Ticket prices for live entertainment events, from Taylor Swift concerts to National Football League games and high-season Disney theme-park visits, rose at a startling rate this year, triggering a phenomenon that analysts have dubbed “funflation.”
“Do I do something that feels really irresponsible and take this check and make my daughter’s dreams come true?” she remembers thinking. Wentink, who has since started working for an ad agency, said she couldn’t stomach paying thousands for nosebleed seats.
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