Im absolutely priced out, but even if it was affordable, i would not go. At home is so much better. I dont have to drive, sit in traffic, and try and park. I'll stick to my tv, my food, and my bathrooms.
Entertainment is pricing out its costumers. And not only is the ticket super expensive, eating and drinking is down right stupid. Ill stay home, and eat and drink for dirt cheap comparably
Living in Texas I was considering going to Tigers @ Rangers earlier this week. Actual ticket prices weren't too bad, I would have paid them. However the parking prices are astronomical and I just couldn't justify going.
Ticketmaster and Live Nation have been running a monopoly for decades, this is why many ticket prices have gone crazy. I live in a city with a small independent comedy club. They sell the tickets directly, not through a 3rd party service. To see a comedian at this venue costs less than half the price of tickets for a larger venue owned by Live Nation for the same comic on the same tour and you're going to get a much better experience at the smaller venue.
The pricing out of the working-class general public is happening for pretty much all live/in-person events: live music, live theatre, the cinema, sporting events, etc. the ruling class wants people to stay inside and not socialize
I’m a lions season ticket holder and personally my ticket price only went up $100 and we get 1 extra game!!! Last year playoff tickets for season ticket holders were only about $290-320 range So moral of the story is they LOOK OUT for their loyal fans , not TV fans
@@broad08530 Sure all of it needs to make less and be worth less. It's not possibly for the average person to afford it especially since people can't afford groceries and other bills now.
Being able to pause the game, rewind, and ff through ads changed everything for me. Couple that with the current prices and I'd rather spend my leisure money elsewhere.
Sports has gotten out of control for sure even for small events like going to a Toledo football game the stadium is half empty but tickets are 50 bucks a pop unless you’re a student and it makes zero sense at least the Mud Hens and Walleye in that town know to keep it cheap.
Canada here. Grey Cups. 74 in Vancouver. $35-35 yard line 20 rows up. 86Cup in Vancouver-$60-20 yard line wayup. 96 Cup in Hamilton. $100-back line of the end zone 52 rows up. Get this. Guy two rows down was going to /the Packers vs Bears at Lambeau. Nice.
Most MLB games in most markets are pretty affordable. NFL games are quite expensive but it's a better TV product. NBA and NHL affordability depend on market. If you're in a smaller market and/or with a team that blows, live sports aren't pricing you out. Plus, much easier if you don't have kids and just go by yourself.
We gotta remember that 1 out of every 100 ppl in our country brings home at least $820,000 a year. There are plenty of folks flush with cash who will spend whatever
@@byronbullough5739 the Tigers drew $3 million people in 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013. Ballpark full. Have a winning team, ballpark full. Have a losing team, ballpark empty. Simple economics
I wouldn’t pay $100 for the second coming of Jesus. Greed is destroying everything. I took my dad to a Lions’ game, this past season. I dropped almost $500 on tickets (not the best location) and it was for the experience which was fine but watching the game, at home, with my own bathroom and a 12 pack of good beer that costs less than two domestic drafts, is far superior.
I unfortunately haven’t watched much Tigers/Red Wings/Pistons in recent years because Bally has never been available on many if not all non cable subscriptions (RU-vid TV, sling etc). I make sure I can go to notable things though like Lions Rams this past season or god forbid the tigers make a run anytime during the rest of my life. So I feel a bit the opposite
And to me these prices, especially if you have a successful team are why I sometimes don't enjoy when the camera pans the crowd. I have no idea how much tickets were to those Pistons gams in the 04 finals but when you watch those games at the Palace it felt like you were looking at the average, everyday diehard Detroit Pistons fan, the type of fans that you'd think of when you think "blue collar city/team". These days those same type of fans are priced out of those type of events so now no matter where it is, if the team is doing well enough to earn that premier label, you are going to just see the more cookie cutter, white collar fan that you can find in any other city. Just speaking about optics it takes the personality of that particular city away.
Meanwhile a 65 inch 4k TV can be bought for as little as $299, yet I need to pay $50 a ticket for an average seat to a nothing event like Tigers vs White Sox.
I have been to 8 tigers game so far this year, went to a lot of msu basketball games this past season… I plan on going to lions game or two and msu football games… I am even going to mud hens game next weekend
This is why when I hear about inflation and people cannot afford to live I just laugh. No matter who controls the house, senate, or presidency, a certain segment of this population will always be poor. Even though politicians try to milk this group every election cycle to get votes, there will always be poor people who rely on government assistance to live. There is no fixing that. However, I’m with Colin cowherd, I travel all the time and I don’t care if it’s spirit, frontier, Southwest, or delta, all these flights are filled by everyday looking people and prices are not coming down. I was in Orlando recently and it was a mile long like at the airport rental car stand on a Tuesday( thrifty/ dollar), hotels were booked up, and universal studios, Disney world, and Disney springs were full. I was in Nashville last weekend and it was 20 bucks a day to park off site and catch a shuttle to the airport terminal and the lot was at capacity. The security line at noon on a Friday was a 45 minute wait and traffic was a nightmare getting in and out. Clearly people are spending cash. So to mikes point, people don’t really care about debt and fiscal responsibility. Adults are going to pay for what they enjoy and find a way to make it work. No matter how expensive the derby was, people find a way to pay for it.
This is a inflation topic. This is what happens when government spends too much on things like welfare, war, covid payments to people who never had a job, Ukraine, gender studies and snail sex study. (Snail sex got half the money people did in the covid package look it up). This is a case of our currency failing because of government debasement. This is why I buy Bitcoin with all the spare money I have
Spending and debt are not the same thing. Debt is huge because of past spending. It is like a credit card debt from the past. Spending is reasonable and is what is under control from the current president. Crazy how people don't spend 5 minutes it takes to understand the difference.
Live sports sucks. Too much money, food is a ripoff, you are surrounded by couples taking selfies, the little kid behind you is kicking the back of your chair the entire game, drunk guys acting stupid, fat guy seated next to you is spilling into your area, the lineup at the bathroom is 20+ people, and the views don't compare to live tv. Rather be on the couch with a snack next to my dog in the air conditioning watching on the big screen.
@@bhristian1027 You've been to hundreds of games and never experienced obnoxious fans, long bathroom lines, expensive food items, expensive ticket prices? And you are calling me a liar?
@@GaryDGuitar there’s 3 tigers game this week with tickets under $15. ticket prices are not outrageous when you actually look. i can hold my bladder for 3 hours nor would i want to leave my seat & miss anything. i eat before i go into the stadium. it’s really not hard to go to a game for cheap if you want to, but of course the people who complain about the prices wouldn’t know, because they want to complain, not to go to the game
@@SmedleyButlerianJihad yeah quite a few . Spending that kind of money to watch people play rigged sports?? I rather play with the locals somebody I know and can talk to
