Screw you Jon

Can't believe I'm saying this, but the tickets prices for these Jersey shows pisses me off.

Let's just say, the average ticket price is $150 (and it's more than that). This place holds 20,000 people. That's $3,000,000 per show. So for 10 shows, they're gonna make $30,000,000. Hey, tours are expensive, no doubt. But when your gear's all in one building for 10 nights, that cost goes WAY down. Jon - Have some class man. You could charge $50 a ticket, make $10,000,000 for a week and half worth of work.

I'm skipping these shows on principle alone.

Am I the only one who thinks that Jon and the band have pretty much no say in ticket prices? If this is a brand new venue I'd presume high ticket prices were just helping to cover the cost of the build.

Pearl Jam, Goo Goo Dolls, Def Leppard. They all claim they have say in ticket prices.

If that was the case and Jon wanted to play 10 shows in New Jersey, play the old arena.

Regarding ticket prices - I know Sammy Hagar toured last year for about $12 to $15 dollars a ticket and said HE wanted the shows to be affordable for the fans. I would tend to think that if you are playing a series of shows at the same venue the price would be a little less than the normal ticket price. Like TA said, I bet it has a lot to do with the new venue trying to make as much money as possible to recover the costs of construction and operation.

Yea, we got U2 prices for these shows. But, I'm going to reserve judgment on the $303 price until the sale starts. That could be for some kind of package and floor seats could still be around $150 or so.

Seems that the Pru center wants to recoup their cost on just the Jovi shows. AEG is pushing it with these prices. We'll see how well they are received. I just emailed my friend on the crew, and said, "man, I hope you are getting a big fat raise with these prices" lol!

deb

not sure about those prices but if the 303$ tix are for the best regular seats (meaning the first 20th rows for example ) and not for some special package stuff then yes those tickets are a real real real shame and I think it's just pathetic to keep thinking the band doesn't have a say in the price just to cover our illusional vision of what they are

I think it would be naive to think the band has no say in ticket prices. I also doubt that Jon and the boys sit around saying " We need more money, let's overcharge our fans for a couple shows" I think it has more to do with corporate sponsors, managers, venues, merchandisers, unions, Ticketmaster, etc all trying to get their piece of the pie. With a band like Bon Jovi most of these people see their chance to latch on and get paid. Like Jon said in a recent interview, they call it the "Music Buisiness" and it's not because of the music.

I think they have too much money to think like that, but I agree the tickets are expensive. They are becoming like rolling stones, paul mc cartney and madonna

I think this has alot to do with the fact that they're "venue opening" shows.

Sorry to burst anyones bubble, but the band DO have a say. I dont know how much, buts its clear that they do.

And this is clearly illustrated with the O2 arena, where both Jovi and Prince (both signed on with AEG Live) are playing there.

Jovis tickets started at £115, Princes are £31.20...and include his new CD. Other acts playing the new O2 also do not have the same price.

So, its nothing to do with it being a new venue or anything, its the band and their management who see that the demand is there and then jack up the prices. And Jon, as band manager im sure has a very good idea of what is going on.

So yeah, Screw you Jon.

But im a sucker, i had my student loan so i bought the tickets. Anyother time (next tour for example) if the prices remian this high i will NOT be going.


andi