🎫 How Did Concert Tickets Get So Expensive? (AARP Article)

[SummerOnTheWay1]

FROM THE ARTICLE.

How Did Concerts Get So Expensive?

Getting reasonably priced tickets requires some effort; we offer tips.

By Ed Condran, AARP. Published December 10, 2025.

Concert tickets were once affordable. A ticket to Eric Clapton’s 1983 performance at Philadelphia’s Spectrum arena sold for $6.50, with no additional fees. I know; I found the ticket in my attic, a memento of that show.

But if you went see Clapton in Philadelphia’s current arena, Xfinity Mobile Arena, this past September, a similar seat would have cost you $397.70. Plus fees!

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[BobH07]

Everything in the entertainment field is out of control. These people should have to live in the real world. Whether it's singers, actors or professional athletes, they don't care what it cost the public. There's only one answer:  greed. 

The only way to stop it is to stop attending!!

[papawofboo]

That is a high amount, but if you want to see high, look at the Super Bown ticket.  Most likely a hot dog and coke will cost what your ticket cost. Not even if I win the lottery twice would I pay thses prices