Milton Keynes Bowl, what a rip off

I saw jay-z and linkin park there last year, 95 quid for vip ticket started at 12 finished at 2, best day ever best 95 quid I have ever spent, drinks and food were top notch and deffinately worth the money.

I saw Metallica at the Bowl in 1993. I wasn't too bothered about the prices. They seemed pretty average compared to some places today. Saw the Donnington Rock Festival in 1994, and you could bring your own booze as long as it was in plastic containers. I asked someone to sell me a pint for a quid, and he gave it me for free.

I was at the Sex Pistols at Crystal Palace, and I sneaked 4 cans of beer in, rather than pay thru the nose for a pint of piss water.

I managed to get into Sheffield Hallam Arena (or whatever it's called) to see Elton John, complete with two jiffy bags each with 2 small bottles of wine in them. The jiffy bags were sealed with postage stamped. When my bag was searched I said I couldn't open them because they were addressed to my company and not me, and the guard was quite happy to let it go. Legally not sure whether guards would be allowed to open mailed packages - are they? I suppose he could have refused entry, or ensured that the bag was put in the cloakroom or something.

I also took a rucksack with a bottle of drink (only water, but that was banned) into a concert at Hyde Park. They said I had to put it into the "cloakroom" (tent) which I duly did. After the concert started, I went back to the "cloakroom" and picked up my bag and took it to my seat. Ridiculous!

Small and petty, but satisfying nonetheless. If the promoters/venues/caterers got their pricing a bit more reasonable - or quality to match the pricing - then there would be no need for me to do this.

I agree with gigger. These food and stuff are overpriced for a reason. And besides, if you go to football matches, its' not any better. In pricing that is.

You lot are a bunch of strange people. It's obvious that you guys don't go to many gigs. If you bothered going to some other venues you will see that they are all over priced and the prices at the national bowl are the same as anywhere else. I've been to some 20 venues and they are all a rip off. But I don't go for the food, I go for the music.

YOU LOT NEED TO GET A LIFE.

Get a life. Just because you're a child brought up in the "have loads of money to chuck around generation" doesn't meant to say that the rip-off is right. It's people like you that cause inflation because you pay up, no matter what.

Maybe your daddy gives you too much pocket money. The rest of us aren't so wealthy - there again maybe we would be if scum bucket's like you and your kind weren't ripping everyone off.

£2.50 is the average national price for a burger. A cheese burger is £3!
Maybe if you came out of your little Harry Potter cupboard into the real world you'd realise you're not getting a penny sweet for a penny anymore!
Prices go up. Deal with it and get a life.

£2.50... daylight robbery... hilarious.

Are you 12 years old???
£2.50 for a burger... so what? Get a job that pays well instead of being a comlete stig!

what is he on about that guy below me?!!!!!! milton keynes is a rather large sh*t hole, and yes what a f**king RIP OFF, I recently went to a show called the royal welsh, now not like you cant bring food and drink in but when you get in there the burgers are costing about £4 and a bottle of coke is £2.50, this is just crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just coz the bowl is a complete rip off doesn't mean to say that all of milton keynes is like that!!!
Milton keynes is one of the best places ever!!!

This is RIP OFF Britain.
Do you pay these prices abroad NO. These prices are here because people pay them without challenging them.
MFI permanent Sale, why not lower the prices to what they should be.
Christmas, all shops full, if you wait sale 20% off, why not start at the correct price.
Until we stand up and are counted this will carry on.

well folks you will be happy to hear that, you pay high prices because the mk bowl is a company in itself, and many policies have changed and there working on reducing vendor charges which is down to the bowl charging high rates to put the "vendors bar" on site and the bowl dictates what they charge. this is changing.

but as for the prices they are high but when you think about what services you get with that:
security staff
nhs and st john ambulance medical cover
police support
licence for appoximatly 75,000 fans depending on set up of stage

which did you know that at the the average staff that are effectivley employed is approximatley 1000+ staff so reduce the prices reduce the staff fewer people into the event even higher prices because your bands have to do more gigs to make a buck.

and as for v festivals then the staffing is even higher and proctecing you is even higher. same pricipals as above just add more staff means more money and think about this these gigs only happen usually once a year so who pays the money the rest of the time the venues closed. I mean would you want to pay £2 every day to keep the venue open for once a year.