B’Way Tix More Affordable?

[Up In One]

Posted: 6/3/25 at 10:49am

Love the headline that ticket prices are “more affordable” now factoring in a 25% rise in CPI and saying nothing about incomes not keeping up with CPI. 

 

“Yet because consumer prices have climbed more than 25 percent since 2019, that $1.83 billion five years ago is the equivalent of roughly $2.25 billion today. On a like-for-like, inflation-adjusted basis, Broadway’s box-office haul remains about 16 percent below its last pre-pandemic peak.”
 

Broadway Ticket Prices More Affordable Post-Pandemic Despite Record Breaking 2024/2025 Season

Updated On: 6/3/25 at 10:49 AM

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 6/3/25 at 11:29am

I mean, just like any kind of “reports”, one can always massage the data to reach conclusions they want. That’s why I don’t just read headlines or simply believe it just because there’s “data” in the article