OT - Price gouging at the dome

[SuFTW]

Ugh ofcourse I had to be on call this weekend, I bet the energy was incredible iv never seen a concert with 34,000 people. Honky chateau is one of my favorite albums of all time.

It was very loud at times. Elton wanted a loud crowd.

 

[JKinPhilly]

Bruce who?

Hornsby...clearly

 

[OrangeDW]

Bruce who?

Hornsby?

 

[chugg21]

I'd have killed for a $12 beer at the Bills game Thurs night. $19 beers were a new record for me.

 

[OrangeDW]

I'd have killed for a $12 beer at the Bills game Thurs night. $19 beers were a new record for me.

$19???? How big of a beer and what kind?

 

[chugg21]

$19???? How big of a beer and what kind?

 

[chugg21]

$19???? How big of a beer and what kind?

I was in a different dimension after 4 hours of tailgating on about 120 degree asphalt in that parking lot so could've charged $39 and wouldn't have made much of a difference.

 

[OburgOrange]

I'd have killed for a $12 beer at the Bills game Thurs night. $19 beers were a new record for me.

Oof. Ok. Don’t feel so bad now

 

[chugg21]

Oof. Ok. Don’t feel so bad now

Don't get me wrong. $12 for a beer that is $2 at every corner gas station is still disgusting.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Saw Elton at the War Memorial in the early 70’s. Had seats in the 5th row on the floor and back then the cost was pretty cheap (less than $10). He was awesome, had the place going crazy. He was very young, I was even younger just in college. He’s a phenomenal pianist but he was very athletic back then in his early concerts. He would jump from the floor to the piano bench all while playing then somehow catapult himself on top of the piano, bend down facing the keyboard playing backwards, playing and singing. He’d even play doing short handstands. He was like some young musical savant, part acrobat. He put on an awesome show earning like 4 encore returns with his fingers bleeding from playing. Unbelievable energy level.

It was an amazing enough night back then but because many of the concert goers were smoking (legal and illegal), a plume of smoke was all throughout the War Memorial. As a result, they opened the side stage doors to the outside allowing people to breathe and anyone on State St to hear a free concert. Unforgettable, fun concert - only 3 people on stage creating all that music - a drummer named Nigel Olsen, a guitar player (can’t recall his name) and Elton John at the piano and encore after encore. Generous entertainer with his time.

Hope he finished his career in Syracuse even half as exciting as his concert around 1971 was.

 

[OburgOrange]

Saw Elton at the War Memorial in the early 70’s. Had seats in the 5th row on the floor and back then the cost was pretty cheap (less than $10). He was awesome, had the place going crazy. He was very young, I was even younger just in college. He’s a phenomenal pianist but he was very athletic back then in his early concerts. He would jump from the floor to the piano bench all while playing then somehow catapult himself on top of the piano, bend down facing the keyboard, all while playing and singing. He’d even play doing short handstands while playing. He was like some young musical savant, part acrobat. He put on an awesome show earning like 4 encore returns with his fingers bleeding from playing. Unbelievable energy level.

It was an amazing enough night back then but because many of the concert goers were smoking (legal and illegal), a plume of smoke was all throughout the War Memorial. As a result, they opened the side stage doors to the outside allowing people to breathe and anyone on State St to hear a free concert. Unforgettable, fun concert - only 3 people on stage creating all that music - a drummer named Nigel Olsen, a guitar player (can’t recall his name) and Elton John at the piano and encore after encore. Generous entertainer with his time.

Hope he finished his career in Syracuse even half as exciting as his concert around 1971 was.

Nigel Olsen was on the drums tonight. Elton mentioned that he was one of the originals.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Hornsby...clearly

I was gonna go with Dern

 

[Newhouser]

Nigel Olsen was on the drums tonight. Elton mentioned that he was one of the originals.

How was the sound?

 

[CIL]

Saw Elton at the War Memorial in the early 70’s. Had seats in the 5th row on the floor and back then the cost was pretty cheap (less than $10). He was awesome, had the place going crazy. He was very young, I was even younger just in college. He’s a phenomenal pianist but he was very athletic back then in his early concerts. He would jump from the floor to the piano bench all while playing then somehow catapult himself on top of the piano, bend down facing the keyboard playing backwards, playing and singing. He’d even play doing short handstands. He was like some young musical savant, part acrobat. He put on an awesome show earning like 4 encore returns with his fingers bleeding from playing. Unbelievable energy level.

It was an amazing enough night back then but because many of the concert goers were smoking (legal and illegal), a plume of smoke was all throughout the War Memorial. As a result, they opened the side stage doors to the outside allowing people to breathe and anyone on State St to hear a free concert. Unforgettable, fun concert - only 3 people on stage creating all that music - a drummer named Nigel Olsen, a guitar player (can’t recall his name) and Elton John at the piano and encore after encore. Generous entertainer with his time.

Hope he finished his career in Syracuse even half as exciting as his concert around 1971 was.

Because that’s what cocaine does.

 

[OburgOrange]

How was the sound?

Pretty good actually. Was expecting a lot worse. McCartney was terrible sound. You could here an echo from the corners, where we sat for McCartney, maybe that was the difference?

 

[upperdeck]

Our course was charging like $25 a pitcher this year before there was a revolt..

 

[Oakland]

Probably the best concert I have ever been to, no hyperbole! He was amazing. Just incredible, and to think he is 76 years old. Wow. He said goodbye, farewell… and how much he appreciated NY. Just a great experience

I saw Elton warm up for Zepplin in the War Memorial in 1971.

 

[OttoMets]

Pretty good actually. Was expecting a lot worse. McCartney was terrible sound. You could here an echo from the corners, where we sat for McCartney, maybe that was the difference?

I actually got more echo last night than for Paul. Sound was generally good, though.

Never saw a show with the stage in the east end zone before.

 

[OttoMets]

Saw Elton at the War Memorial in the early 70’s. Had seats in the 5th row on the floor and back then the cost was pretty cheap (less than $10). He was awesome, had the place going crazy. He was very young, I was even younger just in college. He’s a phenomenal pianist but he was very athletic back then in his early concerts. He would jump from the floor to the piano bench all while playing then somehow catapult himself on top of the piano, bend down facing the keyboard playing backwards, playing and singing. He’d even play doing short handstands. He was like some young musical savant, part acrobat. He put on an awesome show earning like 4 encore returns with his fingers bleeding from playing. Unbelievable energy level.

It was an amazing enough night back then but because many of the concert goers were smoking (legal and illegal), a plume of smoke was all throughout the War Memorial. As a result, they opened the side stage doors to the outside allowing people to breathe and anyone on State St to hear a free concert. Unforgettable, fun concert - only 3 people on stage creating all that music - a drummer named Nigel Olsen, a guitar player (can’t recall his name) and Elton John at the piano and encore after encore. Generous entertainer with his time.

Hope he finished his career in Syracuse even half as exciting as his concert around 1971 was.

Was Davey Johnstone the guitarist? He was there last night as well.

Elton mentioned the War Memorial show (numbers got garbled, might have said that was his 6th show in New York State, while last night was his 150-somethingth and last).

He was moving around the stage like an old man last night but his energy level was darn good considering.

 

[orangezen]

Was Davey Johnstone the guitarist? He was there last night as well.

Elton mentioned the War Memorial show (numbers got garbled, might have said that was his 6th show in New York State, while last night was his 150-somethingth and last).

He was moving around the stage like an old man last night but his energy level was darn good considering.

He opened for Derek and the Dominoes show at WM his first in Syr w Davey and Nigel

 

[Cheriehoop]

Was Davey Johnstone the guitarist? He was there last night as well.

Elton mentioned the War Memorial show (numbers got garbled, might have said that was his 6th show in New York State, while last night was his 150-somethingth and last).

He was moving around the stage like an old man last night but his energy level was darn good considering.

He’s had problems from hip surgery I believe.

 

[sdhall01]

Wait, wait, wait . . . . you're telling me that beer is expensive at stadiums?

 

[Cheriehoop]

I saw Elton warm up for Zepplin in the War Memorial in 1971.

He warmed up for lots of acts. My college roommate saw him in late 1970 at the Fillmore East as a warm up act for Leon Rogers and was blown away by Elton John. It was in Dec of 1970 when he warmed up for Derek and the Dominos at the War Memorial but was the featured act by Sept of 1971 on a beautiful night also at the War Memorial. I saw that second concert. I looked up this link to get the actual date details (I’m getting old ) .

Elton John’s first Syracuse show was 52 years ago; he was billed last for a concert that cost $3.50

Elton John first sang in Syracuse in 1970 at 23 years old as a late addition to a War Memorial concert.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Jeepers]

The venues and record companies lost a lot of concert revenue during Covid. They WILL get that money back. I think I paid $12 the other day for a seltzer. A seltzer. No free water available.

 

[wfschrec]

Hornsby?

Can’t be he is home on The Range