Question about top ticket prices

[bwayfan3]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 8:07pm

So I was checking out the Broadway grosses section and I noticed that some of the top ticket prices were outrageously high (Avenue Q 201.25 and Movin Out 240??) I was under the impression that $100 was just about the highest box office price to be paid. I know people pay all kinds of exorbitant prices through ticket brokers, but I am pretty sure that is not what is being referred as the top ticket price on this site.
So, does anybody know why those tix are priced so much higher?

[Demitri2]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 8:44pm

The info is correct...they're called "premium seats" and this practice was started by "The Producers". If you try purchasing tickets now through telecharge or ticketmaster and opt for center orchestra seating and are told that no seats in this location are available, you will now often be asked "Would you like to try for "premium seats"? For two to three hundred dollars you can now purchase the same seats that once sold for one hundred dollars before this practice became common. At first only a couple of rows were deemed "premium" but now I notice for some shows it's not only all of the center orchestra
seats on Friday and Saturday evenings from rows B-P but also the first 2 to 3 seats on the sides. It truly sucks! The rationalization of the producers is that they might as well be the ones getting the big money that scalpers were getting but I highly doubt that that many seats ended up in the hands of scalpers.

[Demitri2]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 8:44pm

sorry...it double posted


Updated On: 7/11/05 at 08:44 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 9:11pm

Top ticket prices are too high

[bwayfan3]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 10:34pm

Thanks for the response.

That truly sucks!!

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 10:41pm

However, if these premium seats go unsold, they revert back to the original $100 (or so) price about 1-2days prior to the performance date. I got amazing seats for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels this way.