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Trump Hikes Prices of New Year’s Eve Party Tickets at Mar-a-Lago — Further Profiting Off The Presidency

According to the Palm Beach Post, anyone who wants to party with Donald Trump on New Year’s Eve is going to have to fork over a lot of dough.

Club guests will pay a hefty $1,000 to ring in the New Year at Trump’s private Palm Beach club, up from $750 last year and $575 the year before, according to Palm Beach sources.

Ticket prices for dues-paying club members also rose for the Dec. 31 party, but they did not rise as much as guest tickets did, sources said. This year Mar-a-Lago members will pay $650 for New Year’s Eve tickets, sources said, up from $600 last year and $525 the year before.

Just two years ago, tickets for members and nonmember guests were within $50 of each other.

But now nonmember guests planning to attend the upcoming event at Mar-a-Lago can expect to pay $250 more than last year, and nearly twice what they did two years ago.

The ticket prices don’t include a 20 percent gratuity and 7 percent tax, which can add another $270 to a $1,000 guest ticket.

That means a couple attending as guests can expect to fork over more than $2,500 for an evening of champagne, caviar and Trump.

Some have speculated that Mar-a-Lago hiked the nonmember ticket fees in a bid to discourage outsiders from coming to the party.

The lavish party in the Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom and the surrounding grounds has plenty of perks, including a red-carpet entrance, a multi-course meal, a popular cover band and the chance to meet celebrities — Sylvester Stallone and Fabio were there to welcome in 2017 — as well as the president himself.

“I’ve been to a lot of black tie events. This was a different feeling,” said Lynn Aronberg, the owner of a Palm Beach public relations who attended last year’s event as a guest and got pictures with both the then-president-elect and incoming first lady. “It was the best event I’ve ever been to.”

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