Inflation Calculator

Here's an inflation calculator:

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

For example, consider this little tidbit: A June 1975 Bay Area Kool Jazz Festival at the Oakland Coliseum had a $276,000 weekend (Selvin 6/29/75). That's $1,161,692.48 in 2012 dollars. Sounds like a lot of money to me.