Imagine waiting in line for a concert you don’t even get to go to yourself.
Alan Jackson is gearing up for his final concert, a massive event at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, June 27, 2026 that will mark the end of his legendary touring career.
The star-studded concert will feature a ton of special guests, including Eric Church, Luke Combs, Luke Bryan, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and many, many more. And it’s safe to say it’s the hottest concert ticket of the year, by a large margin.
Tickets went on sale for the show back in October, and sold out pretty much immediately. And if you’re hoping to buy a ticket on the resale market, well…hope you’re ready to shell out the big bucks. On SeatGeek right now, which is the official ticketing platform of Nissan Stadium, the cheapest resale ticket available is going for $472 in the top of the stadium, slightly behind the stage. The most expensive tickets, however, are listed for as much as $24,000 for a seat on the floor.
Absolutely insane. I really hope nobody pays that. In fact I hope nobody buys that person’s ticket at all. And I hope these ticketing platforms and artists start putting caps on resale tickets. But that’s a rant for another day.
Anyway, my point is, people are spending massive amounts of money to see Alan Jackson’s final show. In fact, some people are even willing to pay to make sure they get the best possible spot in the pit.
Over the past days and weeks, posts have popped up online from people with general admission pit tickets offering to pay someone to wait in line for them on the day of the show to ensure that they’re among the first to get into the stadium.
One post I saw, which has since been deleted, was offering $250 for someone willing to line up at 7:30 AM outside of Nissan Stadium to secure their place in line before gates open for the show at 4:00 PM.
The post advertises the position as a “super easy job,” advising that whoever takes the gig can “just wait in line, keep my place, and text me updates. Bring a chair, laptop, headphones, whatever.”
Of course the responses to these offers vary wildly: Quite a few people jumped at the opportunity to make a quick $250 for 7 hours of work, while others weren’t happy at this person trying to “game the system” and jump ahead of other fans who actually wait in line themselves for their spot at the historic show.
Then there were others who see what’s going on and decide to do the same thing, making the same offer to anyone willing to wait in line for them.
I’ve seen these kinds of things before when people camp out overnight for new Apple products or things like that. I’ve even seen situations where people will pay homeless folks to wait in line for them. But this is the first time I remember seeing offers – especially this high – for a country concert.
Just goes to show you how big the show is going to be. And honestly, I get it: Alan Jackson is one of my favorite artists of all time, a living legend, and the opportunity to see him one last time is something a lot of people are willing to spend big money on.
They’re just not willing to wait in line, apparently.
