A big h/t to You’ve Cott Mail (YCM) for sending around an overview of the Culture Track 2014 report from LaPlaca Cohen, which studies the attitudes, motivators, and barriers of culturally active audiences. I’m still wading through the document but one item that should catch your attention in the YCM overview is high price as a primary barrier to attending live events.
Long time readers are well aware that ticket prices are an oft examined topic here at Adaptistration and it is looking like the Culture Track 2014 report is likely to serve as one more quantifiable nag that this issue isn’t going to go away on its own. I highly recommend taking the time to read the entire report and the sections on loyalty models and on-site participation via technology are worth special attention.
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2 thoughts on “High Price Of Tickets Cited Among Greatest Barriers To Attendance”
I sometimes wonder about price truly being a barrier: tickets to “popular” music events seem to me to be no less expensive than classical concerts and performances. For example, the American Idol tour in Dallas (actually in Grand Prairie TX) has prices from $100 min up to $650. I know the Dallas Opera and Symphony prices are less than that – I’m a subscriber to both. Casino acts in southern Oklahoma seem to run $30 – $80 or so (based on my recall of newspaper ads) , which are a little less than the opera and symphony. I would guess it is a matter of choice, perhaps regarding a “pop” event as more “special” than classical; or the relative special-ness of the appeal of a star performer at the two events.
Those are good observations and a frequent point of discussion on this topic but by and large, the primary difference is repeat attendance and related frequency. Pop acts are based on a very different business model than resident performing arts orgs.
Long time readers are well aware that ticket prices are an oft examined topic here at Adaptistration and it is looking like the Culture Track 2014 report is likely to serve as one more quantifiable nag that this issue isn’t going to go away on its own. I highly recommend taking the time to read the entire report and the sections on loyalty models and on-site participation via technology are worth special attention.
I sometimes wonder about price truly being a barrier: tickets to “popular” music events seem to me to be no less expensive than classical concerts and performances. For example, the American Idol tour in Dallas (actually in Grand Prairie TX) has prices from $100 min up to $650. I know the Dallas Opera and Symphony prices are less than that – I’m a subscriber to both. Casino acts in southern Oklahoma seem to run $30 – $80 or so (based on my recall of newspaper ads) , which are a little less than the opera and symphony. I would guess it is a matter of choice, perhaps regarding a “pop” event as more “special” than classical; or the relative special-ness of the appeal of a star performer at the two events.
Those are good observations and a frequent point of discussion on this topic but by and large, the primary difference is repeat attendance and related frequency. Pop acts are based on a very different business model than resident performing arts orgs.