Hamilton New Block of Tickets — Page 9

that still doesn't meet the definition of irony.



also you clearly do NOT understand capitalism if you have to add a "but" afterwards. no economic system is perfect. capitalism is far from it. but it's the best and right system for entertainment. the pricing of admission and tickets to events fluctuates and changes all the time. if no one buys the expensive tickets, the producers will reduce the amount. they will respond to the marketplace. it is really that simple

Jakeevan942 said: "I'd imagine the premium rate might be back to the 550/600 range on Sunday night- I think they used this small group as a test for jumping the prices that much and now see that it isn't quite effective."

Can they do that, though? I would imagine the millionaires who paid $849 for their tickets would holler if they saw that any yokel off the street could buy the seat next to him/her for a lot less money. I agree that the very high price didn't work, but I'm not sure they can lower it now. Guess we'll see!

JM226 said: "the producers can do whatever they want. they could charge $1,000 for every seat and then reduce it to $50 the next day. they are under no obligations to abide by one set price. is it the best move from an optics or PR standpoint? no. but i think they can afford to take that risk. the free market is called the free market for a reason"

Well, I'm just totally disgusted.

I do understand. I understand the risks that producers take and I understand capitalism. I know that producers etc need to make hay when the sun shines, however they may have overreached a bit. I also have a right to voice an opinion on a message board that the pricing is crazy high (note I did not say it was unfair).

I have seen the show and have upcoming tickets that I had no problem getting them at face value. I never intended to buy them for this block so I probably shouldn't even be reading this. I'm not disgusted, I don't think it's unfair. I do agree that from an optics standpoint it doesn't look good. I guess we'll find out when the rest of the tickets go on sale.

I'm not sure how many people compulsively look to see what happens to the price of something after they purchase it.



Things change price all the time, not sure that there will be any "fallout" to it.

I refused to buy the lousy seats yesterday @$179 which I paid $99 last year - only $849 tickets available - will these be reduced next week for the general public sale?

I've never saw any pre-sale on Ticketmaster or anywhere, really, where the pre-sale charged a higher price than the public sale. So, it's pretty safe to assume they will be the same price.

With the expensive AMEX cards as the only people able to use the pre-sale, it is hard to gauge anything right now. If it was any ol' AMEX, most of those $849 seats would be gone. Many people, myself included and I'm guessing scalpers, maintain an AMEX card specifically for ticket pre-sales, but we don't get the ones with membership fees.

That's what I see too. Much of the back of rear mezz was definitely available - not sure if the front rows of it were held back or went quickly.



I'm also not sure if they released every single orchestra seat in front of Row Q or only a selection of them. Seemed like the latter.

Updated On: 6/8/16 at 12:27 PM

This article came out today. I was surprised there was no mention of the new premium ticket price of $849. Just that prices were expected to rise. No one would have guessed they would almost double.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/theater/hamilton-inc-the-path-to-a-billion-dollar-show.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Updated On: 6/8/16 at 12:49 PM

NJ_BroadwayGirl said: " Listen I understand capitalism but I can't believe how ironic it is that LMM penned an op-ed about robots ruining Broadway that was published on the same day his show put tickets on sale for almost a year from now, for $849. "

I said yesterday that this very same thing was ironic and was torn to shreds about it (I think 4 or 5 people called me out, which I felt was a lot). I guess it doesn't match the literal definition of irony but I guess it matches the colloquial definition (which I guess means it's not correct at all). But like I said: who the hell even knows how to use that word.

i actually really am kind of disgusted by $849 for premium seats. when I told my boyfriend about it yesterday he thought I was joking, but he admitted he would think it work $999 to see Hamilton so I guess he knows how big it is.

Robert16 said: "I refused to buy the lousy seats yesterday @$179 which I paid $99 last year - only $849 tickets available - will these be reduced next week for the general public sale?

When the down low cancelled tickets went on sale in early May for November to January, all I saw were $549, $349 (front orch) $199 rear and side orchestra (about where the mezz overhang is) and saw $179 for rear mezz. I just suppose this is the new price structure since so many did pay scalpers price difference and line sitter services to get tickets. The producers figure the pockets of the public are deep enough. I bought resale, because it was the only option to see the show but my sister-n-law, who is a school teacher would love to see the show but $179 is high for her. High also for a nurse with 3 girls in the arts who would love to see the show but $179 x 4 is a head scratcher. It's sad that for many who have yet to see the show, this new block of tickets doesn't give them much hope.

CabinetBattle said: "http://www.playbill.com/article/new-block-of-hamilton-tickets-sells-out-in-pre-sale



Playbill writes up that only premiums are left in the presale and also confirms $849 is a record high for a premium ticket. No comment from the production. "

That's pretty disingenuous, to start the article by saying tickets are "all but sold out". They aren't. There are lots of orchestra seats available - because they're all $849 and not even the millionaires want to pay that ridiculous amount to see a show. The article says "Everything's sold out but the premium seats!" without mentioning that just about the entire orchestra is now considered a premium seat. Come Sunday I think there are going to be a lot of frustrated buyers who want to see the show but weren't expecting to be asked to fork over $849 for the privilege.