I Love New York, But It Doesn't Love Me

Tickets for Britney Spears at the Nassau Veterans Coliseum in Long Island are priced at $349 for premium seats and $150 for crappy seats. $349!!! I said Britney Spears, not round trip to L.A. I mean, I don't wanna see her, but I'm sure someone does. Right? Britney? It's Britney! Spears!

(See me in a few weeks when the tour implodes and Britney is wandering barefoot, looking for a pack of Lucky's.)

A decent seat for a New York Knicks' game starts at $114, and to many New Yorkers, sitting behind the basket, is not a good seat. But forget that. Didn't Knicks' management just tell New York, "Shut up and relax. We'll start not sucking so bad in 2010. In the meantime, we're gonna suck bad and you're gonna like it." OK, maybe that's not an actual quote, but that stupid, stupid deal last week said the same thing. And still, we have to pay. Tickets should be free to see this joke of a team.

Should we really get into what we'll have to pay to see the Mets or the Yankees next year?

This holiday weekend my wife and I went to see "Slumdog Millionaire." (Fantastic!) Before hand, we stopped at Jane on West Broadway for Bloody Marys.' $27! (We had one each, not 2 each.) That's without a tip. In New Orleans, the bartenders are friendlier, the Bloody Marys are better and they cost $6.50. Well, at least we were in Soho. My, what a warm town.

What's going on? I used to defend this city. I don't think I can anymore.

Comments

[darthdarcy]

Britney Spears you were gonna go see Britney Spears...Sal what's a matter with you...?

You want a good drink and good meal, go to little Italy ever hear of it, and stop hanging out where the yuppies and tourists do...

[Sal Nunziato - Huffpost Blogger]

I didn't think I'd have to say this, but it's important enough to make it clear--NO! Had no ibtention of seeing Britney Spears. That wasn't the point. But thanks for looking out.

[tomas0808]

I saw The Police and The Specials at The Showbox in Seattle in 1980 for 8 bucks. That's right. Eight bucks. EIGHT. I don't go to shows very often anymore but I refuse to pay more than twenty bucks, maybe twenty five. Tours and shows didn't used to make money, they were mostly to promote record sales, but I guess the bands are all greedy now just like everyone else.

[cmealha]

Blame the idiots that are paying those prices. No one is forced to pay such ridiculous prices. If more people just exercised some self-restraint and said 'No' you'd see how quickly prices would come down.