Concert tickets resold on SeatGeek have doubled in price over the last 5 years to to an average of $252 per ticket
To finance expensive concert tickets, some music fans are cutting back on other purchases and picking up second jobs, theFor fans who snag tickets on resale sites, they could be paying more than double what prices were five years ago, per the Journal. That means the average price of a concert ticket resold on SeatGeek has climbed from $125 in 2019 to $252 in 2023, the company confirmed to Insider.
But for some big-name artists, the resale prices can climb far above that. For resold Taylor Swift tickets, the average price is $1,311, per SeatGeek. For resold Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen tickets, average prices have soared to $480 and $469, according to the company. To cover these higher costs, some people are picking up second jobs, eliminating dining-out expenses, or cutting down on concert purchases in general,
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