Avicii to perform Friday, hunt for tickets continues
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the SGA-sponsored Avicii concert, its ticket sales and the search for tickets before the event.
- The News-Letter reported that the Sept. 21 concert at Baltimore’s Pier Six Pavilion sold out quickly after students were offered tickets, leading to resale listings.
- The paper reported that discounted student tickets first cost $25, with 1,000 tickets offered and later increased to 2,000; public tickets cost $45.
- The article adds that, as of Sept. 19, StubHub listings ranged from $98 to $300, while Facebook listings rose from $50 to about $200.
- The reporter writes that freshman Adam Eckstein, who missed the discounted-ticket window, said, “I didn’t think it was going to sell out so fast,” and “I was really looking forward to going.”
- According to the article, Joshua Goodstein and Wyatt Larkin hoped the concert would start “a new Hopkins tradition” for Johns Hopkins Concerts, while Larkin said demand showed students wanted such events.