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Steve Giera
sometime about a week before the show, tickets start coming available on
Ticketmaster Online? I bought my ticket to the Detroit Pine Knob show
(which supposedly "sold out" in 8 minutes) the Thursday before the
show. My friend just bought two tickets to the Palace of Auburn Hills
show after it had supposedly "sold out." I'm not complaining. this
practice allowed my to see a fabulous show, but just wondering if anyone
knows the specifics of how these tickets come available.
Steve Giera
DarkStrand
>sometime about a week before the show, tickets start coming available on
>Ticketmaster Online?
Tickets are returned to the system throughout the entire period preceeding the
show. Peoples cards don't clear, previously held seats are returned for general
sale, all kinds of things happen. But always check back for tickets to sold
out shows. Always.
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>sometime about a week before the show, tickets start coming >available on
>Ticketmaster Online?
Well, sometimes only a certain percentage of all the tickets are released the
day tickets are supposed to go on sale. This is so they have enough left for
other sorts of ticket access (such as friends and family of the band or VIPs
who might want to see the show). They reserve these seats and if the band or
whoever else holds these tickets decides that they won't be using them, they
release them to the general public. That's why it's good to check back at the
venue right before the concert- even if the concert is "sold out."
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Docs143
that for the friends and family of the bands,crew,ect. you have to give some
sort of 2 week notice to the management...it was very complicated and
angering...
>Well, sometimes only a certain percentage of all the tickets are released the
>day tickets are supposed to go on sale. This is so they have enough left for
>other sorts of ticket access (such as friends and family of the band or VIPs
>who might want to see the show). They reserve these seats and if the band or
>whoever else holds these tickets decides that they won't be using them, they
>release them to the general public. That's why it's good to check back at
>the
>venue right before the concert- even if the concert is "sold out."
-Brittani
"Why Texas doesn't fall into the Gulf of Mexico? Because Oklahoma sucks."
*Just kiddin'*=)
Docs143
usually hold back around 500-1000 seats depending on the show to sell at the
last minute. I've come to expect it at all shows now. Be ready to see grown
adults fist fighting over the worst seats in the house. Not a pretty sight
.>Does anyone know why Ticketmaster claims that a show is "sold out," then
>sometime about a week before the show, tickets start coming available on
>Ticketmaster Online? I bought my ticket to the Detroit Pine Knob show
>(which supposedly "sold out" in 8 minutes) the Thursday before the
>show. My friend just bought two tickets to the Palace of Auburn Hills
>show after it had supposedly "sold out." I'm not complaining. this
>practice allowed my to see a fabulous show, but just wondering if anyone
>knows the specifics of how these tickets come available.
>
>Steve Giera
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-Brittani
TrIpInDaZe
>day tickets are supposed to go on sale. This is so they have enough left for
>other sorts of ticket access (such as friends and family of the band or VIPs
>who might want to see the show). They reserve these seats and if the band or
>whoever else holds these tickets decides that they won't be using them, they
>release them to the general public. That's why it's good to check back at
>the
>venue right before the concert- even if the concert is "sold out."
>
It's also a good idea to check back at the box office of the venue the day of
the show, before the show starts. There's a chance of getting better seats, if
you're not satisfied with the ones you have. I'm hoping this to be true in
Cincinatti.
Violet
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Annes921
>Well, the Tulsa show wasn't done through >Ticketmaster,.......
Lucky for the people who went to Tulsa....
Anne
Docs143
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>Lucky for the people who went to Tulsa....
Not necessarily. The Tulsa method sucked, pardon my use of slang. You had to
stand in line one day for wristbands with numbers on them. All the wristbands
were supposed to be available for two days...but they were gone in about 1 hour
I think...I forgot. But once they had the wristband you had to stand in line
again 2 days later to get tickets. They put all the numbers from wristbands in
a raffle and drew them out to see who was first in line. It was all supposed
to eliminate scalpers and staying the night for tickets. It didn't work for
either and was just a big mess in the end. A lot of fans were heartbroken when
they stood in line, got a wristband, and after all that didn't get tickets. It
was originally an idea for the Garth Brooks concert series last summer in Tulsa
made up by Glen Smith who did Hanson's concert...hence using the screwy ticket
method. Hopefully, that made sense.
ILUVCCM
Right. Glenn Smith called this *well thought out* method "fair". <cough> I
think not. The wristbands at my outlet were gone in less than a half-hour I
think. And there were the ever-lovable scalpers who spent the night and got in
front of all the fans. Grrrr
In my humble opinion, if you're willing to get in line very early and go
through whatever hard things you must go through, you deserve better seats than
those who show up at the last minute expecting and getting (usually due to the
great lottery system) good seats.
-Jacey
Annes921
>Not necessarily. The Tulsa method sucked, >pardon my use of slang. You had
to
>stand in line one day for wristbands with >numbers on them.
That does sound like a hard way to do it but it pales in comparison to the
horror stories I've heard and what I've gone through myself with Ticketmaster.
Just my own experience and opinion...
Anne
Docs143
>think not. The wristbands at my outlet were gone in less than a half-hour I
>think. And there were the ever-lovable scalpers who spent the night and got
>in
>front of all the fans. Grrrr
>
>In my humble opinion, if you're willing to get in line very early and go
>through whatever hard things you must go through, you deserve better seats
>than
>those who show up at the last minute expecting and getting (usually due to
>the
>great lottery system) good seats.
>
>-Jacey
>
Don't even get me started on that...that...Glen Smith. That may have worked
for 5 concerts in a freakin' baseball stadium...but not for a small arena of
8,000 people. You wouldn't believe some of the scalpers we called. Their
answering machines would say things like, "LEave your best offer and on the day
of the show at 6 PM we will call back the best offer." That is just horrible
in my opinion.
Docs143
>think not. The wristbands at my outlet were gone in less than a half-hour I
>think. And there were the ever-lovable scalpers who spent the night and got
>in
>front of all the fans. Grrrr
>
>In my humble opinion, if you're willing to get in line very early and go
>through whatever hard things you must go through, you deserve better seats
>than
>those who show up at the last minute expecting and getting (usually due to
>the
>great lottery system) good seat
Oh...and I forgot to mention in my other post my favorite Glen Smith
quote..."Who would've thought there would be this kind of demand 8 months ago?"
Sorry, but maybe he could recall they drew a crowd of well over 8,000 people
in OKC last June before they were even that famous. That was just a bunch of
B.S.
ILUVCCM
>quote..."Who would've thought there would be this kind of demand 8 months
>ago?"
> Sorry, but maybe he could recall they drew a crowd of well over 8,000 people
>in OKC last June before they were even that famous. That was just a bunch of
>B.S.
Yes, exactly. Obviously Glenn Smith wouldn't have thought there would be "this
kind of demand" 8 months ago, but we did. Glennie, dear, next time do yourself
a favor and do the research.
-jacey :)