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McCartney face-value tickets are gone, but secondary market prices start at $87

Kendra Meinert
Green Bay Press-Gazette

The Beatles gave us "Can't Buy Me Love," but can a Beatles fan still buy a ticket to see Paul McCartney at Lambeau Field?

That depends on how much you're willing to pay.

After Monday's on-sale to the general public, the Ticketmaster website shows no tickets available at the prices originally announced for the June 8 concert: $59.95, $99.95, $157.95 and $279.95.

A search for the lowest available prices via Ticketmaster brings up a $495 Official Platinum ticket in Section F on the field. Prices go up from there, topping out at $2,100 for a ticket billed as a Front Row Hot Sound Package that includes one front-row ticket, an invitation to McCartney's sound check, priority check-in and entrance, pre-show reception, commemorative ticket, limited edition numbered lithograph, a merchandise item designed for package purchasers and a collectible laminate. 

In other words, for the McCartney fan on Santa's list who has been very, very, very nice this year. 

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The cheapest tickets available on StubHub, a secondary market broker, are a smattering of single tickets in upper levels of the bowl for $87.38 to $93.59. Tickets of two or more together start at $98.10, with lower level end zone and corner tickets listed at $103.50 and higher. The asking price for seats in one of the five sections on the floor nearest the stage ranges from $306 to $3,240.

If you have your eye on that pair of tickets in Row 3 of Section C on the floor, it will set you back $17,730 ($8,865 each) on StubHub.

The Green Bay Packers announced Tuesday that Paul McCartney will perform  June 8, 2019, at Lambeau Field.

The public on-sale was the third and final chance at tickets at face value for a show that's expected to have a capacity of about 45,000. Tickets first went on sale Dec. 5 with a pre-sale for American Express card members. It was followed by a pre-sale for Green Bay Packers season ticket holders on Dec. 7.

The ticket-buying experience varied widely, depending on who you ask.

One person reported going online at 10 a.m. for the start of the public on-sale and, after a 10-minute wait, was able to buy two $99.95 tickets in Section 105 of the lower bowl. Someone else waited for 35 minutes on Monday before getting an "extremely limited seats" message.

Others expressed frustration on social media over prices and the process.

One Twitter user posted Monday: "Currently, through Ticketmaster, it would cost $4000 for six of us to go together. I never caught a glimpse of the reasonablish (sp) priced tickets. Who's idea was it turn this into an absurdist cash grab? Paul McCartney? The Packers? Ticketmaster? Gross."

From another Twitter user: "There are so many pre-sales that by the time the general public sale starts there are limited seats left. Take a look at stubhub and seat geek and you'll see who buys up all the seats."