With all the ticket scalping drama going on, it can feel like concert tickets have always been sky-high. However, an old ticket stub from an early Kenny Chesney show has surfaced, and the price has made my wallet drop its jaw.
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Oh, the halcyon days of reasonable tickets. A Reddit user came across an old Kenny Chesney ticket stub, from the year 2000. And the price is shocking, especially considering the concert was only 25 years ago.
The ticket was for a Ashland County Fair Kenny Chesney concert, op September 20, 2000, for seat 7 in section C. And how much did it cost to see Kenny Chesney back then?
$18.
That's right, someone only had to part with 18 dollars to see Kenny Chesney. For sake of perspective, inflation isn't this bad. I mean, it's pretty bad, but to go from $18 to hundreds of pounds in a quarter century is insane.
Also, the singer was bigger than most may assume back then. In 2000, the singer had achieved ten no. 10 songs, so he was known. He wasn't exactly an indie artist or a hidden gem. He was pretty big, and it only cost $18 to go see him.
That seat may have been the cheapest one going, but it's still shocking.
Of course, that show was just for a county fair, and the venue wasn't exactly The Sphere in Vegas, but no matter how I look at it, the price astounds me.
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The singer has an upcoming residency at The Sphere, and tickets prices are crazy, especially considering what we used to have. The cheapest tickets you can get right now are going for just over $100. The most expensive? Just over $3,000.
Again, this is The Sphere we're talking about, so tickets are going to be very high. A regular Kenny Chesney concert aren't going to be too far off, however. The state of the music industry right now when it comes to ticket prices is criminal.
At least we've got Kid Rock fighting off ticket scalpers and Oliver Anthony, who's trying to subvert the industry completely.
Maybe one day we'll be able to enter a concert for $18. But that's just being unrealistic.
