Bruce Springsteen & the Christmas Miracle
Act now and you can be the first one on your block to get those coveted Bruce Springsteen tickets for his Greensboro show this spring!
How early will you be? Consider this: The tickets aren't even on sale yet. Heck, the Greensboro coliseum won't even confirm the concert is happening.
But that hasn't stopped the wheels of free enterprise. Stubhub.com, a ticket resale website, currently has 76 tickets available for the April 28 concert for as much as six times the expected list price. That's right, for just $583 each, you can get tickets that, according to Springsteen's official website, don't go on sale until Dec. 7.
How can it be that be, you ask? Is this some Christmas miracle? Or do these tickets even exist?
Don't worry, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus. But at these prices, he must have a lot of overhead to pay for.
Jennifer, a friendly Stubhub.com operator we spoke to Sunday, checked and assured us that indeed, that two actual tickets for Section 121 row RR can be yours for the equivalent of a mortgage payment. Plus a 10 percent premium to Stubhub. Plus shipping.
Stubhub only acts as a middleman for the deal. People who hold tickets use Stubhub to resell their tickets. Stubhub won't release the name of the seller, since scalpers are generally shy about taking credit for the valuable service they provide.
When we pointed out that the tickets were't on-sale yet, Jennifer explained that this wasn't all that unusual. Often early tickets are released by the promoter, the venue or the band, she said. Andrew Brown, a spokesman for the Coliseum, says the tickets didn't come from them.
While you're pondering this miracle, here's a clip to get you in the mood for the concert. It may be a close as you get:
Comments (2)
To report abuse of the comment feature on this site, please use the feedback form at the bottom of any page.
Outrage! I think the $65/$95 price tag for tickets is too high as it is, so $500+ is ridiculous. Isn't there anything that can be done proactively to prevent another incident like the Hannah Montana fiasco? I'll volunteer for any assignment, including the confiscation of tickets.
Posted on November 30, 2007 8:42 PM
I'll bet your buddy Ann Morris might have paid $500+ per ticket as she's a HUGE Springsteen fan. ---Len Anderson----
Posted on June 12, 2008 9:22 PM