Tickets to Beyoncé's Louisville show are still available. Here's where prices currently stand
Are folks who got Beyoncé tickets during the first wave of sales the only ones who will be in the crowd this summer in Louisville?
A quick peek at seats for the pop star's upcoming performance, set for July 17 at the recently renamed L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, says no – there are still plenty of resale options for those who didn't get tickets when they first hit the market. They're not as expensive as you might think, either, if you based your expectations around resale prices from February for the "Love on Top" singer's first shows in cities like Toronto and Chicago.
Here's what it could cost you now to see the pop superstar's "Renaissance" tour show in Louisville.
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How much are resale tickets to Beyoncé's Louisville show?
The least expensive seats on Ticketmaster as of March 16 are around $60. They'll get you a spot at some of the furthest seats from the stage, in sections 306 to 312. Tickets in other upper level sections are also available for around $80.
If you want a closer view, there are hundreds of tickets starting around the $100 mark and going for up to $210 on the 200 level of the stadium. Tickets on the 100 level and field are going between $150 and $500 right now, but that excludes seats closest to the stage or included in VIP packages.
For those intimate and VIP experiences, guests will still pay the premium.
Tickets in the "Club Renaissance" section that face the stage in a semi-circle and have a bar nearby are nearly $900. VIP Riser seats that directly face the stage will run you a little more than $1,800 – and there were only 25 of them on sale as of March 16. Tickets for VIP A and B sections, where there's standing room only, start at $2,509, but the number of tickets was limited as of Thursday morning.
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Why were Beyoncé tickets so high to start with?
Some of Beyoncé's first resale tickets were listed at $11,000 or $12,000 depending on the city. SeatGeek had tickets priced at $400 tagged as a "good deal" in Chicago.
So why did ticket prices surge so high?
Skyrocketing ticket prices for big-name celebs has been the trend for a while due to an algorithm called dynamic pricing, which analyzes real-time market supply and demand, similar to how airline tickets and ride shares are priced. Stars including Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Harry Styles have all used dynamic pricing to sell tickets, and it's a big reason why some Taylor Swift tickets never made it to the public market last year.
Contact reporter Rae Johnson at RNJohnson@gannett.com. Follow them on Twitter at @RaeJ_33.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Beyoncé tickets for Louisville show still available. Where prices stand
