Miley Cyrus’ April 15 concert at the Sprint Center sold out quickly after tickets went on sale to the public Saturday morning.
Area ticket brokers say that the exposure Cyrus garnered with her controversial appearances on recent video music-award shows helped to fuel demand. And Saturday’s sellout shows just how much the world of buying concert tickets has changed.
One broker says that people who go to a box office to get tickets are out of luck these days; you’ve got to do it online.
“When a concert is hot, it’s going to sell out in less than five minutes,” said Hal Wagner of Ace Sports and Collectibles in Oak Park Mall. “To go to a box office and stand there 30 minutes after it goes on sale and expect to get tickets — forget about it; it’s not going to happen.”
The only tickets left are through ticket brokers like Wagner — but you’ll pay a pretty penny. We checked Wagner’s website, and the asking price for one primo Sprint Center seat, including a pre-show meet-and-greet with the star, was more than $6,000.
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