Backstreet Boys fans who rushed to buy tickets early for the group’s highly anticipated shows at Sphere Las Vegas expressed frustration after some of the best seats in the venue were later released at significantly lower prices.
Backstreet Boys show ticket pricing
According to multiple fan reports, premium seats in prime sections of the Sphere were made available for $210.37, a price that undercut many so-called “platinum” tickets sold earlier in inferior sections for substantially higher amounts.
Fans who purchased early, often paying hundreds more under dynamic pricing models said they felt penalized for their loyalty.
Backstreet Boys spent New Year’s Eve onstage at Sphere Las Vegas, performing their Into the Millennium residency show for a crowd of 20,000 fans. The songs in the concert were synced to the custom, immersive video projected on the venue’s giant screens, but Backstreet’s AJ McLean said they were going to try to change things up when the clock strikes midnight.
“We’ve already pushed the start time back to, now, 10:30. So we will be onstage when the ball drops,” he told ABC Audio.
“So [we’re] trying to figure out if there’s a way to, like, somehow get a ball to drop on the screen. I don’t know if that’s gonna happen, but hopefully we can figure something out that doesn’t cost a gazillion dollars.”
He laughed, “Worst case, I’ll hold a disco ball in my hand and just slowly drop it with a fishing line.”
But ball or not, AJ said, “It’s gonna be really cool to bring in the new year with 20,000 people at the coolest venue that there is.”
Backstreet Boys’ Sphere residency, which began in August last year, has been extended through February 15th. AJ will release his solo album Hi, My Name Is Alexander James on January 9th, which also happens to be his birthday. In September, the group will launch a residency at an arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
