life_247 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 (edited) General Admission is sold out for the MSG show in just a few days time. General admission normally goes quick and is the best place to be (Face it )But i can still get a PAIR of tickets at the top price ($89.50 each) :Price Level 1PROMENADE 200 LEVEL SEATINGRESERVED SEATINGSection 210 Row BHow is this still classed as sold out? In the UK sold out means, no more tickets are being sold by official vendors - they've all been sold every single damn seat. (The only occasional exception would be restricted view or dress circle standing). Edited November 8, 2006 by life_247 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budweiser Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 I wonder that all the time. Becuase I hear it coming from GNR everytime they tour - - But yet I can always get more tickets?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
life_247 Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 MSG has sold well no doubt but im just a little confused.General Admission (I.E down the front) has all sold for sure and has been that way for a while.The only explanation is a few sales being denied by credit/debit cards etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdog311 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Lots of times right before a concert is about to happen tickets pop up. Messed up credit normally is the cause or ticket brokers not selling off their share of tickets. The show will not have an empty seat in it come the 10th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS_PoWeR Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Yeah, what exactly is a sellout?People are claiming the Baltimore show sold out in 2 minutes, yet at NO POINT were tickets not avilable.From the first day to today, floor seats or lower tier seats could be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codith Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Halifax is SOLD out, As in your only gonna get tickets buy buying them off Scalpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheNightTrain Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 General Admission is sold out for the MSG show in just a few days time. General admission normally goes quick and is the best place to be (Face it )But i can still get a PAIR of tickets at the top price ($89.50 each) :Price Level 1PROMENADE 200 LEVEL SEATINGRESERVED SEATINGSection 210 Row BHow is this still classed as sold out? In the UK sold out means, no more tickets are being sold by official vendors - they've all been sold every single damn seat. (The only occasional exception would be restricted view or dress circle standing).the definition of sell out is that america has the same scum bag scalpers as other countries do. those balding guys wearing the wife-beater t-shirts with yellow or missing teeth. so guns, because they care about their fans, reserve tickets for shows that are anticipated to sell out to try and fuck up the scalper fuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheNightTrain Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Lots of times right before a concert is about to happen tickets pop up. Messed up credit normally is the cause or ticket brokers not selling off their share of tickets. The show will not have an empty seat in it come the 10thyeah, and also what bdog311 said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhuman55 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 (edited) For the people who are confused, in America, an event is considered 'sold out' when you cannot buy 2 or more seats next to each other. If you can only buy single tickets, the event will be considered sold out.I hope that clears things up. Edited November 8, 2006 by Superhuman55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMorrison4 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 (edited) They're not out to get the scalpers. That's silly.They probably just keep releasing new sets of tickets as the show gets closer. This isn't an uncommon thing. Edited November 8, 2006 by JimMorrison4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheNightTrain Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 They're not out to get the scalpers. That's silly.They probably just keep releasing new sets of tickets as the show gets closer. This isn't an uncommon thing.Really? Than why were those tickets at msg referred to in the official eMails, in the same sections directly accross from each other? BEcause they were set aside ahead of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMorrison4 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Um.. that's what I just said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheNightTrain Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 (edited) Um.. that's what I just said.no. you said they aren't out to get scalpers. but holding back tickets for a show that will likely sell out is done for no other reason than to DISCOURAGE scalpers. it's alot easier for a busy band's management to sit back and not care.I'm not talking about the single-seat issue or the tickets that pop up in the ticketmaster computer after failed deals. I'm talkign about the tickets held by guns management that were in decent sections directly accross from each other that were referred to in the official emails that we got. Edited November 8, 2006 by OnTheNightTrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iodon Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 GnR is not holding tickets back to thwart scalpers. In fact, I'm sure they don't mind scalpers selling the tickets. It's money in their pockets and then the scalpers assume the risk for moving the tickets. As I see it, there are two possibilities for the tickets.1. They wanted to say it was a "Sold Out Show" to build excitement and hopefully ticket sales for the other shows. So they help back the last couple hundred seats. With a few days left, they released them knowing that if they didn't sell, they wouldn't take too much of a hit financially.2. These seats were reserved by the band. GnR has roots in NY (Fortus, Bumble, Axl as of late) perhaps they thought their friends and families would want seats so they those tickets aside. When they found out that they didn't need them, they were released to the public. This happens with professional athletes all the time.It will be a packed house on Friday night. I don't see why everyone is so worried about the shows selling out. Fewer people means shorter beer and bathroom lines. I'm sure the band will get by financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheNightTrain Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 GnR is not holding tickets back to thwart scalpers. In fact, I'm sure they don't mind scalpers selling the tickets. It's money in their pockets and then the scalpers assume the risk for moving the tickets. As I see it, there are two possibilities for the tickets.1. They wanted to say it was a "Sold Out Show" to build excitement and hopefully ticket sales for the other shows. So they help back the last couple hundred seats. With a few days left, they released them knowing that if they didn't sell, they wouldn't take too much of a hit financially.2. These seats were reserved by the band. GnR has roots in NY (Fortus, Bumble, Axl as of late) perhaps they thought their friends and families would want seats so they those tickets aside. When they found out that they didn't need them, they were released to the public. This happens with professional athletes all the time.It will be a packed house on Friday night. I don't see why everyone is so worried about the shows selling out. Fewer people means shorter beer and bathroom lines. I'm sure the band will get by financially.yes, no problems financially.but i still think they hold back tickets to thwart scalpers. some major bands in the past, like U2, have publicly stated this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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