This weekend, more than 200,000 aging hippies, jam-band fanatics and got-to-be-there scenesters will pack Chicago’s Soldier Field for three farewell concerts by the Grateful Dead.
For many of them, it won’t be cheap.
The shows sold out instantly (at $59.50 to $199.50), and the average price of a seat on the secondary market is now in the $500 to $600 range, according to StubHub, the online ticket seller.
That prices prime seats out of reach of many fans — a strange irony for a band known for its egalitarian spirit — and makes the Dead’s final shows among the most expensive in U.S. history.
