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Taylor Swift’s Toronto concert dates are finally here, with the superstar set to perform a staggering six sold0outshows at our largest venue, the Rogers Centre, starting later this week.
As the city becomes completely overrun with all things Tay Tay and prepares for the arrival of tens of thousands of members of her cult following, the prices for hotels, Airbnbs and, of course, tickets to the concerts themselves have only been getting worse as demand and excitement heightens.
Now, with just a few days to go before the first of the Eras Tour shows, resale tickets are at ridiculous highs, though you can be confident some devoted fans will still pay the price tag for the experience.
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Last week, residents cited a bonkers $20k price tag for floor admission to the first of T. Swift’s Toronto shows this Thursday, November 14. Tickets in any section were painfully difficult to get ahold of in the first place, and are now selling fast on resale sites at an astounding markup.
The least expensive seat available via Stubhub that we could find Monday evening is $2,458 — only the one seat alone in the 500s, a.k.a. the nosebleeds. The priciest listing for a single ticket is a whopping $20,409 for the second row of the floor A section on stage left.
If you’re looking to go with a friend, a pair of tickets for Thursday will run you at least $2,570 each (for a limited or obstructed view on the Corona Rooftop patio), to as much as the aforementioned $20,409 each (the same listing as above, as the owner has multiple seats).
The next two shows are even worse given that they take place on weekend nights, with tickets starting at $2,564 for one (for Friday) and going to a maximum of $22,055 (for Saturday), and ranging from a higher $3,059 to $22,234 each for two together.
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While Ticketmaster did not respond to a request for comment, Stubhub tells blogTO that the entire tour is now “undoubtedly the best-selling tour of all time” on the platform and that demand has been “unprecedented.”
The Toronto stops, in particular, have become the second best-selling of this year’s tour dates after Miami, and buyers from an unthinkable 47 countries, not counting the U.S. and Canada, have bought tickets for Swift’s T.O. performances.
“This tour is a bucket list item for many Swifties and that demand is reflected in pricing. As a marketplace, we don’t set ticket prices, but we’re here to offer a secure way for fans to access tickets,” a representative from the site explains.
But, they offer some hope, saying that “tickets listed exceptionally high rarely ever sell, and we encourage fans to check back regularly to find options within their budget.”
