SWIFTIES GONNA PAY, PAY, PAY..
High price of seeing Tay in Dublin’s hard to Shake Off
AS Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour kicks off its European leg next month, Irish Swifties will have to start pinching their pennies.
A night out for the long-awaited show may cost concert-goers more than expected, as Dublin has been ranked the third most expensive European city to attend the gig.
According to research by JeffBet, the Irish capital is only cheaper than Zurich and Amsterdam to attend the gig out of 18 European cities.
Cost
The study didn’t take ticket prices into account but looked at how much the average cost for a night in a hotel, a meal in a mid-range restaurant, and a five-mile taxi ride is in each city.
It found that the average cost in Dublin for one night in a hotel is €120.57, a meal is €19.90, and a taxi €17.56, totaling €158.03 per person.
Dublin was in third place with London, which had an average cost of €115.89 for a hotel room, €21.70 for a meal, and €21.07 for a five-mile taxi ride.
However, the study looked at averages for the cities year-round, so it is likely that hotels cost more than this on the nights Taylor is playing, due to an increase in demand.
The popstar will be performing to a soldout crowd at the Aviva Stadium on June 28th and 29th.
Last June, not long after tickets for the Era’s Tour in Dublin were released, Independent TD Thomas Pringle told the Dáil that there was no hotel room available in the capital for less than €350 on these nights.
He added: “As if that isn’t expensive enough, we have in recent days seen rampant price gouging from Dublin hotels, some raising the price of a room from €359 to an incredible €999.”