B-Fest 2006 - see you in the aisles?
I'm a wee bit late reporting this, but the A&O Productions group released ticket sales and price info for B-Fest 2006. (Full disclosure: I maintain the official web site for B-Fest.) B-Fest, for those of you who stumbled across this blog while drunk or bored, is the annual 24-hour marathon of b-movies held each year at Northwestern University.
This year information about tickets has been highly anticipated, mostly because B-Fest 2005 sold out in an unprecedented two days. The speculation has been that A&O would raise ticket prices in response – a fairly sensible market reaction to increased demand – and so it didn't come as much of a surprise when the cost of a ticket shot up from $20 (where it had held steady for some years) to $35 for general admission. Student tickets, which will be closely monitored for abuse, remain at the $20 price point.
Ken, high priest of Jabootu, has more in-depth analysis of the situation on his blog. I expect tickets to sell out in as short a time span as last year but I think the die-hard B-Fest fans will keep a closer watch on the situation. The higher price point means there will be fewer casual attendees but also fewer devotees who will be shut out. We hope.
This year information about tickets has been highly anticipated, mostly because B-Fest 2005 sold out in an unprecedented two days. The speculation has been that A&O would raise ticket prices in response – a fairly sensible market reaction to increased demand – and so it didn't come as much of a surprise when the cost of a ticket shot up from $20 (where it had held steady for some years) to $35 for general admission. Student tickets, which will be closely monitored for abuse, remain at the $20 price point.
Ken, high priest of Jabootu, has more in-depth analysis of the situation on his blog. I expect tickets to sell out in as short a time span as last year but I think the die-hard B-Fest fans will keep a closer watch on the situation. The higher price point means there will be fewer casual attendees but also fewer devotees who will be shut out. We hope.
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