Taylor Swift tickets listed for thousands on StubHub after millions flood Ticketmaster - CNN

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Taylor Swift fans were seeing red connected Tuesday erstwhile Ticketmaster was overwhelmed by request arsenic pre-sales for the singer’s caller circuit went online. The delays had galore fans believing they would never, ever, get tickets (…like ever). But tickets to the popular star’s “The Eras Tour” were disposable Wednesday via the resale marketplace — with immoderate priced astatine tens of thousands of dollars.

Tickets for Swift’s amusement astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey connected May 26 are listed for arsenic overmuch arsenic $21,600 each connected summons resale tract StubHub.

That terms tag volition get fans a spot connected the level successful beforehand of the stage. As for conscionable getting into the stadium — that’ll outgo astatine slightest $350 connected Stubhub.

These sky-high prices aren’t conscionable for shows astatine MetLife, which is close extracurricular New York City. Other dates connected Swift’s 52 amusement circuit are commanding insane amounts of wealth too.

Floor seats for the tour’s March 17 opening nighttime successful Glendale, Arizona are going for arsenic overmuch $17,010 portion level tickets for Swift’s amusement successful Atlanta connected April 28 connected are listed for arsenic overmuch arsenic $35,438.

To enactment these numbers successful context, tickets to past season’s Super Bowl betwixt the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals astatine SoFi Stadium successful LA averaged $10,427, with the cheapest seats going for astir $7,000.

A StubHub typical told CNN Business Wednesday that the resale tract had galore Swift tickets selling for astir “$150 with averages astir mid $600.” However, they noted that it’s lone the pre-sale play close present “so request is astatine its highest and these prices volition settle.”

The institution besides pointed retired that “that listing prices aren’t an denotation of request oregon what the marketplace tin bear.”

As for Ticketmaster, the institution issued a connection Tuesday via Twitter saying that “there has been historically unprecedented request with millions showing up” to bargain tickets for Swift’s tour. The institution told customers inactive waiting successful the virtual queue that it is moving and to “hang tight.”

Although the request and prices for Swift’s tour, which wraps up August 9 successful Los Angeles, are astronomical, it speaks to however fashionable she is.

Swift has had countless hits implicit her career, built up a loyal pursuing of fans — amended known arsenic “Swifties” — and precocious became the archetypal creator ever to simultaneously assertion each apical 10 spots connected the Billboard Hot 100 pursuing the merchandise of her latest album, “Midnights,” which came retired past month.

– CNN’s Jordan Valinsky contributed to this report.