The cheapest tickets available for the Billy Joel and Elton John concert? $47.50.
The most expensive? $184.
A chance to spend up to four hours with two legendary performers?
Priceless.
Or at least that's what promoters backing the piano-playing duo's Face-to-Face tour would like you to think.
With less than a week remaining until the renowned icons take over The Bryce Jordan Center, we wondered: How much is too much for a concert ticket?
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"I guess it depends on the concert, but I definitely think Elton John and Billy Joel is overpriced. I guess I don't understand how they find people to pay that much. Who pays that?" — Samantha Bunten (senior-art history)
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"It depends on the venue. At a place like The Bryce Jordan Center, you come to expect higher prices. It also depends on the notoriety of the band. Fifty bucks is probably the highest I would go for a big venue. At a place like Crowbar, I'd pay between $20 and $25." — Craig Klein (senior-computer science)
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"I'd say it depends on the bands, not so much the venue. My tops would be 50 bucks. This Billy Joel concert coming up, the tickets go as high as $190. That's insane." — Jack Cohen (junior-finance)
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"I wouldn't pay more than $30 to $35. After that, it's not really worth it for me. I may as well go buy the CD and listen to that." — Sachin Nayak (sophomore-computer engineering)
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"I probably wouldn't pay any more than $40. Chances are the seats aren't any good anyway and it'd be a waste of money." — Josh Sroka (sophomore-marketing)
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"I'd probably go with around $40. After that, there's no point. There's no reason to spend around $100." — Chiraag Gupta (sophomore-premedicine)
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"It depends on the seating, but probably anything over $50 might be too much." — Jennifer Webb (junior-biology)
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"I guess it depends on who the artist is. I probably wouldn't pay over $50. With Elton John and Billy Joel, no I wouldn't pay that much. Maybe if I was a huge fan, but I'm not." — Michelle Korona (senior-American studies)
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"I tried to get my mother Billy Joel tickets over break and they were $180 apiece, which, I think, is outrageous. Maybe struggling acts that are just coming out can charge a lot, but legendary acts already have their shows and their money. Garth Brooks can give free concerts but it costs $180 for a Billy Joel ticket? No thanks." — Steve Nornhold (senior-physiology)
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"I just saw a commercial for the Billy Joel thing, and it's $180. That's ridiculous. Then again, on the lower end, it's only $47. I think that's good. $50 is my max, being a college student." — Ellen Bernstein (junior-recreation and park management)
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"I think $40 is reasonable. I wouldn't go over $80, but it depends on the artist. If it's a big artist, I wouldn't mind paying it." — Beth Tirabasso (junior-management)
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"I think it all depends on who it is. I'm willing to spend more on an artist I really, really like than someone I just think is OK. For someone I really like, I'd spend from $25 to $50 — no more than that." — Erik Baxter (senior-graphic design)
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"Cheaper is better. I think there should actually be a standard price, rather than one depending on the group. If there was a standard, set price, it would be a lot better." — Aaron Shoe (junior-chemical engineering)
— Compiled by Kim Tranell
