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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by nonethewiser on Sunday September 24, 2023 @01:40AM (#37630420)
> The enjoyment of attendees can be partly dependent on the enthusiasm of other attendees. Consider the extremes: an audience entirely comprised of people who hardly know the artist, but can afford it Vs an audience comprised of only die-hard fans, irrespective of their ability to afford a ticket. The first has a flat atmosphere, the second, a special one.

Higher ticket prices would lead to more diehard fans

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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by RugnirViking on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:08AM (#37631080)
> Higher ticket prices would lead to more diehard fans

no? personal utility doesn't work that way in the real world... We have such drastic inequality that $200 is literally impossible for a huge fraction of the population wheras to some people its an afterthought to spend for a laugh. You can literally notice it in a venue when ticket prices are higher, the atmosphere is different, the clothing is different, the energy of the dancing, the singing

profile of somebody with money to spend: 40+, knowledge worker, drained of energy, has a lot of things going on in life

profile of the kind of fan that makes your show trendy: <30, sporadic employment, excess energy, impulsive, carefree

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