Tickets to Sold-Out-Show (on
day) FROM: MAIN EVENT TICKET GUIDEIf you have ever been unfortunate enough to miss out on tickets for your favourite concert or sporting match but you really want to go, then there are techniques that must be followed to ensure your entry to
show. The techniques you will read will work for most concerts and sporting events. We cannot guarantee that these techniques will work every time, but they will work 99% of
time. That’s sorted with, now here is
plan that should be followed in order to gain entry to
show:
The Night Before The Show First of all, find
arena or stadiums box office telephone number. You need to bypass
typical automated message service (you can usually do this manually by pressing ‘0’ a few times) and get through to a ticket agent. Quote
name of
show, and ask if there are going to be extra tickets available before
show tomorrow. It may be too early for them to tell you this information, but is always worth checking for some peace of mind.
If
ticket agent says ‘No’ then you now must scan
Internet. Check ticket exchanges, auction sites, and specific bands eam websites message boards to see if there are any spare tickets floating around.
The Day of
Event It’s now
day of
event, you still have no ticket and no way (to your knowledge) of getting them. You must now head down to
venue itself. Make sure you are at
venue roughly 90 minutes before it is to start. This will give you enough time to get your tickets and to get in & settled. You must now follow these steps accurately to be guaranteed a ticket at
cheapest price:
You just arrived at
arena, you must now go directly to
box office. At
box office you must ask if there are any tickets for
event. 90% of
time there will be tickets available, usually on
floor seating or side stage (for concerts), ready for you to buy. These are called ticket holds (as described in
Main Event Ticket Guide). The reason for ticket holds is simply for security and calculation. For example, in concerts,
amount of seats on
floor can only be finalized when they set up
stage, therefore they must sell less tickets than necessary to make sure they don’t sell too many tickets! Ticket holds sometimes occur for
true fans/supporters who are unable to purchase tickets because of ticket brokers and scalpers. The biggest reason however, is its a security procedure that most events most undertake. Anyway, this is
first step. If there were tickets available, I would recommend you buying them from
box office rather than scalpers.