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| - So, say you like this band for a really long time, and you're really excited to find out they're playing in Toronto. At the Molson Amphitheatre. Then you go to buy tickets (through Ticketmaster, which is another story of rip-offs), and find out that they cost a small fortune (about $200 a person, and half the "good seats" are gone already).
If you're like me, you thought, "What are the cheapest ones? I'll just get those and then walk my way up to the front -- it's all open, right?" Wrong. My little analogy here is describing the time I went to see Motley Crue probably about 4 years ago when they played here (Yeah, I know I'm late on the bandwagon, what do you want, I'm young). I paid $40 for a lawn seat and thought I could just walk up to the seats and steal an empty one.
Yeeeeaaaah not a chance. This place has insane security. So even after I realized that the lawn seats sucked because they were not seats at all (and I didn't bring a blanket), I couldn't make my way up anywhere, and I also could not see a thing.
And WHY OH WHY is the beer so expensive? It's murderous. It should at least be cheaper for the poor people stuck on the lawn, since we can't see, we may as well be afforded the right to get drunk for cheap.
Anyway, if you are lucky enough to have connections and get industry passes or free seats in the assigned seating area, then it's great. Or if you're rich. But if you can't justify spending all that money, don't think the lawn is a decent solution. Plus if it rains...you are the first people to be soaked. So sad.
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