The Magic question now seems to be the number of $250 tickets. Perhaps this explains McGuiness's "only tiered stadiums" remark.
I'm also SHOCKED LiveNation went for 10,000 GA tickets for $55 at each venue.
They didn't actually say that. They said there would be 10,000 seats at $30 each, and that GA would be $55. My guess:
Prime stadium seats (lower level on the sides near the stage): $250
Non-prime seats (lower level on the ends, plus front of upper level): $95
GA field (with random entry to "inner circle" or whatever it's called): $55
Nosebleeds (top 5-10 rows of upper level): $30
From the Billboard article:
The top ticket price will be slightly higher than U2's last tour but the bottom price will be lower. Field-level tickets will be $55; in addition, there will be 10,000 tickets to every show for $30. Besides that, the price points are $250 and $90 or $95, depending on the market, Fogel says. "Playing larger-capacity venues allows for more conservative pricing overall," he says. "The interesting way to look at this is that 85% of the entire capacity will be $95 or less, 40% of the entire capacity will be $55or less and 10,000 will be at $30. Usually when somebody wants to go after the top price, they talk about the best seats being too expensive. The reality is at a U2 show this time, and last time in the arenas, the best place is $55."
The premium-priced seats will be on the sides in the grandstands and will constitute about 15% of the house. "There are always people who want to pay the higher price to be in a well-located seat," Fogel says. "But the reality is there are so many different ways to come at this seating in terms of a$30 or $50 ticket. In a funny way the top-priced tickets are subsidizing the lower-priced tickets, which is as it should be."