Comments on: Burning Man 2013 Tickets: the Holiday Sale

By: shane3

shane3 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:39:29 +0000

If I could afford this, I would pay this. Because….it’s not very many tickets and let this self imposed “tax” benefit us all. I’ve always enjoyed myself.

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By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:19:50 +0000

Ok, a csb before I get to the point…

I’ve always kind of know about burning man (some big group of hippies and a week long rave in Nevada…) but never really really considered going. I’m not particularly artsy, I can’t stand the smell of patchouli, etc…. But the other day I was working on this project at work that required looking over some aerials of Everglades national park of all places, and I transposed numbers accidentally in both the lat and the long and ended up looking at the desert of Nevada populated in a geometric shape which upon closer inspection was 50000 people. That’s when I decided I was going to burning man, 2013…
Now, about the ticket prices. Grow up. You’re an artist, not an unrealistic out of touch idiot who can’t figure out that a permit and actual due dillagance planning for 50,000 people in the middle of the desert takes money. Less than 7 percent of the tickets to be sold were sold at this price, and really, if you can’t swing 300 extra for security, if its really that important to you, you probably haven’t made good enough life choices to be trusted to take care of yourself in the desert for a week and will end up being a drag on others. People might not say it, but they will resent the fact that their goodwill is not being allocated towards those on hard times, but on those who willfully leach on other people.

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By: aya

aya — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:53:39 +0000

I just want Burningman to be more transparent about where all the money goes. Most burners I know do not have the type of money that the tickets are beginning to cost. I began going over a decade ago and the cost was not like this…so please can the organization just simply justify why the hike in the cost. I love Burningman, it is a unique event full of creativity and freedom…I have lived all over the world and it is unlike anything I have ever done…but really this high costs of the tickets makes me feel…sad…simply put sad and a bit confused when I think about the …or what I thought the purpose of the event was…radical inclusion. I appreciate that Bman hasn’t sold out to advertisers but in ’96 the tickets were around $35 I think, and for the cost of the event to go up so dramatically seems as if it is trying to make up for not selling up…which is kinda the same thing to selling out…so please let me be wrong and justify the hike in the cost…is it salaries?? Has the cost of port-o-potties gone up to justify the ticket price??? I’m a volunteer and work over 20 hrs there and get a discounted ticket…is it the cost of paying a volunteer a discounted ticket?? What is it???

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By: Rico suave

Rico suave — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:00:11 +0000

How bout cheaper tickets..more people can come and the greed that runs this country can be maintained just a little more at what this carefree festival should stand for

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By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:59:34 +0000

3% is so little. why in the world does BM need “marketing”? that is a doomed idea. 2012 was SO different from 2010 cuz too many newbies came and contributed nothing. chill out, fellows, there should be zero marketing.

also, love to you all.

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By: Voice of reason

Voice of reason — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:10:59 +0000

AND…the argument that we pay high prices at Coachella, etc too is not a good argument considering those are music festivals that book big name bands and DJ’s. BM is a different beast that doesn’t seem to warrant the cost of admission. It’s not even a music festival in that sense (yes I realize there is music). Seems like a shit load of fun but not at that price.

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By: Voice of reason

Voice of reason — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:59:27 +0000

The price seems like an oxymoron to what this event is. Hippie capitalism if you will. They all end up this way…giving in to the Man!

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By: Black Rocker

Black Rocker — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:58:39 +0000

This is great news I’ll buy 6 tickets. Now all the low lifes and baseball cap types will not be able to attend as much and the elitist’s,rich and the famous can break out the good china and party like the rock stars that we are!!
BMORG can make ton’s more $$ and keep paying DPW staff low or no wages for slave labor and cheese sandwiche’s for lunch.
Now BMORG just needs to keep all the unsightly DPW trailer trash types out of sight just keep them in Gerlach with all the other white trailer trash untill the event is over please

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By: Isis Alize

Isis Alize — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:18:35 +0000

ooops i would like to correct something in my previous post

Coachella is actually $350 or $400 w/shuttle pass

The one I listed above as Coachella was actually Ultra Music Festival in Miami

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By: Isis Alize

Isis Alize — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:14:04 +0000

I know $650 sounds like a lot of money, but we have all year long to plan for it. They’ve been releasing tickets for sale in Jan for how many years now?

I just wanted to point out the cost of other similar events that aren’t NEARLY as great

Cochella – GA $370 or VIP $900+ & that’s just for ONE weekend (3days) if you wanted to go both weekends double that cost PLUS cost for hotel during the weekdays, between each weekend event. Oh & dont forget the EXTRA charge for camping & parking somewhere between $30-$100

Lightning in a bottle – $215 (pre sale) , $240 (at door) plus vehicle/RV pass $85-$180 for a THREE day event

EDC – GA $289 or VIP $500 & remember this is yet again a THREE day event.

So does the pre-sale price still sound all that bad???? Hell I feel like its a steal if I manage to get on of the varying prices for BM tickets under GENERAL sale.

I cant afford the $650 price either & plan on taking my chances with the 1st come 1st serve, but I’m not complaining about it. That’s life. Think of it as VIP pricing, there’s VIP pricing for everything else in this world! I mean jeez they’re still offering discounted tickets for the poor as well. None of those other venues do that, nor pretty much anything else out there.

Plus did it ever occur to you that if they do well selling those higher priced tickets that it might be so they can offer MORE tickets at lower prices???? Come on guys you know that the event directors aren’t greedy fucks. Trust them they know what they are doing.

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