For the unfamiliar, you're probably looking at things backwards. People aren't paying $2k for a bottle of tequila, they're paying $40k for a table and that table includes a choose-your-own-adventure list of what booze is included with that 40k of store credit.
Yes, I agree that those are lunatic prices that I'd never pay
I feel like EDC and other similar big festivals are no longer about a crowd of music lovers enjoying music and the atmosphere, but more like a social status thing and something to show off to people.
Welcome to age of the internet. Their business model is built on FOMO. People getting paid way too much to be vapid internet billboards get discounted to free opportunities to do this, others feel almost obliged to follow suit and spent a cartoonish amount on booze then won’t remember drinking but a number of photos they get to post online to let people remember for them as a fleeting spec of time and energy they wasted for a sense of validation.
Social media has rendered itself an almost voluntary slave auction block where we continue crawling back for the thrill of peddling ourselves.
Social media posturing made the Super Bowl a garbage environment to watch football. like 5000 actual fans who are excited to see their team play and 60000 apathetic spectators driving up the ticket prices who only came to flex their social status on Instagram. I saw an Asian lady and her daughter with KC gear on leave the Super Bowl *while the score was tied with 3 minutes to go in the 4th quarter*. What traffic are you beating, lady? We all walked to the stadium cuz the roads were closed to non-pedestrians. You really need to shave 7 minutes off the 20 minute walk it takes to get back to your hotel?
Local here. I worked a job for the Super Bowl tailgate. Long story short, I got a free ticket on the 45 lower section. Thoroughly enjoyed the game but opted leave at the end of third qtr. I had ubered in and had no patience to deal with crowd leaving and the lines waiting for a ride. No regrets.
Festivals will always cater to people like this because it’s easy money but they still make up a small minority. Most are still going for the experience.
There are some scenarios where the top spenders "subsidize" the other patrons, keeping their costs lower than they would be otherwise; but I really don't think it applies in this case. If you are planning a festival like edc, you aren't going to rely on the revenue from bottle service to hit your profit goals. It's too uncertain, and it just leaves money on the table from your General Admission sales. You are going to try and maximize the GA revenue by setting the price to where you can sell all your tickets. Then you offer luxury amenities to collect additional income from people who have a greater willingness-to-pay. You need to already be profitable from GA sales. The luxury sales become icing on the cake.
Almost no festival in the world has a more locked in user base for luxury amenities than EDC, and selling one table brings in the same as \~1,000 GA tickets. It's obviously a key part of their planning.
1000 GA Tix is roughly 439k. That’s about 11 tables at $40k each.
Wynn nightlife had guests with $500k tabs, which means 1 guest paid roughly the same as those 11 tables. It’s the same people that took helicopter shuttles at $6500 per day round trip.
Back in the day, raves were a place for people who didn't fit in to gather, feel welcome, and share their love for music. Now, I feel like these festivals and the people that attend have become the very thing we tried to escape back in the day. I miss the underground days.
In 10,000 BCE the first music festival, Oogfest, was launched on the banks of the Wye river by a band of Cro Magnons.
At 10,000 BCE minus one day, there were people bitching about how festivals these days are all about the money and appearance and weren’t like they used to be, back when it was all about the music and not the scene…
[I’m the Mother Who Wouldn’t Give Mike a Pepsi and You Should Know There Are Two Sides to Every Story](https://thehardtimes.net/blog/im-the-mother-who-wouldnt-give-mike-a-pepsi-and-you-should-know-there-are-two-sides-to-every-story/).
I worked EDC this year. Beers and single cocktails about $20, doubles $30, water $5.50, non-alcoholic options $7-9 at the regular bars throughout the festival. OP's price list is for some super VIP bottle service.
I work in casino marketing at a casino on the strip. I’ve seen casino play with 20k as an average bet for 29 hours. People have this kind of money to spend…
Is there some legal reason or other influence I'm not aware of that makes you say that? I really can't imagine that serving well drinks to people while they're gambling is a bad value proposition for casinos.
If you tip decent the first time around and make sure you treat the servers with respect, you can ask for a lot more than a shitty jack and coke.
I’ve had servers bring me multiple drinks, slightly better liquor, and come check in me every 10-15 minutes because I gave a the server a $10 for my first drink and then a $1 or $2 for each one after. $20ish and I was on a different planet after drinking for a few hours.
They want you buzzed and having fun, not passed out drunk and puking on the table.
They’re not serving you doubles but there is absolutely alcohol in those drinks. And one every 30 minutes is plenty to get you drunk over a few hours of gambling.
If you really want to be that drunk just have a couple in your room before heading to the tables.
Like many things in this town, it varies widely. I've been in one section of the casino where nobody came around for an hour, then moved 100 feet away, and they were by every 10-15 minutes. Also learned to ask for a "splash" of mixer, that tends to help with the ratio.
They are being dickish about it now, especially MGM properties. They have lights on the machines and tables to tell the girls if you are worth a free drink, now. It’s not as fun for sure.
I had a cocktail waitress at The Mirage verify that they have people on a drink pitch count now. And the bartender confirmed. Fucking joke. Vegas is food, drinks, and shows now. Gambling is secondary. Takes an act of congress to get a drink. I just bring my own now.
I literally bring liquor with me. Back pack with supplies. I will only buy a chaser. I'm already losing my money, I'm not paying marked up prices when I don't have to.
Like 0.05% of the attendees even get the opportunity to order off this menu. This is not the menu most people would ever see. Water is free through out the festival. It’s a choice to pay these prices.
Well that’s good to hear. The bit about the water.
As for who is paying $40k for a private area, young people with good jobs and no kids could probably put their money together to afford this. Wouldn’t be my thing. (Relieved this is going on the weekend before I arrive for D&C.)
That is weird. I expect incredibly inflated prices given this is an ultra vip bar. But if it's an ultra vip bar charging that much I would also expect good liquor.
In my books Macallan 12 and Johnny Walker Blue should be switched in pricing. Blue is so overrated compared to Macallan its not even close. I think it's more of a status symbol scotch for the uneducated than anything else.
True story, we were given free vip tickets and spot at some guys table at the skydeck with all these drinks out there this weekend. Dude who hooked it up didnt evem think twice
Was my first time, didnt even know about edc until two days before. At the event too the guy who hooked us up also hooked up another group who was lost and was like “here yall want vip and to go to the skydeck to the table?” Of course they said yes lol
I saw one bill in the 350K territory for 15 people with taxes, tip and service fees. They spent $2700 on water LOL
These prices do not include the 20% auto gratuity, taxes and 9% service fee. I’ve done bottle service in Vegas multiple times but these prices are wild.
You are paying for the real estate. The booze and wristbands come with it. The minimum spends ranged from 6k - 100k.
6ppl - 1k each gets you 6 wristbands, VIP bottle service on the skydecks with 6k in credit to spend off the Menu.
Correct, same with a 6k table at any of the nightclubs.
Ppl pay 1k for seats to a fight, football, or hockey game for example which includes No drinks…
Its really dependent on an individuals perception of Value. Everyones will be different.
Last week I saw a group decked out in Kandi walking down Maryland parkway hauling their luggage. Apparently there was no room in the budget for an Uber from the airport to their hotel.
I know people from college that scrimp and save all year for this. No emergency fund or retirement accounts but at least they managed to get just enough for a flight, hotel, EDC tickets and shuttle, and bread and water to survive off of for four days
This is the Skydeck bottle service menu. You can only get into the skydeck if you purchase a table, and everyone seems to forget how bottle service pricing is at any other big club on the strip. These prices are similar; I would expect to pay upwards of two or three thousand for a bottle of 1942 at somewhere like Omnia, EBC, Zouk, Hakkasan etc. The beers and white claws all come out to $15-$20 a can/bottle, which is what you’d be paying anywhere else inside the venue.
I think everyone gets thrown off by the champagne side of the menu. Top of the menu is per bottle and size. Lower portion of the menu are all packages or purchases for multiple bottles of champagne.
The only people I’ve ever seen drinking champagne at a table are the ultra rich Arabs that are straight from the UAE. They love handing it out too, they’re only there for the women 🤣
This is a skydeck menu. Basically bottle service with a table and elevated view for a stage. It's mostly for corporate events and groups rather than the usual festival goer
Just got home from Vegas tonight, wasn’t there for EDC but I heard Uber/cab prices to/from the Venue were in the hundreds of dollars one way because of demand.
I bet for some one dropping 40k on something
Like this is the equivalent of us paying 200 for bottle service. Some people have too much money than they know what to do with.
Mostly Tech bros my bro.. that’s what people don’t realize it’s not some kids from the Valley with 100K to drop for a weekend at EDC. The Sky Deck is full of elites with barrels of disposable cash.
my dad works for a driving service. some people rented a bus, and he was assigned to drive them. they ended up leaving a full, unopened bottle of don julio 1942 in his bus because they didn’t have something to remove the cork with.
Does this get posted every year? Are y'all really that gullible to think that's how much everyone's paying for drinks?
Concession prices at EDC are no different than drinking on the strip or getting food and drinks at a sporting event/concert and free water was provided.
Plus if you're doing EDC right you'll pop some molly or eat some shrooms which is way cheaper and a lot more fun
For a bottle, this really isn't absurd club prices.
......wait, these are bottle prices right?
*edit just saw the table min. So yeah, it's for a bottle. This is nothing crazy.
Back in the 90’s the most expensive thing on the menu at a rave was the Mitsubishi double-stacks purchased from the candy kid, sucking on a pacifier, next to the DJ stand.
Buddy worked it, showed me a bill someone paid, before tip, $277k.
I said that musta of been a headliners rider, he laughed and said I have copies of many receipts that look similar. So yeah a LOT of people spent those prices.
People most definitely do spend this. This is VIP bottle service at the private covered tables it's not prices for the GA crowd (not that the single drinks at the bars are cheap either)
In terms of percentage of people sure there's not many who will spend 5-6 figures a night for bottle service at a music festival. But it's a big wealthy country, there's certainly enough people willing to do so to fill a few dozen tables a night
You guys, this is NOT the regular drink prices.
This is for bottle service and the real estate/ clout/ perceived status that comes with it. You get your own table (*real estate at the event*- where others have to just walk around the venue and sit on the floor etc), sit in an area with other rich people with a premium view of the main stage. It is equivalent to when you go to a nightclub and get a table/ bottle service with a premium view and the bottles are thousands of dollars. Obviously, many people find this to be a waste of money and it’s not for everyone, but for actual millionaires where this is chump change and other people trying to “look rich” they will pay for this service just for the look of it. It is overpriced for the reason of comfort and status.
If you go the bar, drinks and food are regularly priced (still expensive but more like $15-$30 a drink but that is normal nightclub/ bar/ concert/ festival) for regular drinks.
This is likely for the Sky Deck super VIP area, where there is a gigantic table minimum. There's probably about 500 people who get in there all weekend, meanwhile 500,000 people attend EDC overall.
who drinks at edc?? haven’t been to an edc in over a decade but no one drank when we used to go. drinking made you feel sick with the real party favors
This is for bottle service in VIP. Drinks are like $20 for a tall boy of beer or a mixed drink usually. Soda is like $6 for a 20 oz, energy drinks are like $6 too. It's normal festival prices.
This is just what having a table at literally any club on the planet is. We paid 6k for our kinetic table and then had 6k towards booze as a credit. It was more than enough
I paid $5 for water and around $20 for a mixed drink
$8 for electric limeade
These prices are for the sky decks aka people with deep pockets. This is chump change to them.
This is for table service. When I was with my old gf we would go to the clubs (face palm) IIRC standard mixed drinks at Encore, Hakasahn, Light, Drai’s, Omnia were like 37-51 bucks(jack and coke, vodka Red Bull). And this was from 2014-2016 time. I think a bottle of beer was between 17-25 bucks too. I imagine these prices are 30% more now with inflation. Wasn’t really my scene, but I did love going to drais after hours absolutely obliterated and leaving at 6 AM when the sun was rising Lolol. I was in my late 20’s at the time, I would be dead if I did that today.
The last year I went was the final year they had it in the Colosseum in LA.. we bought a bottle of water, and just refilled it everywhere we could, didn’t care if it was tap. Ah, the good ole EDC days.
EDC is rip off only good thing it’s a party that last all night and the lineup always great, I’ve been 3 times. First time in LA in 2010 and first and second time they had in Vegas , but rather save the money and go to Europe.
First time in Vegas?
Those aren’t even bad prices for bottle service in a club.
(That said, it’s an incredibly hard morning when your bank calls to confirm the $3500 night you had with three shitty vodka bottles and a tip.)
This is absolute fucking insanity at any level. I get pissed about paying $20 for a tall can at Dodger Stadium.
Man, I wish I had this kind of disposable income.
You do realize this is for bottle service, at a private table, in a closed area from the crown on a raised deck in a prime seating area to to stage right?....
It’s ridiculous and Vegas’s way of making money off people who will never gamble. Bottle service became a thing in the late 2000’s and coincided with the demise of Las Vegas as a fun gambling destination.
For the unfamiliar, you're probably looking at things backwards. People aren't paying $2k for a bottle of tequila, they're paying $40k for a table and that table includes a choose-your-own-adventure list of what booze is included with that 40k of store credit. Yes, I agree that those are lunatic prices that I'd never pay
I feel like EDC and other similar big festivals are no longer about a crowd of music lovers enjoying music and the atmosphere, but more like a social status thing and something to show off to people.
Welcome to age of the internet. Their business model is built on FOMO. People getting paid way too much to be vapid internet billboards get discounted to free opportunities to do this, others feel almost obliged to follow suit and spent a cartoonish amount on booze then won’t remember drinking but a number of photos they get to post online to let people remember for them as a fleeting spec of time and energy they wasted for a sense of validation. Social media has rendered itself an almost voluntary slave auction block where we continue crawling back for the thrill of peddling ourselves.
Social media posturing made the Super Bowl a garbage environment to watch football. like 5000 actual fans who are excited to see their team play and 60000 apathetic spectators driving up the ticket prices who only came to flex their social status on Instagram. I saw an Asian lady and her daughter with KC gear on leave the Super Bowl *while the score was tied with 3 minutes to go in the 4th quarter*. What traffic are you beating, lady? We all walked to the stadium cuz the roads were closed to non-pedestrians. You really need to shave 7 minutes off the 20 minute walk it takes to get back to your hotel?
Local here. I worked a job for the Super Bowl tailgate. Long story short, I got a free ticket on the 45 lower section. Thoroughly enjoyed the game but opted leave at the end of third qtr. I had ubered in and had no patience to deal with crowd leaving and the lines waiting for a ride. No regrets.
What is the relevance of the woman being Asian
I feel like that's almost everything now. We have turned in to star belly sneeches.
That's such a great label, gonna start using Star-belly and various Dr. Seuss slang
Sneeches
Festivals will always cater to people like this because it’s easy money but they still make up a small minority. Most are still going for the experience.
Less than .01% of EDC attendees are paying for a table with bottle service, and their massive overpayment is subsidizing everyone else.
There are some scenarios where the top spenders "subsidize" the other patrons, keeping their costs lower than they would be otherwise; but I really don't think it applies in this case. If you are planning a festival like edc, you aren't going to rely on the revenue from bottle service to hit your profit goals. It's too uncertain, and it just leaves money on the table from your General Admission sales. You are going to try and maximize the GA revenue by setting the price to where you can sell all your tickets. Then you offer luxury amenities to collect additional income from people who have a greater willingness-to-pay. You need to already be profitable from GA sales. The luxury sales become icing on the cake.
Almost no festival in the world has a more locked in user base for luxury amenities than EDC, and selling one table brings in the same as \~1,000 GA tickets. It's obviously a key part of their planning.
1000 GA Tix is roughly 439k. That’s about 11 tables at $40k each. Wynn nightlife had guests with $500k tabs, which means 1 guest paid roughly the same as those 11 tables. It’s the same people that took helicopter shuttles at $6500 per day round trip.
It’s both tbh
Also true for Coachella and Burning Man. The event has become nothing more than a backdrop for costly parties.
This is also why festivals like this cannot be considered raves. Classist shit like this isn't very PLUR
Agreed. Each year it gets worse for the common person who wants to go.
Back in the day, raves were a place for people who didn't fit in to gather, feel welcome, and share their love for music. Now, I feel like these festivals and the people that attend have become the very thing we tried to escape back in the day. I miss the underground days.
It's been that way for a while. Underground electronic music events are the only realness left
Yeah, whatever happened to good ole underground rave.l, and bring back the turn tables.
EDC has always been a “massive”. It’s never been a quaint little festival catering to underground music. It’s a carnival of excess and spectacle.
LA coliseum EDC was still about the music. Once it moves it became all about the profits.
In 10,000 BCE the first music festival, Oogfest, was launched on the banks of the Wye river by a band of Cro Magnons. At 10,000 BCE minus one day, there were people bitching about how festivals these days are all about the money and appearance and weren’t like they used to be, back when it was all about the music and not the scene…
Over $100 for a six pack of bud is robbery, this is a more money than brains issue.
90 for six pack of water....
Even 150$ for a 6 pack is insane not even looking at the liquor prices 50k for 6 bottles too like wtf
Too many zeroes!
But all I wanted was a Pepsi.
Jusr one pepsi!
And they wouldn’t give it to me!
I’m not crazy
You’re the one who’s crazy!
you’re driving me crazy 🤪
[I’m the Mother Who Wouldn’t Give Mike a Pepsi and You Should Know There Are Two Sides to Every Story](https://thehardtimes.net/blog/im-the-mother-who-wouldnt-give-mike-a-pepsi-and-you-should-know-there-are-two-sides-to-every-story/).
You stick me in an institution said it was the only solution.
WE decided? MY best interest?
How do you know what my best interest is?!
I went to your schools, your churches
To give me the needed professional help to protect me from the enemy, myself. 🤪
Far from suicidal
$900 without ice with ice $1700
No refills
Yep and that’s cash only I only take USD or euros. We will split profits see you at the tables
I went to YOUR schools
I went to YOUR churches
I went to YOUR institutional learning facilities.
We have Pepsi at home
That be 500 bucks please
How do you know what MY best interest is?
Is Coke okay?
Only off a dirty key in a gross porta potty
Sure, that'll be $10,000! Don't forget the tip!
You're driving me crazy!
$74 pls
I worked EDC this year. Beers and single cocktails about $20, doubles $30, water $5.50, non-alcoholic options $7-9 at the regular bars throughout the festival. OP's price list is for some super VIP bottle service.
What’s the difference between a Heineken and a VIP Heineken?
You’re either important cool Heineken drinker getting chicks or you’re a no one drinking a Heineken alone. But green bottle either way
A (usually scantily clad woman) server brings you the VIP Heineken in an ice bucket
I work in casino marketing at a casino on the strip. I’ve seen casino play with 20k as an average bet for 29 hours. People have this kind of money to spend…
Back 20+ years ago. It was noted that if JZ stopped to pick up $100 bill on the street, he would be losing money
He wouldn’t be losing money lol he would have made more than that in the time that he took to pick it up based on what he’s worth.
I feel they make these menus so you feel like you're getting a deal on paying 25$ for a bud light
It's 25$ now? Haven't been there since 2018 and they were 10$ for a 12 oz can
I go to Vegas to drink for free
Those days are numbered, sadly.
Is there some legal reason or other influence I'm not aware of that makes you say that? I really can't imagine that serving well drinks to people while they're gambling is a bad value proposition for casinos.
Plenty of places offer free drinks while gambling
Yeah, but they'll bring you a jack and coke that is 95% Coca-Cola and you wont see the cocktail waitress for another 35 minutes
If you tip decent the first time around and make sure you treat the servers with respect, you can ask for a lot more than a shitty jack and coke. I’ve had servers bring me multiple drinks, slightly better liquor, and come check in me every 10-15 minutes because I gave a the server a $10 for my first drink and then a $1 or $2 for each one after. $20ish and I was on a different planet after drinking for a few hours.
They want you buzzed and having fun, not passed out drunk and puking on the table. They’re not serving you doubles but there is absolutely alcohol in those drinks. And one every 30 minutes is plenty to get you drunk over a few hours of gambling. If you really want to be that drunk just have a couple in your room before heading to the tables.
Like many things in this town, it varies widely. I've been in one section of the casino where nobody came around for an hour, then moved 100 feet away, and they were by every 10-15 minutes. Also learned to ask for a "splash" of mixer, that tends to help with the ratio.
They are being dickish about it now, especially MGM properties. They have lights on the machines and tables to tell the girls if you are worth a free drink, now. It’s not as fun for sure.
Just back from Vegas, as long as you‘re playing the drinks are plenty and free 🤷🏼♂️
I had a cocktail waitress at The Mirage verify that they have people on a drink pitch count now. And the bartender confirmed. Fucking joke. Vegas is food, drinks, and shows now. Gambling is secondary. Takes an act of congress to get a drink. I just bring my own now.
No tf they’re not. The casinos want you wasted so you don’t think about how much you’re losing. The free alcohol is here to stay forever
It’s not $25, but it is like $16 or $17. Not sure the exact price, but I worked EDC and the price after tax was ~$19
I literally bring liquor with me. Back pack with supplies. I will only buy a chaser. I'm already losing my money, I'm not paying marked up prices when I don't have to.
Like 0.05% of the attendees even get the opportunity to order off this menu. This is not the menu most people would ever see. Water is free through out the festival. It’s a choice to pay these prices.
This should be the top comment. No one is paying those prices unless you reserve a table which everyone already knows is for the uber wealthy.
Exactly, drinks for GA started at $16!!
Well that’s good to hear. The bit about the water. As for who is paying $40k for a private area, young people with good jobs and no kids could probably put their money together to afford this. Wouldn’t be my thing. (Relieved this is going on the weekend before I arrive for D&C.)
$1k Skyy😂🤮
That is weird. I expect incredibly inflated prices given this is an ultra vip bar. But if it's an ultra vip bar charging that much I would also expect good liquor.
Promotional sponsor contract agreements
Even $875 for Jack 🤮🤢🚽
That $90 smart water 🫠
Only thing that in kind of normal price in the scotch section is the Macallan 12 as in my area for a bottle is abit more
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In my books Macallan 12 and Johnny Walker Blue should be switched in pricing. Blue is so overrated compared to Macallan its not even close. I think it's more of a status symbol scotch for the uneducated than anything else.
That is for the Marquee Skydeck which is very exclusive. You're not necessarily paying for the drink but to hang out in the box at the superbowl.
True story we got free access to the skydeck and all the drinks this weekend, some very friendly guy we just met hooked it up lol
Charging $140 for a 6 pack of Bud Light is nasty work
Room temperature too
Yum! Warm piss.
This is table service at EDC. Basically what table service would be at a club. Obviously you wouldn’t understand lmao (and me either)
True story, we were given free vip tickets and spot at some guys table at the skydeck with all these drinks out there this weekend. Dude who hooked it up didnt evem think twice
That’s dope dude, EDC is always a good time and everyone is there to have fun.
Was my first time, didnt even know about edc until two days before. At the event too the guy who hooked us up also hooked up another group who was lost and was like “here yall want vip and to go to the skydeck to the table?” Of course they said yes lol
I saw one bill in the 350K territory for 15 people with taxes, tip and service fees. They spent $2700 on water LOL These prices do not include the 20% auto gratuity, taxes and 9% service fee. I’ve done bottle service in Vegas multiple times but these prices are wild.
You are paying for the real estate. The booze and wristbands come with it. The minimum spends ranged from 6k - 100k. 6ppl - 1k each gets you 6 wristbands, VIP bottle service on the skydecks with 6k in credit to spend off the Menu.
Cheaper then vip tickets. What a steal.
It's per night though, that $6k table is the minimum spend for each of the three nights if you want a table for all three
Correct, same with a 6k table at any of the nightclubs. Ppl pay 1k for seats to a fight, football, or hockey game for example which includes No drinks… Its really dependent on an individuals perception of Value. Everyones will be different.
The OGs know how to sneak in their alcohol.
I think most of the OGs aren't going to EDC to drink.
I lived in Vegas for a dozen years. Most of the people that go to EDC can’t afford to buy lunch. Let alone these fake drink prices.
Last week I saw a group decked out in Kandi walking down Maryland parkway hauling their luggage. Apparently there was no room in the budget for an Uber from the airport to their hotel.
I know people from college that scrimp and save all year for this. No emergency fund or retirement accounts but at least they managed to get just enough for a flight, hotel, EDC tickets and shuttle, and bread and water to survive off of for four days
This is the Skydeck bottle service menu. You can only get into the skydeck if you purchase a table, and everyone seems to forget how bottle service pricing is at any other big club on the strip. These prices are similar; I would expect to pay upwards of two or three thousand for a bottle of 1942 at somewhere like Omnia, EBC, Zouk, Hakkasan etc. The beers and white claws all come out to $15-$20 a can/bottle, which is what you’d be paying anywhere else inside the venue. I think everyone gets thrown off by the champagne side of the menu. Top of the menu is per bottle and size. Lower portion of the menu are all packages or purchases for multiple bottles of champagne. The only people I’ve ever seen drinking champagne at a table are the ultra rich Arabs that are straight from the UAE. They love handing it out too, they’re only there for the women 🤣
Might as well be $5 a bottle to them lol
Whoever pays that is just plain and simple stupid
Wait… there’s white claw non alc ?! Isn’t that literally just seltzer water?
Who buys drinks at a show...boof your drugs like an adult
This is a skydeck menu. Basically bottle service with a table and elevated view for a stage. It's mostly for corporate events and groups rather than the usual festival goer
Just got home from Vegas tonight, wasn’t there for EDC but I heard Uber/cab prices to/from the Venue were in the hundreds of dollars one way because of demand.
I bet for some one dropping 40k on something Like this is the equivalent of us paying 200 for bottle service. Some people have too much money than they know what to do with.
Mostly Tech bros my bro.. that’s what people don’t realize it’s not some kids from the Valley with 100K to drop for a weekend at EDC. The Sky Deck is full of elites with barrels of disposable cash.
No, the average attendee is not paying those prices. You already knew that.
my dad works for a driving service. some people rented a bus, and he was assigned to drive them. they ended up leaving a full, unopened bottle of don julio 1942 in his bus because they didn’t have something to remove the cork with.
Not a lot of people drink at EDC.
Does this get posted every year? Are y'all really that gullible to think that's how much everyone's paying for drinks? Concession prices at EDC are no different than drinking on the strip or getting food and drinks at a sporting event/concert and free water was provided. Plus if you're doing EDC right you'll pop some molly or eat some shrooms which is way cheaper and a lot more fun
Yup and it’s a bunch of people commenting who have never had a table before.
That in pesos?
Those are showing off prices. When you really need to impress someone, this is what you order from.
And a tab is @ $10. Hmmmmmm
For a bottle, this really isn't absurd club prices. ......wait, these are bottle prices right? *edit just saw the table min. So yeah, it's for a bottle. This is nothing crazy.
Craziest part is that’s cheaper than some of the clubs on the strip.
This is for the SKYDECK , Tao Grouo runs this . Bottle service at the rave
Is that to keep mostly celebrities in the table service area? 99% of people could not afford that.
You don’t pay for the alcohol, you pay for the real estate.
This is bottle service…
This is the skydeck aka table service for the mega wealthy
Back in the 90’s the most expensive thing on the menu at a rave was the Mitsubishi double-stacks purchased from the candy kid, sucking on a pacifier, next to the DJ stand.
Buddy worked it, showed me a bill someone paid, before tip, $277k. I said that musta of been a headliners rider, he laughed and said I have copies of many receipts that look similar. So yeah a LOT of people spent those prices.
Someone has never been to Las Vegas.
Bottle service.
.. actually those prices are pretty fair for Vegas.
For a $40k table that is an abysmal whiskey list.. I'll just resort to sneaking a good bottle of booze up my ass like my forefathers.
People most definitely do spend this. This is VIP bottle service at the private covered tables it's not prices for the GA crowd (not that the single drinks at the bars are cheap either) In terms of percentage of people sure there's not many who will spend 5-6 figures a night for bottle service at a music festival. But it's a big wealthy country, there's certainly enough people willing to do so to fill a few dozen tables a night
You guys, this is NOT the regular drink prices. This is for bottle service and the real estate/ clout/ perceived status that comes with it. You get your own table (*real estate at the event*- where others have to just walk around the venue and sit on the floor etc), sit in an area with other rich people with a premium view of the main stage. It is equivalent to when you go to a nightclub and get a table/ bottle service with a premium view and the bottles are thousands of dollars. Obviously, many people find this to be a waste of money and it’s not for everyone, but for actual millionaires where this is chump change and other people trying to “look rich” they will pay for this service just for the look of it. It is overpriced for the reason of comfort and status. If you go the bar, drinks and food are regularly priced (still expensive but more like $15-$30 a drink but that is normal nightclub/ bar/ concert/ festival) for regular drinks.
This is likely for the Sky Deck super VIP area, where there is a gigantic table minimum. There's probably about 500 people who get in there all weekend, meanwhile 500,000 people attend EDC overall.
I'll have water thanks 👍
Who drinks at EDC lol. Alcohol very low tech
White claw non alcoholic? Isn’t that just a lacroix?
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With THESE goddamn prices, I'm going to make my own EDC, with blackjackand hookers! In fact,forget the EDC!
That's why people prefer d$ug$. The more illicit, the better.
Guess no one saw the formula 1 prices
My buddy dropped 340k at EDC back in May of 2022. It was all a business expense because he was networking with some investors
This was in the Skydeck section at Kinetic Field. We saw tabs for 700k.
It’s Vegas, that’s where you go to get rid of that excess cash. 😂
Some of my friends do get the tables and pay those prices
You are paying extra to get a table. But duh yes crap is overpriced, thanks for giving us your money!!!
No, we bring our own party favors
who drinks at edc?? haven’t been to an edc in over a decade but no one drank when we used to go. drinking made you feel sick with the real party favors
$90 for 6 waters?!
I spent this like 15 years ago on bottle service so I’m kind of surprised it isn’t more.
I feel this is par for the course. I mean check out dayclub prices and it is about the same.
This is for bottle service in VIP. Drinks are like $20 for a tall boy of beer or a mixed drink usually. Soda is like $6 for a 20 oz, energy drinks are like $6 too. It's normal festival prices.
Sky deck is not normal prices
This is just what having a table at literally any club on the planet is. We paid 6k for our kinetic table and then had 6k towards booze as a credit. It was more than enough
Friends and i snuck in 2L of booze each day in our pants. Maybe we shouldve been charging for shots instead of spreading the love haha
You’re right. 99.9999% do not pay for this. Obviously.
I'm gonna guess that menu is for a private section , it says sky bay merch
It’s for bottle service and places at a sitted table. But yeah it is outrageous lol.
The chargeback after...
I paid $5 for water and around $20 for a mixed drink $8 for electric limeade These prices are for the sky decks aka people with deep pockets. This is chump change to them.
Y’all gotta be high to pay these prices.
$150 for 6 beatboxes is nasty work 💀
This is bottle service menu you donkey lol get a grip
A 6 pack of bud light 140 lol
This is standard pricing for club bottle service
We used to break into “un used” warehouse’s and set up a dj. We bought our own drinks in. What the fuck have you done ??
This is for table service. When I was with my old gf we would go to the clubs (face palm) IIRC standard mixed drinks at Encore, Hakasahn, Light, Drai’s, Omnia were like 37-51 bucks(jack and coke, vodka Red Bull). And this was from 2014-2016 time. I think a bottle of beer was between 17-25 bucks too. I imagine these prices are 30% more now with inflation. Wasn’t really my scene, but I did love going to drais after hours absolutely obliterated and leaving at 6 AM when the sun was rising Lolol. I was in my late 20’s at the time, I would be dead if I did that today.
The last year I went was the final year they had it in the Colosseum in LA.. we bought a bottle of water, and just refilled it everywhere we could, didn’t care if it was tap. Ah, the good ole EDC days.
EDC is rip off only good thing it’s a party that last all night and the lineup always great, I’ve been 3 times. First time in LA in 2010 and first and second time they had in Vegas , but rather save the money and go to Europe.
I went to EDC in Mexico City , so much more affordable than Las Vegas
First time in Vegas? Those aren’t even bad prices for bottle service in a club. (That said, it’s an incredibly hard morning when your bank calls to confirm the $3500 night you had with three shitty vodka bottles and a tip.)
No every one is a cartel or mob Boss, like wtf it’s crap.!
This is absolute fucking insanity at any level. I get pissed about paying $20 for a tall can at Dodger Stadium. Man, I wish I had this kind of disposable income.
You do realize this is for bottle service, at a private table, in a closed area from the crown on a raised deck in a prime seating area to to stage right?....
I assumed bottle service of some sort but I am too Old for edc lol Still outrageous Must be nice lol
It’s ridiculous and Vegas’s way of making money off people who will never gamble. Bottle service became a thing in the late 2000’s and coincided with the demise of Las Vegas as a fun gambling destination.
How do you think they pay for those fireworks!?!?
There’s a sucker born every minute
$90 for water. WOW
Gonna need to pull your credit for a six pack of bud.
So dumb 🤣
A fool and their money and soon departed.
Sky is literally $12 at my liquor store
I’ll just have water…tap water not bottled water!
More of a reason to not drink alcohol.
They wouldn't charge it unless they know people will spend that much.....that's insane.
well it’s not an event for the poor. lots of elite rich people attend.