why i go to small club shows

[acroyear]

like the birchmere, the 9:30, the state theater, etc...

tonight's Jethro Tull tickets at constitution hall start at $50 and go up to $80 for the floor.

i have yet to pay a club show price more than $35, with most being under $25 (including last night's Steve Hackett).

why the hell is it that the bigger the venue, the more expensive the price?  kinda goes against standard supply and demand economics, no?

needless-to-say, i'm not going.

sorry, Ian.

Comments

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

Because overhead costs arent strict supply/demand. It costs exponentially more per head in a large venue than a small one, when one considers all the costs involved.

[rsteachout.livejournal.com]

In addition, DAR Constitution Hall is in D.C. which tacks on higher fees and taxes, and requires that all support personnel (security, concession workers, custodial workers, etc.) working the event be union. So the location itself also means a higher cost that is passed on to the consumer.

of course the question is

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

did DAR Constitution Hall require all employees be union, or did the unions require DAR Constitution Hall require all employees be union.

not all concession workers are union; some are lowly college students from georgetown, catholic, GWU, or american.

Re: I'll put it a different way for you...

[scarydavedc.livejournal.com]

I know thier box office and ushers are not union, they are not even house staff (which makes sense, since DAR does not have regular enough perfomances to warrent having a house staff). They work for a company contracted to staff events at DAR.