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Re: Taking the boat to Tuna Town . . .



Random number distribution rules?

keets


>From: "B.W. Radley" <bwradley@earthlink.net>
>To: <TheWho@igtc.com>
>Subject: Taking the boat to Tuna Town . . .
>Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:44:29 -0700
>
>I am forwarding the following e-mail, which I received today:
>**************************************************************
>From: San Diego Sports Arena [mailto:sandiegoarena@sandiegoarena.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 3:05 PM
>Subject: Lakers Exhibition Game, The Who
>
>Don't miss the Los Angeles Lakers Exhibition Game on October 22, 2000 at 
>the
>San Diego Sports Arena.
>
>THE WHO will be live in concert with special guest UNAMERICAN on August 17.
>Tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10 am.  Random number distribution 
>rules
>apply.
>
>For more information, call 619.224.4171 or www.sandiegoarena.com For group
>discounts (15+), call 619.224.4171 x311.
>
>Tickets are available at the Sports Arena Box Office and through
>Ticketmaster. Buy tickets online at ticketmaster.com, by phone at
>619.220.TIXS, or in person at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers including
>Robinsons-May, Wherehouse Music, Tower Records, Ritmo Latino and Tu Musica.
>**************************************************************
>A week ago, I had indicated that the tickets for the San Diego show would 
>be
>not available through Ticketmaster, but instead, through ETM, which has its
>sales through kiosks instead of dealing with the snotty record store clerk.
>
>Unfortunately . . . According to today's (6-20) LA TIMES, ETM announced
>Monday that it has run out of money and has handed over all of its business
>contracts to Ticketmaster.  In fact, the San Diego Arena website already 
>has
>replaced the links to ETM with Ticketmaster.
>
>Apparently the San Diego Sports Arena managers said repeated breakdowns in
>the ticket company's computer system strained their relationship to the
>point that the arena was already considering dumping ETM.  People wanting 
>to
>go to events at the Arena, according to the TIMES, waited in long lines
>because of snafus.  (And how is this different from Ticketmaster?)  ETM's
>system had trouble handling the volume of ticket requests for a Ricky 
>Martin
>concert last November.  The Arena official quoted said that it took three
>hours for the venue to sell out, compared with only about a half-hour at
>other sites around the country.  (Perhaps the folks in San Diego had good
>taste??)
>
>Oh . . . the ticket prices for San Diego (sans Ticketmaster charge, 
>Facility
>Charge, Postage, Handling, Interest, etc.) are:
>
>$150, $85, $50 and $25
>
>BW Radley
>bw@bwradley.org
>
>PS:  The "Taking the boat to Tuna Town" referred to the fact that there is 
>a
>big tuna fleet in San Diego, which is the home of Chicken of The Sea (the
>guys with the mermaid, not Charlie The Tuna . . . that's Star Kist.)  You
>probably thought I was talking about something else.
>
>PPS:  I would pay to see The Lakers play The Who (see above subject line on
>the e-mail from the San Diego Arena).  I can see it now . . . PT playing
>"Hack-A-Shaq" with his Gibson.  Roger cutting Kobe down with his swinging
>mike.  And if Keith was still alive, he could piss off Rick Fox by asking
>his wife (AKA Vanessa Williams) if she could do her famous pose with the
>dogs again!!
>

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