Seating Prices Absurdities

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/18/08 at 10:16pm

Looking @ Equus for example, you pay $ 116.50 for Mezzanine seating rows f/h . Rows j/l are $ 66.50 .

You pay $50 less to sit 1 row back from a seat for $ 116.50. It is virtually the same seat for $ 50 less.

Updated On: 10/18/08 at 10:16 PM

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 10/18/08 at 10:44pm

Ridonkulos.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/18/08 at 10:47pm

Unfortunately, some shows do this; however, the price gap between the two rows is quite large. [I had a sad face here, but it was preventing me from posting.]

Updated On: 10/18/08 at 10:47 PM

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 10/18/08 at 11:01pm

it's amazing how people don't catch onto that though... whenever i buy tix to shows here in san diego or in los angeles... i always know where the cutoff rows are at any theater i go to... i've sat in seats where the person in front of me paid like 20 to 50 dollars more!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 5:27am

Well, they have to "draw the line" somewhere. They don't want to drive their b.o. nuts by having sliding scale of seat prices.

I think pricing in GENERAL has gotten out of control. You would think with this economy, they'd pull down the prices -- even if its only 20 bucks or so less per ticket -- and make a big deal of it. What a great marketing plan!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 6:30am

I blame Sarah Palin.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:00am

I agree. Like, I just bought rear balcony tickets to Spamalot, and they were only $36.50, but I know the rows in front of me were $76.50. That just seems high for balcony seats too.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 9:15am

I blame GWB

[D2]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 12:03pm

Then buy a seat in row J.

[hubee]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 12:42pm

Though there's a couple of theatres in London that do have a graduated seating price plan which is kinda neat and more fair.

Spring Awakening's pricing plan is almost crazy to look at but every seat and row is a little different than the next and kind of makes sense.

https://www.purchase-tickets-online.co.uk/peo22127/hall.asp (click on Stalls if it doesnt automatically pop up). It's like a Light Bright panel!

The Almeida theatre does this too.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 1:32pm

I get frustrated....how can the entire Orchestra level be worth $117 for a show?

[LotteTBS138]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 2:21pm

Well folks, this also plays into the "Executive seats" or whatever they are called where people buy tickets from the ticket brokers and yes, the couple next to you could have paid $250 for a seat! Or the sellers on stubhub selling a ticket for $300+ a pop!

[boonanas]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 5:23pm

Boeing Boeing rear balcony 36.50 yet no one bought the front balcony so we just moved up and sat front row balcony which runs for 66.50. PWNED.

[LotteTBS138]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 6:36pm

boonanas, this is what happened when I saw Equus in previews... literally, like 10 empty rows and I think people from the on-stage either left or moved up there!

I just came back from the O'Neill thinking I could get a cheap ticket for Spring Awakening... nope, 65.50 for the last row in the mezzanine! But hey, it was the aisle seat!!

[Luckydave14]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:49pm

I was extremely disappointed when I purchased Loge seats for South Pacific in Row C and then looked at the price list a few minutes later and realized the row behind was $50 cheaper. With the 6 tickets we bought, we would have saved a LOT of money. I learned my lesson there.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/19/08 at 8:53pm

Good for you.