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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Thu 9 Feb 05:02
I have just seen an advert on the front page of dotnet for an event next month here in Melbourne. Barack Obama is appearing at the John Cain Arena, one of the stadiums used in the Australian Open Tennis.
I thought I might go along to that until I checked the ticket prices through Ticketek. Would you believe that they range from $195 to $895...?
Geez, that`s a fortune to hear a bloke speak for an hour or so. John Cain Arena holds 10,500 for concerts, so assuming he filled it with people paying the lowest rate, he would be grossing $2 million for the night.
Sure, there will be major deductions from that, but just imagine going around the world endlessly clocking up these sorts of paydays!
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Thu 9 Feb 08:23
Imagine if we gave that sort of money to scientists instead?
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Thu 9 Feb 08:29
Boris will be next :-)
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Thu 9 Feb 08:59
Johnson`s earnings since losing office as the PM are now around £5m apparently - but he still needs help with his accommodation costs.
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Topic Originator: Andrew283
Date: Thu 9 Feb 09:02
I`m going to take a guess and say ticketek is a subsidiary of Ticketmaster? Absolute scum
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Thu 9 Feb 21:05
How much of that disappears to ticketmaster, arena hire, security, tax etc.
He probably doesnt end up with a huge amount, but merchandise and booksales will escalate.
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Topic Originator: Superally
Date: Thu 9 Feb 21:22
Heading to Melbourne in March. Thankfully I`ll miss that. However did manage to get tickets for F1 Australian GP though
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It's a well known medical fact that some men were born two drams below par.
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Thu 9 Feb 23:05
Maybe Barry is struggling to pay the heating bill in his 12 million beachside home in The Hamptons.
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Fri 10 Feb 00:08
Amazing how quick Boris makes an appearance on this thread.....
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: londonparsfan
Date: Fri 10 Feb 13:25
To be fair there`s a pretty direct comparison. Maybe not in terms of ability but in the fact they are two former heads of state charging large amounts of on the speaker circuit.
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Sat 11 Feb 09:16
Quote:
londonparsfan, Fri 10 Feb 13:25
To be fair there`s a pretty direct comparison. Maybe not in terms of ability but in the fact they are two former heads of state charging large amounts of on the speaker circuit.
Yip. And people want to pay. So what?
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Sat 11 Feb 09:59
Obama’s not exactly a stand-up comedian, but maybe he’s been working on some new material or learned some magic tricks to justify those ticket prices.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sat 11 Feb 13:25
You would have thought a Democrat like Obama would have wanted the tickets to be accessible to the less well-heeled members of society.
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