the seats in Chicago, through a broker (Picktix or Stubhub or something). And they were ground level, center and not very far back. Guess things have only gotten pricier since winter 2017-18. Congratulations to the OP though since it should be a hell of a show. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-got-tickets-to-hamilton/833577.md?page=2)