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BY THE NUMBERS: Primary web site for online ticket sales for Madrid bullfights: Ticketmaster subsidiary (but of course) ... Maximum price of a ticket to a bullfight I attended: 63.40 euros ... Minimum price: 2.90 euros (!) ... Location of cheapest seats: in the nosebleeds, in the sun ... Price of my ticket: 8.50 euros ... My response to what you just thought: Yes, I went. Arthur insisted. Long story (but not in the book; ask me about it sometime). ... General impression of bullfight: Really? People find this entertaining? It's brutal and clearly not a fair fight and just not very interesting, even with the pageantry and funny costumes.