Tour ticket pricing

Subscriber tickets are now available for the Hamilton tour in LA. A friend was complaining about the ticket prices being higher than usual. I mentioned they were similar to SF and NY.

It's my understanding that typically with tours, the presenter (theater owner) sets the ticket prices, not the tour producers. Obviously, the prices in other cities are public knowledge and I would expect the presenters to maximize their profits by charging what the market will support. However, could Hamilton be a special case where Jeffrey Seller has ticket pricing power? Is that allowed, or did some antitrust action from 50 years ago prohibit that?

Updated On: 3/21/17 at 04:35 PM

Neal, did any performances look sold out? Have to wait til the American Express presale.

I would be surprised if the Hamilton tour were functioning under a normal "producer/presenter" relationship. It's more likely that it's a combination of terms deals and four-walling (i.e. renting the theater outright like on Broadway).

nealb1 said: ""Hamilton" is going to be there from Aug - December. The dates that I also looked at from Oct - Dec had good seating. The first two months are pretty much sold out.



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The reason it may look good right now is that Hamilton straddles two seasons. Season ticket holders for 2016-17 only were assigned tickets through October and current season ticket holders can only buy tickets through October 29 during the presale. But you have to figure that some 2017-18 season ticket holders will get seats during November and December, especially new subscribers, and they may have another presale for subscribers to get additional tickets during that month before they become available to the public.

In other words, I doubt there will be a lot of seats available to the public at face value. The exception may be that some of the $650 seats in the center orchestra are not sold in the presale.