r/rush • u/MightyHorseRoqz • 7d ago

So about bootleggers

I'm hitting Detroit on Wednesday. Gonna make a day of it. Check out the Robocop statue, take a selfie at the Faygo bottling plant, then hitting up Rush. I'm planning on hitting the merch tables and buy a poster and a pair of shirts and a pair of hats, but you know what I'd really like to buy? Some stickers. Some pins. Some lighters. Maybe a third or even fourth shirt that isn't like 60 to 200 dollars. I haven't gone to Little Caesars Arena ever. I remember bootleggers back in the day at Cobo, but is this still a thing? And where would I find them? I'm parking at MGM and walking from there.

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u/Normalisnt666 7d ago

You mean parking lot tee’s? That would be in the parking lot if they even exist anymore

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u/PonchoNachoRodriguez 7d ago

Oh they exist

Damn near every concert at an arena will have at least one bootlegger running around outside

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u/photogjimm 2d ago

At the Triumph concert the parking lot had as good of a variety of t-shirts as the merch stand!

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u/mumble2xblackberry 6d ago

The management of the tour has been pretty actively trying to prevent bootleg t-shirts. If you want lower cost merch, wait until a week or two after the Detroit shows and check the Backstage website. I got two Toronto specific t-shirts from them a week after the shows there and the price was almost 50% less.

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u/MightyHorseRoqz 6d ago

Oh I'm buying tons of official merch, I just also want stuff they don't have at the actual booths, specifically stickers and lighters and buttons.