Taylor Swift is Saving The Economy

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• The Booming Taylor Swift Economy

• Ticket Prices Main Character Moment

• How To Get Tickets Without Breaking The Bank

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The Booming Taylor Swift Economy

She’s literally saving the economy while becoming a Billionaire 🎤 

We all know by now that Taylor Swift is a marketing genius (if you don’t, you’re living under a rock 🪨). But, did you know that she’s single-handedly saving the economy with The Eras Tour?

You could even say she’s in her Economy Saving Era 🪩 — Oh you don’t believe me? Let’s talk about it:

Taylor Swift is set to become the first female Billionaire only from her music 💸 and she and her team aren’t the only ones benefiting from this.

The Eras Tour (a 52-night, 20-city tour through the US) is poised to be one of the highest-grossing tours of all time. It’s also breaking all sorts of attendance records. Taylor Swift CAN’T BE STOPPED and the math doesn’t lie — let’s break it down:

• $1.3 Billion in estimated revenue

• 1.1 million people have bought tickets

• Ticket sales are roughly $11-12 million per concert

• $13 million in revenue per night

• $500 million in estimated profit

• And there’s ~$4.6 billion in consumer spending once it’s over

According to Forbes, The Era’s Tour could generate $4.6 Billion for Local Economies. 

How? Fans are traveling hundreds of miles to different cities to see her shows and they’re making a whole trip out of it✈️! (including across the country — ok fine, I’m one of them). They’re eating at restaurants, shopping, staying at hotels, and exploring the cities. During the Chicago Eras Tour stop, hotels saw a 96.8% occupancy rate, and 44,383 rooms were booked per night.

US Ticket prices are having their main character moment

But what about the recently announced Global Dates? 🌎

Side note 💌 — I’m grieving for you Canada —not even a Vancouver or Toronto show???

“What does it have to do with me?”.

Due to our frenemy inflation, it might actually be cheaper to fly to Argentina and watch Taylor perform there, than go to any US show on resale. Basically, Argentina has soared past a 100% inflation rate for the first time since the end of hyperinflation in the 90s. This means those concert tickets are next to nothing in USD.

Just for fun and FOMO, let’s see how much they’d be — using the Chicago Eras Tour stop as an example:

• In Argentina, it’s about $153 USD for standing room tickets.

• If we factor in the cheapest November flight from Chicago to Buenos Aires it’s $911 USD

• Hotels are going for $70 USD/ night during the show dates

So, in total for Argentina: Hotels + Flights + Tickets = ~$1200

vs. in the US: Original ticket prices were ~$200-500 while resale on secondary markets is ~$1500 for floor seats.

How to see The Eras Tour without breaking your bank

Remember: Taylor isn’t becoming a billionaire by blowing her entire savings, so neither should you. We’re in our pre-rich era! 💸

We all remember Ticketmaster’s villain era right? Where they canceled the planned public ticket sale… you know what, we don’t need to relive that tragedy.

Luckily I’m insane and made everyone I know sign up for pre-sale (if you’re reading this we made it). BUT, If were one of the 12.5 million people that DIDN’T get pre-sale tickets — this is for you! 

Why are prices on resale sites so outrageous? The Supply and Demand of it all! Low Supply + High Demand = Price Inflation. 

So how can you see Taylor Swift without breaking your bank account and going broke? — because some of us aren’t dropping $5k for one ticket:

1) Resale Sites: The prices lower the longer you wait it out and the best times are usually right before or right after the show starts. Use reputable sites — so you don’t get scammed. And set yourself a budget (don’t blow next month’s rent)!

2) Ticketmaster: Seats have been opening up last minute — sometimes a day before, a few hours, or during the show. So keep your eye out and go wait outside the stadium — don’t let the local authorities scare you.

3) Get Taylor’s attention on social media: Taylor loves to creep on social (especially TikTok). Keep posting, showing your excitement, and GET CREATIVE. Who knows, she might surprise you with free tickets (or at least your surprise song request).

4) And lastly if you can’t go don’t worry! You can try to find a live stream or live vicariously through clips posted all over the internet. Also, Taylor will definitely do a documentary or release the full concert on a streaming service soon enough.

May the odds be ever in your favor. BTW in case you cared I’m manifesting The King of My Heart as my surprise song 🎤✨ (Taylor if you’re reading this, July 23 bestie<3)

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