In your ”Best seat in the house? You can`t touch it” article which tar- brushed the Park District`s ticketing for the 1990 Paul McCartney concert at Soldier Field, we are portrayed as adding seats only to satisfy the ”high and mighty.” In fact the opposite was true and carefully explained to your reporter.
Additional field seats (obstructed views behind cameras, staging, etc.)
are always added for soldout concerts. The 400 I added-all properly manifested and accounted for-were all football press box seats never before used at concerts. This innovation allowed hundreds of ”low and powerless” fans to see this historic concert. Additionally, dozens of skyboxes were sold to ordinary fans who divided the total cost among 16 friends ($82.50 each including parking and optional catering).
Most important, and this was never mentioned in your article, there were no complimentary tickets. By contract with Paul McCartney, everyone had to pay. Even reporters, so accustomed to free tickets, parking and food, this time had to pay.
