As Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour kicks off, thousands of cheap tickets are still for sale

As Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour kicks off, thousands of cheap tickets are still for sale

LOS ANGELES — Just months ago, a fan could expect to spend up to $800 for a presale ticket to the opening night of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour in Los Angeles.  

But hours before the doors to SoFi Stadium were set to open Monday, tickets for night one of the tour had dipped to as low as $57.50 — and thousands of seats appeared to remain available in resale markets, including on Ticketmaster.  

Some of Beyoncé’s upcoming shows haven’t had such dramatic price drops. But prices have fallen to varying degrees across all of her tour dates, with several stadiums still offering up significant chunks of their seats for the nights of her tour. 

The lower prices have generated a mix of surprise and resentment, with some concertgoers saying online that it’s the latest instance in which they felt frustration over the ticket-buying process. As concert ticket prices have continued to increase in recent years, so, too, has consumer backlash at ticketing companies for what fans have described as high fees and unchecked scalping.  

Some hoped to take advantage of the lower prices, only to find efforts to trade up for better tickets thwarted by the companies from which they bought them.