From the Cincy Post: "Buffett ticket price a ‘big ouch’ "
http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/LIFE/603080334/1005
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The troubadour, who has turned the beach bum persona into his Margaritaville entertainment corporation, is asking $128 (plus service charges) for a pavilion ticket when his June 8 Riverbend concert goes on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. Lawn seats are $38; (513) 562-4949. That appears to be the top-end standard ticket price at the some 15 venues Buffett has announced from April through August.
It is the highest ticket price Buffett has ever charged, a 45 percent increase over last year’s $88 Riverbend ticket, at the time the highest that Buffett had charged. Last August’s Buffett show sold out in minutes.
It is one of the highest ticket prices in Riverbend’s 22-year history, rivaled by two concerts in 2003 from Fleetwood Mac ($132.50) and the Kiss/Aerosmith double bill ($127.75). The Eagles reunion tour broke the three-figure barrier at the venue in 1995 ($112.50).
"It’s a big ouch," said Tim Klaber, a board member of the Cincy Parrothead Club, when asked how the beak freak faithful are responding to the Buffett price.[/i:b14aef6a04]