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Comments Off Have sports and entertainment venues outpriced themselves for the average family?
For a family of four, including admission, parking and snacks:
for a baseball, football or basketball game: a couple hundred dollars easy;
for a movie: about $75
for a concert: about $100 each person (for a cheap show)
For a family of four to actually participate; mini golf, pizza party, waterpark, amusement park, etc. anywhere from $100 to $1000. So, where do you draw the line?
Yes, I blame the movie stars that want 20million to star in a movie; of the baseball or basketball player that wants 111million for 5 year contract. Pop singers wanting $150-$200 per ticket. The sports clubs, promoters and film studios have to recoup these costs somewhere. Revenue through merchandising is one way, costs of tickets is another.
Eventually the cost of the ticket will outstrip the value of the product (especially when ESPN show live sport and movies are on DVD anytime soon)
Sadly, while we live in a world that adores and worships celebrities these prices will continue to go up. When we say enough is enough a balance will have to be struck.
We have a movie house in London that sells all tickets for about $5 per person. The movie is about 3 months old or older and the place is packed about 250-300 people per showing (they show 4 different movies per day). Pirates of the Caribbean, for example, at full cost, maybe 40-50 per showing at $25-30 per head. Its not rocket science!
i used to see a movie because I liked movies, now I have to select much more carefully. Its a sad way to be.
Freepraise is spot on, support local free and low cost events; is the way to go.
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