Diana Ross’ Kings Theatre opening a hot ticket at $1.000 per resale ticket.

[David J]

Diana Ross’ Kings Theatre opening a hot ticket [[http://nypost.com/2015/01/30/diana-ross-kings-theatre-opening-a-hot-ticket/)
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Legendary Motown singer Diana Ross is so “Supreme” that a couple of resale tickets to her Brooklyn concert were priced at an eye-popping $1,000 on StubHub.
Only 11 tickets were left to her much-anticipated concert headlining the long-shuttered Kings Theatre’s Feb. 3 grand opening.
Original tickets, which cost $80 to $126, sold out weeks ago. The cheapest resale tickets to the show were $495 on Friday, according to listings on the ticket site.
By comparison, the cheapest tickets to Jack White’s concert at Madison Square Garden sold for $66.
“We believe the overwhelming enthusiasm . . . is emblematic of both Diana Ross’ enduring appeal and the community’s excitement for the theater’s return,” said theater spokesman Matthew Wolf.

[antceleb12]

Woof...I wonder if those prices are inflated by resellers unaffiliated with the promoters, or if that's how much actual tickets cost.

[RobertZ]

Woof...I wonder if those prices are inflated by resellers unaffiliated with the promoters, or if that's how much actual tickets cost.
That's "reseller" [[ie: scalper!) after- market price.

[Bokiluis]

New York has always been her top market. When she returned to play Forest Hills stadium in 1996 in Queens, she sold out 2 nights [[15,000 cap.) There were advertisements on city buses throughout the boroughs. I think her most successful engagement in New York [[besides Central Park) was her 10 night engagement at Radio City in 1985 [[60,000 cap.). Unfortunately, her mother, Ernestine also passed during that engagement.

[dba]

The top ticket price for this show was $128.00. I should know I bought two tickets in the 10th Row center [[not to gloat, I am a long time fan and a preservationist, so I get my favorite singer singing in an amazing newly renovated theater).
Check this out . . . http://news.yahoo.com/once-crumbling-brooklyn-movie-palace-reborn-061052269.html

[skooldem1]

9020

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2937464/Once-crumbling-Brooklyn-movie-palace-reborn.html

[daviddesper]

As I had posted at the time I ordered the tickets, I am scheduled to see Diana in Charlottesville, VA this Thursday as in day after tomorrow. Needless to say I am excited about that but at the same time wondering if the weather will impact her getting here.

If I am understanding these posts correctly, she was scheduled to appear at this Brooklyn theater tonight [[Tuesday the 3rd), and with all the snow, canceled flights, etc. I am sure you can understand my concern.

I am also puzzled by reading about the references above to overpriced tickets, scalping, etc. I say that because according to the website for the theater she is appearing in down here, there are still tickets available, even though it is a small venue seating only about 1,200-1,500. I guess that must mean that some areas embrace her more than others.