Best way to get good seats?

[STEVEHEDRICK]

the austin front row seats are 750.00!

[SorcererJP]

Move to The Netherlands, nearly all of the big concerts at the arenas/stadiums and larger venues are general admission with no seats on the floor. So you have to be early to get a good spot and plenty of room to dance, jump etc, without bothering people behind you.

So I got upfront that way at the last 8 Mac-concerts I attended since 2009 ...

Now we still get to persuade Stevie and her entourage to tour overhere :-)

[TheWildHeart67]

back in the late eighties and early nineties before the internet, I used to put deposits down on shows through a ticket agency in Southern California. They would call you a week after the tickets were on sale and tell you which ones were available and the prices. It was always very expensive. On the time-space to her for the Irvine Meadows California show I ended up with front row Center tickets and at that time it was $300 a seat. That agency would allow me to put a deposit down on the shows like 50 bucks, and then you can make payments towards that until they were paid off as long as you had everything paid six weeks prior to the performance. I know a lot of ticket agencies back in the day operated that way because they would buy blocks of Premium tickets so they could resell them to the public. At a premium. I don't know if this goes on still I'm sure it does. I don't ever remember VIP packages or anything like that back in the day. That's a relative new phenomena. Well I'm using the speak to text feature on my phone so hopefully this comes out okay haha

[SpyNote]

Most venues hold back good seats for promotional purposes or for the band. They usually get released a month or later before the show when they don't need them anymore. That's how I've usually scored front row seats, or seats within the first five rows. But you have to be vigilant and check multiple times per day. Here on The Ledge, we used to give a heads up when seats suddenly became available on Ticketmaster. There may even be mobile apps now to alert you.

[Nathan]

In portland, the VIP seats are not resaleable. So you might have to just pay for them.

[iamnotafraid]

A tried and true way to get great seats.

Here's the way* to do it. Makes friends with someone
who works at a Ticketmaster. By friends I mean you
must see them face to face. Then put a little effort in
talking to them. Creating a relationship is the key as
you don't do what I'm going to tell you to do on the first
meeting. Buy something, let them know you're legit.
In other words you're not setting them up.

When both parties are comfortable (don't be shy) you
let them know how much you'd like close seats at the
show. And be pretty specific, tell them you'd like seats
within the first five rows. It's better to make things clear
upfront.

Here's the key to all of this - grease their palm. This is
most important. Your relationship will depend upon it.
That means good seats for you in the future.

* Of course I'd never really tell you guys and gals to even consider
doing something illegal even if its guaranteed to work.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by STEVEHEDRICK

the austin front row seats are 750.00!

Holy crap.Like I said before I only paid face price of $125.00 bucks for front row seats.Totally corrupt.Its a game now.