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₹90,000 for one night? Hotel prices shoot up before Coldplay's Ahmedabad concert
As Coldplay's Ahmedabad concert approaches, hotel prices have reportedly skyrocketed, with rates reaching ₹90,000.
After Coldplay announced yet another concert in Ahmedabad for its much awaited “Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025", fans hurried to get tickets and book hotels to prepare for the British band's "biggest ever show" at the Narendra Modi Stadium on January 25.
Some fans have, however, complained that hotel prices have skyrocketed in the city on the day of the concert with many claiming rooms are being booked for as high as ₹90,000 for just one night.
"Hotel rooms in ITC Narmada Ahmedabad are selling for 90,000 per night on the 25th. If you manage to get Coldplay tickets, you also need to spend 6 months of an Indian middle-class person's income to simply visit the city. Coldplay plays, city's hotels party," wrote X user Aviral Bhatnagar.
HT.com independently verified the prices on the ITC Narmada website and found that booking a room for January 25 costs ₹75,000 excluding taxes. With taxes, the price comes to ₹88,500. To compare, just a week before the January 25 concert, a room at the luxury hotel is priced at ₹15,675.
Talking to HT.com, ITC Narmada said the cost of rooms were reflective of “dynamic pricing” during highly-anticipated events that create a high demand among travellers for hotels. "In the recent years, Ahmedabad has been host to some of the most iconic, mega events of both National and International interest. As expected this has greatly helped the state's hospitality market creating much higher demand for rooms. This has resulted in good news for hotels. There is a surge in demand around the dates of the Coldplay concert.” Keenan McKenzie, Cluster General Manager, ITC Narmada said.
Prices skyrocket in Ahmedabad hotels
Not just 5-star accommodations, prices at almost all hotels have surged since the concert was announced, fans claimed on social media.
“Thought I’ll book a hotel room and keep just in case I manage to get the tickets for Coldplay in Ahmedabad. The prices just skyrocketed,” X user Ujval Chopra wrote and shared a short video, that showed hotel prices crossing ₹50,000 on January 25.
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Another user said that similarly high prices were seen from January 24 to 25 in the Gujarat city. "Pro-tip for people going to Coldplay: stay in Vadodara and commute to Ahmedabad," he wrote, while another added, “When even miles don't come to rescue. Hotel Rates already skyrocketed for 25/26th in Ahmedabad.”
The Grammy-winning band had earlier announced three concerts on January 18, 19, and 21 at DY Patil Sports Stadium in Mumbai for the India leg of their tour.
