Wizard of Oz at Sphere

Interesting. People spend thousands gambling.Yet don't want to enjoy a show.I try for a deal. Nevertheless if I want to see a show. I go for it. Glad Michael and

wife had good time.There is a package deal from Fountaineblue.

I am going Friday.Dont remember what I paid.

I'm with you, Patsy.   Some folks here would be shocked, shocked, at what I paid for Garth Brooks tickets when he was at Wynn with his one man show.  It was a birthday gift for my husband, and I didn't worry about the price.  I sure don't remember the cost, except that it wasn't cheap.  Part of the cost of doing business, i.e. life, marriage, etc.

Candy

Thanks Candy always positive.

Still in positive on slots.Taking a break early dinner Martha Stewart,s at Paris.Have to walk over in awful heat.Can't change Birthday. Next year maybe celebrate a little early.

Have a wonderful dinner, Patsy and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday Patsy

Well, Patsy, I don't know or care what "people" do, but I don't spend thousands gambling or even hundreds. I may BET thousands, but always with a small advantage. So for my lifetime, I'm modestly ahead (about $150,000).

But the people who routinely dump several grand when they visit Vegas? Yeah, a $285 show ticket might seem trivial to them--even a bargain, considering what's been happening to them at the slots. Paying that kind of money for 75 minutes' entertainment blows my mind, personally. But if you're used to losing four or even five figures? Meh. Whatever.

And that's how Vegas has sold the masses The Gouge. Charge ridiculous prices and fees for every goddamn thing possible, and pretty soon, that $8 bottle of water, that $31 cheeseburger, that $370 room...they start to look like downright bargains.

I'm sure the Sphere is fun, whatever show it may be. But I can have a lot more fun for a lot longer with that kind of expense. For others, that $285 may be the cheapest and the most fun hour they'll spend in Vegas. 

I hasten to add that I might pay that kind of money for a unique experience, one I may never be able to duplicate. Certainly, I've already watched "The Wizard of Oz," and I can't imagine how they could "enhance" it so it would be worth $285 to see it. But perhaps a performer whom I've always wanted to see and is well past their sell-by date? Many's the time I see a marquee and say to myself, "Wow, he's still ALIVE??" I remember seeing Gordon Lighfiit, Eddie Money, and Rich Little's farewell performances. Thise were worth the cost. (Though it wasn't as bad as the current cost to see a headliner.)

Tickets for Wizard Of Oz currently start at $104 after fees. Midrange seats are $124.

Certainly not cheap for an abridged version of a nearly 90 year old movie, but not insanely expensive for a Vegas show that cost $100 million to produce. 

I haven't seen Wizard Of Oz at The Sphere but I saw Postcards From Earth. It was under $120. Seats were great. I enjoyed the show.

I did feel it was a bit expensive for what it was but the film cost 80 million to make and The Sphere was ridiculously expensive to build so somewhat understandable. 

I am moderately interested in seeing Wizard Of Oz there. 

The last number I saw for the Sphere was $3 billion, which seems certifiably insane for an entertainment venue that doesn't seat all that many people.

The Sphere wouldn't survive anywhere except Vegas, with people "on vacay" and somewhat numbed to high prices. Even so, its novelty will wear off pretty quickly.

The $285 figure I used was for the first Sphere show, I forget what it was called, so I'm not surprised to see a lower price point for the Oz remake. The word was that there was a fair amount of price resistance to those more expensive shows, 

I just have a hard time imagining what makes the Oz movie remake so compelling. Hell, it's only half the length of the original, so they have to have ruthlessly slashed the content. I'm reminded of when the Venetian chopped Phantom of the Opera in half, so people could be chased back out into the casino to gamble as swiftly as possible.

Living in Portland, I have easy access to a tremendous variety of entertainment, at prices much lower than Vegas, so I've never been able to get excited about what Vegas has to offer. Aside from "residencies," if a performer hits Vegas, they'll almost always hit Portland as well, or at least Seattle.

I think Postcards From Earth was that high for the first couple months or so and then quickly dropped in price.