These costs may need you singing the blues…
Reply: $132.62
Questions:
- What do you assume may be the explanations for the rising price of live performance tickets over time?
- Why is it essential to plan a price range for leisure and occasions?
- How can rising prices of on a regular basis gadgets have an effect on the quantity individuals are prepared to spend on leisure?
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Behind the numbers (Pollstar)
The 2025 Prime 100 Worldwide Touring Artists averaged over $2.5 million per present worldwide, up 9.2% over 2024’s common, whereas ticket gross sales averaged 19,104 per night time for an all-time file excessive. That’s 11.9% greater than the 2024 common and seven.4% greater than 2023’s common of 17,793, which was the file excessive prior to now.
The 2025 common ticket value, nevertheless, is down barely. The typical elevated from $96.17 in 2019 to $106.07 in 2022, marking the primary time it had crossed the $100 threshold. Then, it steadily grew earlier than peaking at $135.92 final yr. This yr’s value dropped 2.4% to $132.62, however it’s nonetheless greater than both 2022 or 2023.
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Kathryn Dawson
Kathryn (she/her) is worked up to affix the NGPF group after 9 years of expertise in schooling as a mentor, tutor, and particular schooling instructor. She is a graduate of Cornell College with a level in coverage evaluation and administration and has a grasp’s diploma in schooling from Brooklyn School. Kathryn is wanting ahead to bringing her ardour for accessibility and academic justice into curriculum design at NGPF. Throughout her free time, Kathryn loves embarking on cooking tasks, strolling round her Seattle neighborhood together with her canine, or lounging in a hammock with a guide.
