Springsteen Tickets - What are they Worth?

[Requiem]

I have been offered the "opportunity" to purchase two tickets to the November 12 Springsteen concert at the Verizon Center. $400 for two seats on the third row of the VIP club level and I am told they are a bargain.

Never been to a Springsteen concert and not a huge fan, but I am told his shows with the E Street Band are a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Anyone here been to one of his concerts and have some advice?

[il Padrino Ute]

20 years ago I would have done that, but not now.

I'm sure it's still a great show as far as the music is concerned, but Springsteen has now started to use his concerts as a forum to spout off about his political beliefs. When I pay money to see a concert, I only want to hear the music, no matter what side of the political isle the musician is on.

[MikeWaters]

He believes in civil liberties. So I actually applaud his views.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Requiem

I have been offered the "opportunity" to purchase two tickets to the November 12 Springsteen concert at the Verizon Center. $400 for two seats on the third row of the VIP club level and I am told they are a bargain.

Never been to a Springsteen concert and not a huge fan, but I am told his shows with the E Street Band are a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Anyone here been to one of his concerts and have some advice?

It sort of depends on how much you will miss $400. As for me, I would probabyl do it, if they were decent seats, but I like Bruce and I think he can still bring it, unlike a lot of the other older acts out there that charge outrageous prices (I would never go see the stones again, for example, becasue they just have lost it, IMO).

[Solon]

Originally Posted by Requiem

I have been offered the "opportunity" to purchase two tickets to the November 12 Springsteen concert at the Verizon Center. $400 for two seats on the third row of the VIP club level and I am told they are a bargain.

Never been to a Springsteen concert and not a huge fan, but I am told his shows with the E Street Band are a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Anyone here been to one of his concerts and have some advice?

I'd buy them, but just to sell them for a profit, since I'm poor. If I could afford it, I'd gladly shell out to see him. He's great, and lots of fun with the E-street band.

I'm a huge Springsteen fan and have only seen him in concert once. I scalped a ticket in London and paid $100 to sit in the nosebleeds (of course, london is pricier than the states) in 1999 - and even then it was a counterfeit ticket (I expressed outrage and the usher escorted me to a better seat; go figure). Back then, everyone was thinking that it was the last fling with e-street, but I guess not. So, it wasn't really a "once in a lifetime opportunity" but I've since decided it was "once in a lifetime" for me, unless I win the lottery or something.

Springsteen is unbelievable. Plus, he writes his own songs. but $400 is a lot of cash for entertainment (let alone $800 for two tickets). If the cash isn't an issue and your only hangup is that you're not a fan, that can be easily remedied.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Solon

I'd buy them, but just to sell them for a profit, since I'm poor. If I could afford it, I'd gladly shell out to see him. He's great, and lots of fun with the E-street band.

I'm a huge Springsteen fan and have only seen him in concert once. I scalped a ticket in London and paid $100 to sit in the nosebleeds (of course, london is pricier than the states) in 1999 - and even then it was a counterfeit ticket (I expressed outrage and the usher escorted me to a better seat; go figure). Back then, everyone was thinking that it was the last fling with e-street, but I guess not. So, it wasn't really a "once in a lifetime opportunity" but I've since decided it was "once in a lifetime" for me, unless I win the lottery or something.

Springsteen is unbelievable. Plus, he writes his own songs. but $400 is a lot of cash for entertainment (let alone $800 for two tickets). If the cash isn't an issue and your only hangup is that you're not a fan, that can be easily remedied.

I thought it was $400 for two seats? If $400 per seat, I probably wouldn't do it. Seriously, my max for a concert, just on pricnciple if for no other reason, tops out somewhere between 200 and 300 per seat. This is not a joke.

[Requiem]

Originally Posted by creekster

I thought it was $400 for two seats? If $400 per seat, I probably wouldn't do it. Seriously, my max for a concert, just on pricnciple if for no other reason, tops out somewhere between 200 and 300 per seat. This is not a joke.

$400 for two tickets. Thanks for the insight from Solon and yourself. Life is short, I will give it a shot.

[MikeWaters]

I like Springsteen, put probably only up to $40.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I read over the weekend that Hannah Montana is outselling Bruce Springsteen in concert ticket sales. That is sick and wrong.

[RC Vikings]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I like Springsteen, put probably only up to $40.

The last place you could watch Springsteen for $40 was at The Stone Pony.