The Saratoga Performing Art Center: Last year, it was announced that for Live Nation shows, starting in 2025, you can not bring your own chair in anymore. You have to rent a chair from the facility. Each chair is $15 to rent. What an uproar this has caused. Talk about "milk em & bilk em'! My greatness! I remember the days in the 70's & 80's in which the facility opened at 11:00 in the a.m. & people brought in their picnic coolers, food & drink, chairs, blankets, frisbees & you made a whole day out of the event. You could walk around with a plastic cup of beer. Then later on, you had to start paying for parking & couldn't bring your own food & drink which forced you to spend more money buying their food & drink. Too, there was a limited space, fenced in, to drink alcohol. Also, later on, the place opened up much later, like about 3 or 4:00 p.m. Now it's to rent a chair. What's it going to be in the future, an entry fee to walk thru the gate? I'm glad I was a concert junkie in the past. My wife & I will attend the Philadelphia Philharmonic shows & maybe that's it!
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