Not heading to Coachella this year? Tried to buy tickets and woke up too late? Did the site crash on you? Did your friend "accidentally" forget to buy you a ticket? Did you enter your credit card number in too slowly? Or worse, did you realize you forgot your credit card at the bar last night? Has Coachella just gotten too mainstream for you? Are you not looking forward to a Drake and AC/DC mash-up?
More tickets are on sale today for $435 per person including shuttle transfers, but not much else. We should note that tickets are usually cheaper during pre-sale, which was last year, but the $435 is the lowest price point available today. Try adding $435 + hotel room + transportation + outfits + food + water + booze + your pre-Coachella diet + gym membership to get "Coachella ready"—and that's one hell of a blow to your bank account. So if you're not going to Coachella 2015, it's time to stop scouring the internet for tickets, here are 10 things you can buy in LA for the cost of one Coachella general admission ticket, including shuttle service. (If you’re wondering what a VIP ticket can buy, let your mind run wild/multiply everything below by 2).
1. Nine-course dinner for four people at Curtis Stone’s Maude (like Coachella, alcohol is not included)
2. 145 tacos at Ricky’s Fish Tacos
3. Take two of your friends with you to Disneyland and California Adventure, or buy an SoCal select annual pass for yourself
4. Two Black Walnut Armagnacs at Hakkasan
5. Five round-trip ferry rides to Catalina
6. 87 happy hour cocktails at Thirsty Crow (tax and tip not included)
7. A 20-game plan for a Dodgers infield reserve seat
8. 3.5 years of Spotify Premium or almost 8 years of Pandora One to listen to your favorite bands when you want without commercials, and without crowds or crop-tops or neon. Or crowds of neon crop-tops.
9. 21 lap dances at your favorite strip club
10. 3 GA tickets to FYF
Just throwing that out there.