Posted on 08/23/2006 9:51:40 AM PDT by staytrue
Barbra Streisand will perform Oct. 6 in Value City Arena and reportedly for the first time in Ohio.
"Weve worked for literally two years to bring her to Columbus," said Xen Riggs, Ohio State University vice president of student affairs.
"It came down to Columbus and Cleveland. Now, hopefully, people will see it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
The operatic pop quartet Il Divo will also perform.
The appearance by the 64-year-old singer at the OSU venue will set another precedent the first time that an act has charged more than $600 for a concert ticket in central Ohio.
Tickets, $152.50 to $602.50, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at the Schottenstein Center box office (614-292-2624 or 1-800-462-8257) and Ticketmaster outlets (614-431-3600).
Yes, those prices are correct.
The 1,700 "gold-circle" tickets those for seats closest to the stage will cost the most.
By contrast, gold-circle tickets for her concerts in many other cities on her tour, starting Oct. 4 in Philadelphia, are priced at $750.
"Were obviously very excited," Riggs said, "but it is a risk for the community. Its a chance for the community to show that we can support something like this."
abeck@dispatch.com
Funniest Headline Ever.
That is brutal. Y-I-K-E-S.
Babs is donating the proceeds to the DEMOCRATS!!! Actually she is donating it to her CHARITY FUND and THEN to the DEMOCRATS....which SHOULD be ILLEGAL!!!
You expected Shea Stadium or the Hollywood Bowl?
The liberal elite want people like you and me to pay higher taxes for the 'little people,' but they are exempt from making any sacrifices for the 'little people' themselves. After all, they are just too good, too intelligent, too 'elite' to lower themselves in such a way.
Hey, did you really have to post her pic? :P I wouldn't pay 2.50 to hear that old hag sing!
nice stockings with rocks in them.... heheheheh
that pic is just wrong. This might trump HT...
At least twice (that I can remember).
Babs preggo?
oooooo THAT Value City...thought the article meant the discount store....still wouldnt cross the street to see her.
"Streisand to perform at Value City"
Maybe she can pick up one of those clotheslines she keeps prattling on about, while she's there.
I think the government should step in and put a limit on the ticket price at $5. I think Streisand is showing total disregard to the Middle Class with her exhorbitant ticket prices (isn't that similar to what the Democrats are arguing against WalMart?)
I think the people who are investigating big oil for price gouging should turn their attention to this instead.
3 bucks for a gallon of gas that will move a 2000 lb auto 30 miles seems cheap compared to 600 dollars to hear this person sing.
Now that I think about it. Where is the windfall profits tax on this ?
I WANT A WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON BABS.
WHERE IS THE LUXURY TAX THAT THEY PUT ON CARS ON BOATS.
Where next? Dollar General?
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