Comments on: bumbershoot hasn’t been free for 26 years http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: josh http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2860 josh Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:46:38 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/#comment-2860 It is worth remembering that tickets are considerably cheaper if you buy in advance. This year, a three-day pass cost $50 and daily tickets cost $18. Given the price that you'd pay to see one of the artists at a club, the charges are reasonable. Bumbershoot <i>is</i> considerably less expensive than other festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo, but, as much as I like many of the artists performing this year, the quality of the headliners does differ substantially. It is worth remembering that tickets are considerably cheaper if you buy in advance. This year, a three-day pass cost $50 and daily tickets cost $18. Given the price that you’d pay to see one of the artists at a club, the charges are reasonable.

Bumbershoot is considerably less expensive than other festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo, but, as much as I like many of the artists performing this year, the quality of the headliners does differ substantially.

]]> By: James http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 James Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:33:35 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/#comment-2859 According to <a href="http://www.westegg.com/inflation/" rel="nofollow">this inflation calculator</a>, those $2.50 tickets from 1980 would cost $6.35 in 2005 dollars. And this year's $30 tix are the equivalent of $11.81 in 1980 dollars. I have no brilliant analysis to add to that. According to this inflation calculator, those $2.50 tickets from 1980 would cost $6.35 in 2005 dollars. And this year’s $30 tix are the equivalent of $11.81 in 1980 dollars.

I have no brilliant analysis to add to that.

]]> By: josh http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2858 josh Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:00:08 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/#comment-2858 an out of sample prediction based on the current data suggests that the 2010 daily ticket price would be $38. want to make a completely irresponsible calculation of your own? thanks to fractional polynomials and linear regression, hours and hours of fun can be yours for the price of a basic scientific calculator: 1. x = year/10 2. y1 = x^3 - 7948112.585 3. y2 = x^3*ln(x) -42094383.35 4. price = 10.51068 -0.0962149(y1) + .0171088(y2) an out of sample prediction based on the current data suggests that the 2010 daily ticket price would be $38.

want to make a completely irresponsible calculation of your own? thanks to fractional polynomials and linear regression, hours and hours of fun can be yours for the price of a basic scientific calculator:

1. x = year/10
2. y1 = x^3 – 7948112.585
3. y2 = x^3*ln(x) -42094383.35
4. price = 10.51068 -0.0962149(y1) + .0171088(y2)

]]> By: samantha http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 samantha Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:53:08 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/#comment-2857 Josh, your genius with charts and graphs is astounding. Josh, your genius with charts and graphs is astounding.

]]> By: J http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/comment-page-1/#comment-2856 J Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:00:48 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2006/08/29/bumbershoot-hasnt-been-free-for-26-years/#comment-2856 Nice chart! Well done. You should forecast ahead 4 or 5 years :) I've been here since '96 and somehow convinced myself that Bumbershoot had been free. Now I have to admit that I really am just getting too old for music fests and the price of ticket has nothing to do with my withering enthusiasm for the event. Nice chart! Well done. You should forecast ahead 4 or 5 years :) I’ve been here since ’96 and somehow convinced myself that Bumbershoot had been free. Now I have to admit that I really am just getting too old for music fests and the price of ticket has nothing to do with my withering enthusiasm for the event.

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