Wrestleknownothing Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 WTF On BWI they are talking about the trials pre-sale prices (tix went on sale today) reporting tickets for the Olympic Trials at $250 (upper) - $500+ (lower), roughly double to triple prior prices. For lower section seats they quoted prices of $416 (section 101) and $512 (section 106). These were under $150 two years ago. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpeltf Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 minute ago, Wrestleknownothing said: WTF On BWI they are talking about the trials pre-sale prices (tix went on sale today) reporting tickets for the Olympic Trials at $250 (upper) - $500+ (lower), roughly double to triple prior prices. For lower section seats they quoted prices of $416 (section 101) and $512 (section 106). These were under $150 two years ago. Went to World's in 82 for $20 as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnwtwg Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 $5 of each ticket goes directly to USAW. The other $245-$495 goes to Penn State football athletic department i am an idiot on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 minute ago, bnwtwg said: $5 of each ticket goes directly to USAW. The other $245-$495 goes to Penn State football athletic department That is the big question. Who sets these prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: That is the big question. Who sets these prices? the market... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Pre-sale is always a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 24 minutes ago, LJB said: the market... Writ large, perhaps. But it starts with an offer. Someone has to choose that offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 minute ago, Wrestleknownothing said: Writ large, perhaps. But it starts with an offer. Someone has to choose that offer. and someone has to choose to pay it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, LJB said: and someone has to choose to pay it... yo comprende market. But that was not the original question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Just now, Wrestleknownothing said: yo comprende market. But that was not the original question. but it is the reality... they can charge whatever the market will bear... my guess is the guidos know better what the market will bear than anyone who is going to whine about it does... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle26 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Pre-sale is always a scam.That’s what I am wondering. I bought two lower bowl tickets right at noon so I can be sure I have them, but I wanted more than 2. Now it’s showing there’s nothing left lower bowl but I have to assume there’s some reserved for the regular sale, right? Will they be cheaper then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, Eagle26 said: That’s what I am wondering. I bought two lower bowl tickets right at noon so I can be sure I have them, but I wanted more than 2. Now it’s showing there’s nothing left lower bowl but I have to assume there’s some reserved for the regular sale, right? Will they be cheaper then? Yep. Concert tiks work the same way. It's a bad deal. The venue holds 15,000 and pre sale generates some hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 21 minutes ago, LJB said: my guess is the guidos know better what the market will bear than anyone who is going to whine about it does... The guidos are the folks paying the prices, but I hear what you're screamin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnwtwg Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Mapping out nine days of April 2024 is super fun. April 13-16: Boston Marathon. Went over budget again this year, will probably make the same mistakes again next year. [April 15: tax deadline] April 17: "Work" from home but make everything the client's fault for not meeting deliverables while I am wholly offline during this stretch April 18-21: Olympic trials. Solo no family. Still budgeting $7k to do my part supporting James Franklin's coaching staff salaries. April 22: Divorce court. This will be the most expensive part of all. If I somehow can survive April 2024, then Los Angeles in July 2028 has me dead to rights. 3 i am an idiot on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 27 minutes ago, MPhillips said: Yep. Concert tiks work the same way. It's a bad deal. The venue holds 15,000 and pre sale generates some hype. i bought two tickets recently for amyl and the sniffers for the girl child and i... $185 for a punk rock show... pearl jam may have been onto something in the 90s... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, LJB said: pearl jam may have been onto something in the 90s... Ticketbastard won and continues to win. PJ helped pull us out of glam metal. Thankfully. Catchy name. Wonder if Amyl and the Poppers was taken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Just now, MPhillips said: Ticketbastard won and continues to win. PJ helped pull us out of glam metal. Thankfully. Catchy name. Wonder if Amyl and the Poppers was taken. dude... if you haven't checked her out you should... proper punk rock and a cutie pie on top of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Parrish Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Get your USAW Bronze card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Parrish Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 hour ago, MPhillips said: Yep. Concert tiks work the same way. It's a bad deal. The venue holds 15,000 and pre sale generates some hype. Odds the venue is sold out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 12 minutes ago, Mike Parrish said: Odds the venue is sold out? You tell me brother. You have a bead on things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Parrish Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, MPhillips said: You tell me brother. You have a bead on things. If the locals fill it, they'll be lucky. If you had to count on out of towners, zero. State College, PA is hard to get to and expensive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 my guess the odds of it being sold out are roughly similar if the tickets were $50... this country only truly supports wrestling when the participants wear the color of the school the people failed out of in the second semester... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lu_alum Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Classic PSU Cheer…We Are: Greedy! We Are: Greedy!We Are: Greedy!Thank you: F*ck you!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 30 minutes ago, lu_alum said: Classic PSU Cheer… We Are: Greedy! We Are: Greedy! We Are: Greedy! Thank you: F*ck you! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hence my question. Who decides the prices? You clearly think it is PSU. It could also be USAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Folks also think bands decide the tik prices, they don't... FWIW, venues have to be staffed. The prices quoted above for the pre sale are still a cash grab. It would be different (maybe) if those pre sale prices guaranteed best seats in that price range but in my experience you could be sitting next to someone who bought their tiks a couple days before for less money. Pre sale generates, "I don't want to miss out" prices. It's an anxiety buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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