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Re: BIG NEWS on Pete's page
> Net result is that IMO excellent tickets will be harder to acquire even
> though everyone has a fair shot at them.
That's my feeling, as well. The next Who tour might be one where I just
have to settle for "the regular seats." But it's so tempting to want to
get close!
Apart from their stomach-turning prices, the ticket brokers were very
convenient. Want a front row seat? Boom, there it is. Costs quite a
bit, but there it is. Enjoy.
I used to do the whole camping out for tickets thing & I *never* got the
really kick-ass seats. I spent a day & half camping out for Who tickets
in '89 & got like 40th fucking row! It's not worth it. (Incidentally, I
ended up selling those tickets & purchased two front row tickets from some
dude who won them off the radio. Two front row tickets for $300.00.
A damn good price compared to today.)
But if they're only auctioning *front row* seats then someone could always
choose the option of getting second or third row seats, etc. Maybe that'll
be the way to go.
And I wouldn't count the brokers out so quickly regarding the front row
seats. As Alan stated, there seems to be some kind of covert connection
between the brokers & Ticketmaster. Somehow, the brokers were able to get
buttloads of prime seats for every show. I don't want to sound too con-
spiratorial but it seems like the brokers have people "on the inside"
<wink, wink> snagging the good seats.
The brokers are probably brainstorming ideas & strategies as we speak.
- SCHRADE in Akron
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists -
that is why they invented hell.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)