Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #288

[Maurice Spruijt <mauricespruijt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

They had a seat in section 121 and in section 135 :(... I was willing 
to buy the $95 tickets.. bad luck... Then again, I should be happy this 
is 2002-2003 and not 1985-1986.

Maurice


> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:32:48 -0400
> From: snoopy1@pig.net
> Subject: Re: tickets lakers game
>
> Try something I used to do at concerts--buy the seats as close 
> together as
> you can, and when you get there, go to the lesser seat, and offer to 
> switch
> the other ticket for the better seat.  That way, someone gets a better
> seat, and your party gets to sit together.  I did that at an Elton John
> concert, and it worked really well.
>
> Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
>
> At 11:20 PM 9/21/02 +0200, Maurice Spruijt wrote:
>
> > It's unbelievable...
> >
> > As soon as the new schedule came out, I knew I wanted to go to the 
> > home
> > game vs the Lakers in November with my brother. I had to use a 
> > cellphone
> > from the Netherlands to call on Friday to the ticketmaster or the 
> > celtics
> > ticket phonenumbers... Ticketsale started at at noon (eastern time), 
> > so i
> > called at noon... I even couldn't get through for the first 30 
> > minutes or
> > so.. Finally I got through, but had to wait 45 minutes in line.. Then 
> > I
> > finally got to order tickets but.... there were no 2 seats next to
> > eachother available anymore..
> >
> > Are Celtics games (ok.. it's a top opponent) sold out that fast???
> >
> > A sad fan from Europe...
> > Maurice