Oprah Winfrey set to appear at Georgia World Congress Center event Oct. 15
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Oprah Winfrey is set to appear at the Georgia World Congress Center all-day event called “O You!” October 15.
This is one of those days packed with panels and workshops featuring Oprah proteges such as Gayle King, Suze Orman, Dr. Oz and Nate Berkus. Originally announced in May, this event did not mention Oprah as a speaker at the time. Today’s news of Oprah’s presence should help fuel ticket sales. The itinerary for the day is here.
“Our readers love getting up-close and personal with the O experts they connect to in the magazine,” said Jill Seelig, vp/publisher of O, The Oprah Magazine, in the press release. “When Oprah herself participates, it takes O You to the next level adding an extra layer of magic and excitement
Tickets are $125 apiece. You can buy them here at www.oyouonline.com.
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By Rodney Ho, rho@ajc.com, AJCRadioTV blog
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71 comments Add your comment
Sarge
July 21st, 2011
10:15 am
Who Cares!!!
ray in atlanta
July 21st, 2011
10:17 am
congress is misspelled
Justin
July 21st, 2011
10:28 am
Sarge evidently you do
joe
July 21st, 2011
10:29 am
Maybe she can fix the APS since she’s so good at that sort a thing in Africa…
TLamar
July 21st, 2011
10:30 am
Sarge, don’t hate because Oprah has more money that you will make in a lifetime. Be happy for her and maybe if you are happy and not envious of someone, God will bless you to receive as well.
ADL
July 21st, 2011
10:31 am
Article should be titled “Atlanta to Worship Oprah in October”.
SheNeNe
July 21st, 2011
10:31 am
Ugh.
Morenike
July 21st, 2011
10:44 am
I agree! Who cares!! $125 per ticket … are you serious? I think that would go a long way to buying groceries or paying a bill. I don’t think so?!?!?!?!
berv
July 21st, 2011
11:01 am
I would pay $10,000 to hear Oprah talk. The woman is such an inspiration. She makes more in a day than every single one of us here combined will make in our entire lives. She’s so freaking impressive.
NotRichLikeOprah
July 21st, 2011
11:02 am
Would like to attend, but the $125 ticket price is too much.
Morenike
July 21st, 2011
11:05 am
Before I paid Oprah Winfrey $10,000 to hear her speak, I would look around at the many helpless, homeless, working poor, uninsured and hungry people and see who I could uplift. That’s what I find empowering!
Really
July 21st, 2011
11:11 am
Ticket sales are not jumping, so she announced she will appear. Tickets sales jump perhaps sale out..The day of, NO OPRAH..had previous engagement..do you get your money back? NOT…I DONT HAVE $125 TO THROW AWAY..I STILL YA OPRAH BUT THAT’S A LITTLE STEEP!!
say uncle
July 21st, 2011
11:15 am
i wouldn’t walk across the street to see her even if it was free with snacks available
Wud Luv 2
July 21st, 2011
11:17 am
I’d love to hear/see Oprah speak up close and personal. But $125, really? Really? But there will be tons of people there with $125 tickets who’ve paid $10-$20 park. They’ll also purchase expensive books and other stuff being sold to people who won’t take anything away from teh event other than the fact that they saw Oprah.
Wud Luv 2
July 21st, 2011
11:18 am
teh = the
Get Real
July 21st, 2011
11:21 am
berv – I want to see you buy 80 tickets ($10,000 / $125) and take them to a women’s shelter and pass them out. Tell them you were willing to spend $10,000 to see Oprah, but since your ticket only cost $125, you thought you’d buy all of them some.
Go ahead, I dare you.
Nancy
July 21st, 2011
11:22 am
If Oprah (and her minions) really wanted to help us all out, the event would be priced at $30-40 so it wouldn’t hurt our wallets and more people could afford to go see them.
Instead, she just wants more cashola.
Robert
July 21st, 2011
11:25 am
Hey berv, a little clueless aren’t you? You stated that Oprah: “makes more in a day than every single one of us here combined will make in our entire lives.”
Oh really? Let’s see, I guess about 20,000 people read ajc.com per day. On average each of us will make about $40,000 per year for the next 30 years ($1.2 million). So $1.2 million times 20,000 people equals $24 Billion.
So you’re saying Oprah makes $24 Billion per day? Then why is she appearing at shows?
limomaninga@yahoo.com
July 21st, 2011
11:26 am
berv: I would pay $10,000 to hear Oprah talk. The woman is such an inspiration. She makes more in a day than every single one of us here combined will make in our entire lives. She’s so freaking impressive.
You would pay 10k!!! She is such an inspiration..Save $9,970.00 and buy a book. You said she makes more in a day than all of us but then again you would pay $10k. I tell you what..I BET YOU THIS. You donate 10k to Oprah’s favorite cause and I BET you will get front seat and a free signed book. You go ahead with that berv. ENJOY FOOL!
Alan
July 21st, 2011
11:31 am
BERV = Loser!
panorama
July 21st, 2011
11:31 am
again, who cares
Cascade Shanaenae
July 21st, 2011
11:41 am
Why doesn’t everyone just donate that $125 to the shelters and poor. It would do more good. Let Oprah cover the cost of those tickets.
oldman
July 21st, 2011
11:42 am
Big deal, so she’s coming to town. Just wait till December and Santa will be here also.
Jai
July 21st, 2011
11:43 am
I love O also but for $125 they better start telling me what else I receive.
yep
July 21st, 2011
11:44 am
Berv,
I am so inspired by her constantly going from fat to skinny and then back to fat again. Not to mention how inspiring it is that she shoves her varying diet plans (that never work) down the throats of everyone, who then gobble them up like SS propaganda. Not to mention having to hear her libtard commi bs daily, which is very inspirational. How many pounds of cow crap can I get for $10K. At least I can fertilize my garden with that.
whoknows
July 21st, 2011
11:45 am
The price is a bit steep, however it includes a lot. The article posted here does not really give enough detail but everyone attending gets A LOT of freebies from big time sponsors.
MyPatootie
July 21st, 2011
11:47 am
Thanks Rodney for printing the date so I will know NOT to be in Atlanta that day. I wouldn’t walk across the street to see her even if it was free!!!!
Skyhook
July 21st, 2011
11:51 am
First, I would never pay $10,000 to hear someone speak. I could find too many other good things to do with that money. (charities, my retirement, animal shelter, etc.) She is inspirational, but I could get inspiration from other sources. I see Oprah has to have the spot light on her 24/7.
Captain Midnight
July 21st, 2011
11:55 am
Exactly what am I getting for my $125.00? I’m sorry, but in today’s world anyone that can afford $125.00 to see a TV personality doesn’t really need “uplifting’.
Vicki
July 21st, 2011
11:57 am
I love Oprah and would pay $125 for a ticket if I could.
Skyhook
July 21st, 2011
11:57 am
Enter your comments here
Captain Midnight
July 21st, 2011
12:00 pm
If I give you $125.00, then nothing that you give me in return is “freebie”.
vex
July 21st, 2011
12:10 pm
I would pay $900,000 to hear Oprah speak if I could sit in the front row. I wouldn’t pay a million though. Not even for Oprah as much as I love her.
TG
July 21st, 2011
12:33 pm
Whoknows, you say the $125 includes a lot. Can you elaborate? What all is included? I just checked the website and I didn’t see any details on what is included, except for attending seminars.
A Fan
July 21st, 2011
12:36 pm
I would pay $125.00 to see Oprah. People pay that and more for great seats at a Concert and don’t complain. It’s whatever moves you. If seeing Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Prince, Justin Bieber or some other artist.no one is yelling about the ticket prices. If you don’t like her..don’t go. It’s as simple as that.
pmuckle
July 21st, 2011
12:41 pm
SO!
Garrrr
July 21st, 2011
12:44 pm
I am an Oprah fan, but times are tough right now….don’t ask working class peeps to dish out 125 bucks to you…lower the price so that those who need the inspiration can afford to attend.
Deb
July 21st, 2011
1:03 pm
First of all, the ticket prices are high for most of us, but not out of line. We wanted to see James Taylor & Carol King, or Paul McCartney, when they were each in town and the tickets were that expensive for them as well. And with Oprah – she’s also paying several guest speakers. I’m sure Dr. Oz and Suzie Ormon aren’t cheap!!!
For those of you who seem so put out by all this – just don’t go!!! If you think everyone who has money should give it to shelters and homeless people, maybe you should sell your home and car and donate half the proceeds to people in need as well!
Captain Midnight
July 21st, 2011
1:06 pm
Wow, I wouldn’t pay 900k to see Michael Jackson open for Elvis.
A SLEW OF IDIOTS
July 21st, 2011
1:18 pm
Why do people who could care less even bothering commenting? Go watch a fork or something. Minions.
missizzy
July 21st, 2011
1:19 pm
I would love to go see oprah as well as the speakers that are coming, but I can’t skip groceries to attend. Sorry O. Guess I will watch a rerun of your show instead.
Captain Midnight
July 21st, 2011
1:27 pm
A slew of idiots
“Why do people who could care less even bothering commenting”. priceless..
so tired of your talk
July 21st, 2011
1:41 pm
i am rather fond of his “go watch a fork”, myself.
@say uncle 11:15 am, “i wouldn’t walk across the street to see her even if it was free with snacks available”– i would, if the snacks were cooked by one of her chefs!
WAR EAGLE
July 21st, 2011
2:09 pm
$125 to hear oprah yap or pay $125 for a woman to open her yap and give me al lthe attention i want. Bye Oprah!
OrlandoMike
July 21st, 2011
2:17 pm
Geesshhh…. Atlanta is a tough crowd!
I like Oprah but she has never done anything for me, so I’ll skip the conference and will spend my $125.00 on booze.
Pam
July 21st, 2011
2:21 pm
There is NO WAY on earth would I pay $125 to see Oprah…R U KIDDING ME???? Instead of people wasting their $ on see Oprah, they may want to consider donating that money to an animal shelter, St. Jude’s Hospital or something else worth while!
Julia Sugarbaker
July 21st, 2011
2:33 pm
Sarge is always such a malcontent. I think he has emotional issues so let’s not engage him.
Julia Sugarbaker
July 21st, 2011
2:35 pm
Captain Midnight my darling, the correct term is “couldn’t care less” not “could care less”. Please make note of it, mmmmkay?
tim
July 21st, 2011
2:47 pm
Only LOSERS with nothing going on in their life watched Oprah….you are all overweight losers just like oprah.
Captain Midnight
July 21st, 2011
3:40 pm
Julia Sugerbabydoll, I was quoting A SLEW OF IDIOTS. Please make note of the quotation marks.. mmmmkay?