The ticketmaster enigma – How are tickets allocated?
Posted by philpapaelias on October 3, 2008
Today, my wife and I tried to get tickets to see Oasis at Madison Square Garden on December 17, a show I have been looking forward to since I heard they were releasing a new CD and were planning on touring. The presale was scheduled for Tuesday with the General Sale scheduled for today, October 3.
The presale tickets that popped up were all in the second half of the arena, the area further from the stage. I tired pulling tickets up a few times in hopes of getting seats closer to the stage but did not get anything so I figured they were saving the seats up front for the general sale so I did not buy any and waited for today.
This morning, at 10am, my wife and I try for tickets and immediately starting getting tickets in similar sections in the back of the arena that were being offered in the presale. I tried a few times and it was the same each time. After about 15 minutes, we figured we should jump on a pair of these seats in case the show sells out and we were left out of the show and we did, a pair in the 300s, about middle of the arena. Once these were locked in, we tried for fun to see if the show would sell out and suddenly, out of the blue, a pair of tickets in the 100s, right at the side of the stage pop up! We ended up grabbing those and hope to sell the others at face before the show. Once we got this solitary pair in the 100s, we just checked again for fun and the tickets popping up were in the back of the arena again.
Where were the good floor seats and the rest of the sections near the stage? I understand that some are saved for radio stations, VIPs (whetever that means) , etc but usually some good seats are available based on the hundres of shows I have bought tickets for in the past.
Anyway, Im in and I cannot wait. I have seen Oasis about 10 times and they have been awesome every time!
