If you are looking to go see Coldplay in Los Angeles the weekend of July 17-18 you have two options.  Coldplay tickets are available for Verizon Wireless Amphitheater and the Home Depot Center.  The show at the Home Depot Center is less popular and for good reason.  If you have never been to the Home Depot Center it is just like most other stadiums.  The seats are FAR away from the stage.  As of this writing there are decent seats in section 110 in Ticketmaster.  http://bit.ly/47nbg This is the second best section in the stadium though will still leave you a ways away from the stage but will end up running you $230-$240 for two tickets.  Okay orchestra Verizon Wireless tickets will set you back about $165 each on the secondary market.  If you can afford the prices, these tickets will give you a much better experience.

Those of you who do not mind standing up for the whole show can find some good Coldplay tickets for a great price.  The front “pit” tickets are general admission for the Coldplay tour.  GA pit Coldplay tickets will set you back around $175 each at Verizon Wireless in Irvine.  This will get you as close as possible for this Coldplay show.  The pit at Irvine Meadows is pretty small and restricted to 250-300 people.  The GA Coldplay tickets for the front area at the Home Depot Center will set you back $120-$130 a ticket on the secondary market. Definitely a better buy than most other tickets but still a tough place to watch the whole show.  The Home Depot Center pit tickets will put you in the company of 2,000-3,000 other people.

My recommendation: If you want to go to the Coldplay Home Depot Center show buy good seats from Ticketmaster now- http://bit.ly/47nbg or wait a little while longer to pick up tickets below face value for worse seats.  If you want the best experience go to the Irvine show and pick up GA pit tickets or upper Orchestras now on the secondary market.  Also note that parking is included at Irvine Meadows and will set you back $20 at the Home Depot Center.