Ticket Prices
More Grumbling About Ticket Prices
Fri, Mar 3, 2004
by Drew McManus
This time the grumbling comes from Boston where the world renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra is experiencing a severe backlash from its patron subscribers regarding their steep ticket price increases. According to an article by Geoff Edgers in the March 10th edition of the Boston Globe the BSO has raised ticket prices by as much as
Ticket Price And Competition
Thu, Mar 3, 2004
by Drew McManus
Colleague and fellow AJ blogger Andrew Taylor wrote a good article on Monday comparing the rising cost of tickets at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Red Sox…
Reader Response: A Student’s view on ticket price
Tue, Jan 1, 2004
by Drew McManus
It’s funny how quickly we forget what our lives were like in our younger years. Recently I’ve been criticizing the industry for high ticket prices that exclude many young patrons. Several orchestra administrators have written in to remind me that their orchestras (as do most) offer student rush tickets for around the cost of a
Reader Response: Talk is cheap, tickets aren’t
Sat, Jan 1, 2004
by Drew McManus
I received quite a few responses from orchestra managers challenging my point of view regarding the recent article about orchestra ticket prices . One of which came from Curt Long, the Executive Director for the Dayton Philharmonic…
Talk is cheap, tickets aren’t
Thu, Jan 1, 2004
by Drew McManus
Audience development is a big issue in this industry. Attendance is down, younger patrons are harder to attract, and subscription series are getting increasingly difficult to sell. In addition to all of the cultural, social, and marketing issues involved with this problem, I think a widely overlooked area is the cost of single tickets… Kennedy Center
