Poor Sales??

SNicksed · #1 12-17-2008, 12:21 PM

I don't know what's up with Albany, but I'm a little concerned this show may cancel. There are great seats up the hoozie wahzit available. Tickets.com actually went ahead and released rows 6-11 on the floor yesterday and most of them are still sitting there!

I managed to snag 7th row aisle, but what good is it if this show cancels.

Even with the bad economy I'm pretty shocked about this. FM has always almost filled the arena every other time they have been here and Stevie NEVER makes a stop here, so it's not like it's been over-killed.

Are any other cities doing poorly?

Musicman408 · #2 12-17-2008, 12:50 PM

hmmm, this worries me a little bit. It is exciting though that great seats are popping up, but the thing is that most people do not want to spend 150 dollars for a couple of hours of entertainment. I've never heard of tickets.com , is it a good site for tickets?

Also, keep us abreast of any sweets seats like these that pop at other venues!!!

GypsyGirl15 · #3 12-17-2008, 01:05 PM

You guys shoud definitely check stubsearch.com. You can actualy get single tickets for a few shows. There were some first row tickets for $500 or $600-something. Hope the prices will get lower.

SNicksed · #4 12-17-2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Musicman408

I've never heard of tickets.com , is it a good site for tickets?

It's the same thing as Ticket Master.

The Times Union Center (as well as alot of other venues) use tickets.com to sell their tickets instead of ticket master. It's not a broker site. It's the official one. And great, front seats are just sitting there.

Musicman408 · #5 12-17-2008, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SNicksed

It's the same thing as Ticket Master.

The Times Union Center (as well as alot of other venues) use tickets.com to sell their tickets instead of ticket master.

Thank you for the heads up.

As for the 500 front row seats, that is great that front row is available, but I wouldn't be able to spend more than the 145 dollar ticketmaster top for tickets.

Does that make sense?

GypsyGirl15 · #6 12-17-2008, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Musicman408

Thank you for the heads up.

As for the 500 front row seats, that is great that front row is available, but I wouldn't be able to spend more than the 145 dollar ticketmaster top for tickets.

Does that make sense?

Yeah, that makes sense. I totally understand you. It's just insane that the tickets are so expensive.

I even got a temp job just so that I can afford a ticket!!

HejiraNYC · #7 12-17-2008, 01:46 PM

Well, I'm not too surprised by this... it's a big arena, it's a weeknight, it's the dead of winter and Albany is smack dab in the middle of Nowheresville. Plus the upstate NY economy is in serious doo-doo right now, and Albany is like the eastern end of the Rust Belt. My hunch is that we will see this repeated all over the Rust Belt, including Rochester and Pittsburgh.