When The Beatles performed at New York's Shea Stadium in August 1965, it was the biggest rock concert in history to that time. More than 55,000 fans were in attendance. Ticket prices averaged about $6. Tags:BeatlesSheaStadium Added: 6th May 2008 Views: 601 Rating: Posted By:Lava1964
Remember seeing an interview where the Beatles said that the crowd were that loud they couldn't even hear what they were playing and if you look you can see this in the face of the policeman as they are introduced. Always knew New Yorkers were loud but yowzaa.
I haven't been to a concert in a long time, but the Inflation Calculator on this sites links says in $6 is worth over $40 today times 55,000 in attendance is two and a quarter million todays dollars.
Call me a fuddy-duddy, but I'm not sure how enjoyable a concert would be for me personally if I had to endure 55,000 people screaming throughout every song. I'd actually like to be able to hear the Beatles sing.
I wonder how the police and security personnel would have dealt with several hundred people simultaneously charging through the do-not-cross barriers.
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