This is how cheap Ticketmaster prices were in Canada in the 2000s

A Toronto man’s Ticketmaster stub collection shows just how good concert-goers in Canada had it in the early 2000s.

Yes, back in the good ol’ days, we used to get physical concert tickets from Ticketmaster in Canada, and prices didn’t require you to take out a loan.

“I want to show you how much concerts used to cost,” @johnfluenzer said in a video posted to TikTok and Instagram earlier this week.

He shared a range of artists from big pop stars like Britney Spears to bands like Coldplay, who were on the come-up at the time.

First in John’s collection is a ticket for Destiny’s Child’s 2001 stop in Toronto. He paid $83 for floor seats at Air Canada Centre (now Scotiabank Arena), which he explained at the time was considered expensive.

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