Concert ticket prices

Don't want to date myself but my first concert was RUSH in the early 80's at the Summit
Scraped up 50 bucks.
20 for the ticket on the floor.
15 bucks for a Moving Pictures tee shirt.
5 bucks worth of nasty Jack in the crack tacos.
And I bought 2 joints at 5 bucks each from my brother.

So fast forward to 2026.
Bought two tickets to the RUSH show at Madison Square Garden.
2 tix at 526.00 each=1052 bucks

How did all of this happen?
Regular folks are mostly priced out of the market at this point. If it were any other band I would not even consider going.

I remember back in the early 90s when I had just moved to upstate NY. The eagles blew everyone's shite by selling their Hell Freezes Over tour tix for 100 bucks each.

I know prices never go down, but after this I'm out of the arena scene.
Im headed to the local dives.
Even the smaller venues are grabbing the cash.
I saw the Psychedelic Furs and Gary Neuman recently.
Those geezers got me for 125 a ticket.
Just crazy.