A punk rock concert in Florida at the end of June is said to cost just 18 dollars for vaccinated people – unvaccinated people should pay 55 times as much. The governor protests, the organizer receives threats.
Entrance to a concert in the US state of Florida is said to cost only 18 US dollars (15 euros) for those who are fully vaccinated, and 1,000 dollars for unvaccinated guests. The organizer emphasized that the “discount” was not about telling people to get vaccinated. “If someone wants to come unvaccinated, he will scare off many guests and have to pay the difference,” it said. The punk rock band Teenage Bottlerocket will perform in St. Petersburg on the Gulf Coast on June 26th.
Guests who buy tickets at the reduced price must present their vaccination certificate to the CDC health authority at the entrance, according to the description of the concert. Organizer Paul Williams told the Washington Post that he had received numerous hateful messages and threats from vaccine opponents after the offer became known.
Tickets for vaccinated people are already sold out
The different pricing is a case of discrimination, said a spokeswoman for the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, according to the newspaper. The Republican recently signed a law banning businesses, government agencies, schools, and universities from requiring their customers, students, or students to be vaccinated. The law only applies from July.
If the “discount” for vaccinated people was a PR gag for the concert, it paid off: The cheaper tickets for the relatively small location were already sold out on Sunday.
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