Freedom -- as the song goes -- may be $1.05, but art is rather more. Still, judging from its 2005-06 subscription booklet, the Met has somewhat moderated its endless price increases of the last several seasons. Weeknight ticket prices (Monday-Thursday) are actually going down, which is good news unless your subscription is in the back of Dress Circle:
| Location | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| Orchestra Prime / Grand Tier A-D | $170 | $170 |
| Side Parterre | $110 | $105 |
| Orchestra Balance / Grand Tier E-G | $110 | $95 |
| Dress Circle | $95 | $95 |
| Orchestra Rear / Grand Tier Boxes (side) | $95 | $75 |
| Dress Circle Boxes (side) / Balcony | $63 | $63 |
| Balcony Boxes (side, all partial view) / Family Circle | $26 | $25 |
Meanwhile Friday and Saturday prices, which saw a large relative increase last year, will remain the same (as follows).
| Location | Friday | Saturday |
| Orchestra Prime / Grand Tier A-D | $170 | $215 |
| Side Parterre | $135 | $145 |
| Orchestra Balance / Grand Tier E-G | $145 | $145 |
| Dress Circle | $105 | $115 |
| Orchestra Rear / Grand Tier Boxes (side) | $105 | $115 |
| Dress Circle Boxes (side) / Balcony | $68 | $75 |
| Balcony Boxes (side, all partial view) / Family Circle | $35 | $40 |
With the recent return of student tickets, there's now one frontier of price discrimination the house has yet to exploit: jacking up Saturday matinee prices relative to Saturday evenings. With every matinee being sold out far in advance -- largely, I believe, due to the senior and far-out-of-town audiences -- there's clearly room for it.
UPDATE (5/17): Oops, seems I missed another place to raise prices.
shhhh.... Why are you giving them ideas?
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