When it comes to Her Madgesty, at least, there’s no economic implosion.

Fans who hadn’t secured tickets to Madonna’s show at the Garden Monday night milled around outside offering top dollar to score last-minute seats.

“We are willing to pay $500 if the seats are good enough,” said Ashley Love, 25, wearing a black lace “Desperately Seeking Susan” ensemble.

“I came up from Virginia, and it will be worth whatever we have to pay,” Love said.

Michael Rosen, a 33-year-old Brooklyn dancer, won his floor seats in a bidding war.

“I went on Craigslist and paid $600 for this ticket,” said Rosen, bedecked in a black boa. “I haven’t missed a Madonna show in almost 20 years and I wasn’t going to start now.”

Cassandra Gardner, in bondage gear to replicate the cover of Madonna’s “Hard Candy” album, spent $2,000 for her night. That included tickets, travel costs from Albany – and the Madonna tattoo on the back of the 23-year-old’s neck.

“She is a goddess. She is my queen,” Gardner gushed.

“It was worth every penny,” said a breathless Janine Smyth, 29, from Long Island of the $200 tickets she bought for herself and her sister.

Last night’s show was the first of three sold-out nights in Madison Square Garden on Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet world tour. She does it all again Tuesday night and Friday night.

For devotees, it really is the music that brings the people together. The scandals? Not so much. “I don’t give a crap about all this gossip with Alex Rodriguez,” said Lorraine Hands, 45, a teacher from Fairfield, Conn., who has tickets for tonight as well.

For Madonna, the adulation pays off big. She has already raked in $120 million from this, her seventh world tour.

From an article by Jo Piazza, New York Daily News.