When I purchased these tickets, the description was that there were two shows. The first was described as an intimate dinner with Betty White where they would reflect upon her career and audience members would have an opportunity to ask questions. Those tickets were $250. The second show was described more as a stand up routine. The tickets for that show were around $100. I bought three to the second show. When I arrived, my party was given color coded wrist bands. Colors were given out according to who arrived first since these were general admission tickets. I was told the seating sections separated by color. I noticed that the people from the dinner were still in the ball room and assumed that they were still concluding the first show.
I soon discovered that people sitting at all the tables were not going anywhere and when my wave of wristbands were allowed to enter I was surprised to find that my seating options were limited to three rows of plastic chairs sitting against the back wall of the ballroom (no wonder they sold out in ten minutes). Despite my party being one of the first to arrive, most of the seats were already taken. There was no regulation of seating and people just sat where they wanted. Not that it mattered much, you couldn't really see anything and needed to watch one of the large screens. The show turned out to be a question answer session with a game show theme. They ended up showing a number of lifetime television videos and the interview questions were pieced together from highlights of previous interviews. At the end, they pretty much exploited a conspicuously ill child, having him present Betty with bouquet of flowers. Betty White is a sweet woman, but this was not what I was expecting.
Overall, I felt good because all of the profits went to charity. I also felt fortunate that I wasn't one of the people that dropped $500 on two tickets. They didn't even see Betty until "our" show started, and for their $250 dinner, they received a hot dog with out a bun. I spoke with several audience members and they had the same impression. Now I know.