It was led by Beck, Lowe, the nineteen-eighties action star Chuck Norris, and those marchers who had sprung for a deluxe ticket (twelve hundred and fifty dollars, plus forty-four dolland and seventy-five cents in Ticketmaster fees), which earned them, among other things, a "priority spot" in the crowd, a meet-and-greet with Beck, and an unspecified book authored by the same.
But they did buy into Elvis Presley Enterprises: Their deluxe-tour tickets cost $12.50 each, and they spent $61 in authorized souvenir stores for licensed memorabilia: a replica of Elvis' 1953 high school yearbook ($29.95), four Elvis place mats ($4.99 each) and an "I Love Elvis" ink stamp ($4.95).
Titled "Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama — Manhattan 1970-1980," it promises to revisit an era in New York when performance art was still a daringly ephemeral, market-challenging medium, not the big-ticket, deluxe, staged and restaged thing it has become.
At the Budget Inn & Suites (570-424-5451; www.poconobudgEast Stroudsburgast Stroudsburg, Pa., a ski-and-stay package includes deluxe accommodations, breakfast and lift tickets for either Camelback Ski Area (starting at $60.75 a person per night) or Shawnee Mountains (starting at $55.75 a person per night).
Be sure to purchase your tickets for your "deluxe two-berth sleeper" several days in advance of travel (drop in to the office at the station itself, pay in local currency and make clear that you will be sharing the berth with your offspring), a bargain at £34 one-way, inclusive of dinner and breakfast.
The offer includes a deluxe room, breakfast and a daily lift ticket at Stowe Mountain and represents a savings of 25percentt Sunday through Thursday and 15percentt on Friday and Saturday.
Their presence is enough to make this super-deluxe Sydney Theatre Company production the most sought-after ticket of this summer's Lincoln Center Festival.
This 241-room, recently redesigned hotel is offering a special "Have Mercy" package through July 1, including deluxe accommodations with modern Civil War-inspired décor, two tickets to Carlyle House Historic Park and a 5% donation to the American Red Cross.
The e-mail message from Trost asked all season-ticket holders if they wanted to upgrade to the deluxe offerings, "for which we have already received an enormous amount of unsolicited requests".
The Handlery Union Square Hotel: Enjoy deluxe accommodations, free overnight parking for one car and two Grandstand tickets while supplies last.
My first move was to call customer service at Deluxe Hosting, where the site is hosted, and get them to open a ticket.
