US Open Ticket Prices

[jimlosaltos]

Seeing complains that even grounds passes are available only in the after market at 3X mark ups.

This is purported Fri first week.

USO using the duplicitous Ticketmaster. But also the post-Covid urge to get out continues with seemingly every entertainment venue getting a "Taylor Swift-like" bounce.

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[stroke]

It always comes down to supply and demand. If the demand is there, the suppliers cannot seem to help themselves, sticking it to the demanders. The ATP is not hurting in the demand department.

[stotty]

Your get this a lot these days, both in the US and over the pond. The gap between rich and poor is huge and the rich get milked for all they are worth and the poor could never afford to go to major events like the US Open. The super rich, of course, who rarely pay their dues, can afford what ever they want.

The free market economy has terrible weaknesses in the times we live in these days.

[jimlosaltos]

Your get this a lot these days, both in the US and over the pond. The gap between rich and poor is huge and the rich get milked for all they are worth and the poor could never afford to go to major events like the US Open. The super rich, of course, who rarely pay their dues, can afford what ever they want.

The free market economy has terrible weaknesses in the times we live in these days.

Today's NYT on "free days" and high prices at US Open. {Should be a guess link for free access}

Excerpt: "Long lines of limousines stretching out at the V.I.P. entrance. A-list celebrities in luxury boxes flashing on the giant video screens to fans who pay $4,000 for a fifth-row seat and sip $23 Honey Deuce cocktails. It’s the United States Open, one of the glitziest, most expensive and most popular sporting events on the calendar, and it begins on Monday.


And; "If Fan Week was ever a secret, it’s not anymore. In 2011, about 56,000 people attended the qualifying rounds for free; there were no special fan events, and the U.S. Open was still in preparation mode during that week. Last year, Fan Week attendance ballooned to 158,000, and this year even more are expected."

[jimlosaltos]

Here's a CNN piece on the luxury suites:

Seafood towers, endless Honey Deuces and $100,000 suites: How the US Open lures in high-rollers and celebrities

Excerpt:

Most suites are rented by financial, insurance and legal businesses....

But the stars who attend aren’t sitting in the upper bowl of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the 24,000-seat main court often seen on TV, watching a speck of a neon-green ball bounce back and forth.

Instead, they’re invited to one of the 90 swanky suites that flank the court. These are either run by the US Open’s top sponsors or available to rent privately for prices up to $100,000. These offer comfy chairs, big-screen TVs and catered food, as well as giving host companies more exposure thanks to the buzz a celebrity brings to an event. (However, to get up close, the outside balconies still have those plastic chairs.)