Burning Man Gone: 38K Tickets Sold in 44 Minutes

NBC Bay Area ^ | Saturday, Mar 1, 2014 | Chris Roberts

[nickcarraway]

The popular counter-cultural event in the Nevada Desert burned through its 38,000 tickets in 44 minutes this week, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.

The $380 tickets went on sale on Wednesday with little issue, the newspaper reported. They are being relisted online at places like StubHub for up to $1,545.

If you missed the Burning boat, fear not: Another 1,000 tickets will go onsale on Aug. 6.

A record-breaking 68,000 people went to the playa last year.

[dfwgator]

I’m sure the tickets are already up on eBay and StubHub.

[bkopto]

I guess the zombies have their priorities.

[wideawake]

$18mm for charging people to attend a party in the desert where they have to bring or buy all their own amenities, transportation, shelter and entertainment.

The organizers are geniuses.

[fr_freak]

$18mm for charging people to attend a party in the desert where they have to bring or buy all their own amenities, transportation, shelter and entertainment.

In their defense, they do spend a lot of money on infrastructure beforehand and cleanup after, but I'm sure they still laugh all the way to the bank. The thing is, I was talking with some people about Burning Man and they said "Oh, we'll never get a ticket, besides it's too expensive." So I saud, "Let's just do our own version of Burning Man. We can even do it in the same place - it's just BLM-controlled land in the desert - anyone can go there. We do it the month before or so." But nobody wants to do that, because most people are fat, lazy sheep who want everything done for them, and besides, it's a status thing among the left-wing yuppie hipsters to say they went to the "real" Burning Man.

[fr_freak]

I’m sure the tickets are already up on eBay and StubHub.

Actually, they have an elaborate scheme to thwart scalping. Your ticket is issued in your name (presumably with a unique ticket ID no.), based on your credit card name, and, presumably, you have to show ID when you enter that matches. You can only buy two tickets. If you want to resell them, you have to sell them back to Burning Man, which then logs it into their database, and resells it online before the event. Or something like that.

[Kevmo]

besides, it’s a status thing among the left-wing yuppie hipsters to say they went to the “real” Burning Man.
***That’s because they’re too stupid to know where real lefties go: The Rainbow Gathering.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Family

[FAA]

“The organizers are geniuses. “

Yes. They. Are.

In the business of separating fools form their money I will tip my hat any time it’s warranted.

[tx_eggman]

Flew out of Reno last year when they were leaving. The airlines wrap their luggage in plastic to keep the residue from getting on everybody else’s stuff.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I wonder what the carbon footprint of Burning Man is? Do these liberals who go there buy their carbon offsets so they don’t feel guilty???

[Dilbert San Diego]

so, you have to show ID to go to Burning Man, but don’t need ID to vote in places controlled by liberals......................

[KAESNO2]

I don’t get it. No music?

[matt1234]

$18mm for charging people to attend a party in the desert where they have to bring or buy all their own amenities, transportation, shelter and entertainment.

One of their guiding principles is gifting, so they prohibit commerce at the venue. Yet they charge $380 per ticket. I'd love to hear the promoters reconcile those two facts.

[Vendome]

For those of you who don’t understand;
When they say “Playa” they mean desert sand.

Though the literal translation of “Playa” means “Beach”.

Praise gaia .....

Whom God does not recognize, as there are No others before him, nor any beside him.....

[Vendome]

Still, I have a couple Republican and God fearing friends who have gone to Burning Man and I’d go the laughs alone....

[nickcarraway]

Don’t hate the playa, hate the game.

[nickcarraway]

I always though playa, mean there was water somewhere around.

Have you ever been to that La Playita place?

[Ken H]

He no playa the game, he no make-a the rules.

[Vendome]

In Playa del Carmen

South of Cancun but, North of Tulum.

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[Vendome]

I’muh Hate-uh
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