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by Dave Williams<\/p>\n

Today I somehow wound up Internet surfing upcoming concerts and live theater events in Dallas-Ft. Worth.\u00a0Here’s a short list of shows I would enjoy seeing but will not:<\/p>\n

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Elton is retiring from touring, not being canonized.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. ELTON JOHN’S FAREWELL TOUR<\/strong> – Cheap seats, $282 each. (In a basketball arena that seats 21,000.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2. PAUL MCCARTNEY<\/strong> – Cheap seats, $82 each. (Third deck of a 50,000 seat MLB stadium.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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3, The Broadway tour of HAMILTON<\/strong> – Cheap seats, $345 each. (For that price CarolAnn and I can fly round-trip to California and spend a week with our kids.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As a self-conscious old fart I figured that I’m just way out of touch with the cost of living these days. So, I did some quick Google work on cost of living comparisons and here’s what I found:<\/p>\n

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Presumably $2.50 to see The Stones and 25 cents for the Homecoming Queen Contest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

— When I was a teenager in the late 1960s the Rolling Stones played the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Ticket prices were $2.75 (including a Homecoming Queen Contest). In today’s dollars that’s just shy of $16.00, not the $282 and up for nosebleed seats to see Elton John.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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— In 1966 The Beatles played their last-ever live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Tickets were $4.50 – $6.50. Paying $82 next year to see McCartney in a baseball stadium is a price increase of 551.77% and that’s just for one Beatle, not all four.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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— Broadway tickets prices for Orchestra seats were $15 in 1970. That would be roughly $94 now, not the $345 they want for a seat that would require me to carry a telescope to see Hamilton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A founding “father” at age 19, Hamilton was a lousy shot, killed in a duel by Aaron Burr who still has no musical to honor him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Look, I believe in capitalism. If people are willing to pay these prices for two or three hours of big show entertainment who am I to protest?<\/p>\n

I’m just kicking myself for skipping that Stones show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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