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Small hall too big for Stones? Sky-high ticket prices stop sellout When The Rolling Stones rocked Prague Aug. 22, they left a horde of local fans gasping at the relative emptiness of their wallets. Even though they played Prague's 12,000 seat Sportovni hala -- virtually a club show compared with their two previous gigs at the mammoth Strahov Stadium -- the band did not sell out the show. On the evening of the concert ticket scalpers were letting tickets go at a substantial loss. Even the cheapest tickets for the Prague leg of The Stones' Bridges to Babylon tour, the 990 Kc ($30) "obstructed view tickets," are nearly double the average price of major-act concert tickets. The most expensive seat, meanwhile, cost 4,990 Kc, a little under half the average monthly wage in the Czech Republic. "Tickets to the show are extremely expensive," agreed entrepreneur Blahoslav Zahradnicek, 40. "I wonder how young people who usually go to this kind of show can afford such things." According to Jana Mahelska, office director of concert promoters Propagart, ticket prices were priced in accordance with the relatively intimate size of the venue. The Stones put more than 100,000 people into Strahov in 1995. Promoters did not stage the show at Strahov this year because, Mahelska said, because the group wanted to play a smaller venue as a tribute to Prague. -- Michele Legge
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