[Loch-Ruadh] Perhaps we need a few people to go to this....

[Sluggy!]

On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 16:28 -0600, Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin wrote:
> Y'know, things sure have changed, ticket price-wise, since Chuck Negron of
> Three Dog Night quipped to the audience:
> 
> "What's that back there?  You can't hear back there?  See, you should have
> bought the $5.50 tickets for the front!"
> 
> $35.00 for the worst seats?  I don't think I'll be going.

In defense of Bass Hall, I've been there a time or two and there really
are no bad seats, especially for music.

On the other hand, that quote is from a performance in 1969 and
according to http://www.1960sflashback.com/1969/Economy.asp a gallon of
regular was 35 cents in 1969. 

>From that, $2.25 / $0.35 = 6.43, so $5.50 x 6.43 = $35.37/seat today is
not way out of line. 

Granted, that was $5.50 for front row seats then and $35.00 for balcony
seats now, and that 6.43 factor may not apply to everything. :)

SlugMath!

P.S. Your mileage may vary.