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

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.