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Ozzfest, the thunderous metal music festival that was held at Pizza Hut Park on Aug. 9 as a one-day, one-time destination event for 2008, recently announced that it grossed about $3.5 million. Let's see. Divide that by an approximate attendance figure -- let's go with 29,500 -- and that's just short of $119 a person. Sounds about right to me, considering that tickets started at about $80 and the lines in 95-degree heat at PHP's vendor booths were prodigious throughout the 13-hour event. That figure's no doubt bolstered by the $4.50 cost for a 20-ounce bottle of water at Ozzfest, which generally didn't allow attendees to bring in fluids of any sort. A number of folks were angered by that, believing that water should be free in such conditions since it's, you know, required to stay alive and all. But think about it: if water's given away or allowed in, that would negatively affect the sales of other beverages, too. Bottled water can be a weapon as well (that's the reason you don't get to keep the cap if you buy anything bottled at a concert). And it was available free to the brave folks in the pits. Seriously: conservative Frisco isn't progressive Austin, and Ozzfest isn't the Austin City Limits Music Festival (during which water is given away). Why would Ozzfest slap a dam on a perfect supply-and-demand-forged revenue stream? |
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Posted by Mario Tarradell @ 10:11 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008
LOVED THIS SENTENCE!
A number of folks were angered by that, believing that water should be free in such conditions since it's, you know, required to stay alive and all.
MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD!
Posted by TLS @ 11:47 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008
The water should not have been free but it should not have been $4.50 either. A CASE of water is $4.50. They still would have made money charging $1 a bottle. Charge $15 for a beer for all I care (and I love beer) but don't charge so much for water. Also, I paid over $130 for my seat and it was the same temperature as the field. Where was my free water?
Posted by TLS @ 11:58 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008
The water should not have been free but it should not have been $4.50 either. A CASE of water is $4.50. They still would have made money charging $1 a bottle. Charge $15 for a beer for all I care (and I love beer) but don't charge so much for water. Also, I paid over $130 for my seat and it was the same temperature as the field. Where was my free water?