VIP tickets, first row, ect. - Page 2

Edgeof27 · #16 12-08-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsyGirl15

I have another question regarding the ticket brokers. At which point do they start to sell single tickets? A few weeks or months before the concert is taking place?

Maggie,

once again, do not panic,

decide which show(s) you are going to,

get a ticket(s) from Ticketmaster on Monday the 15th of December,

book your flight, car, & hotel.

Then when you get "here", check with the box office for late release tickets,

dont even think about a VIP package at this time....,

they probabily will not sell out the first 10 rows of each venue,

at those prices..(10 x 40 x $750 = $300,000, wow)....if they do, "oh well",

I have a feeling that there will be a European leg to this tour, maybe more,

maybe the Burj Dubia, which is opening soon, is available,

Good luck,

George.

GypsyGirl15 · #17 12-08-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Edgeof27

Maggie,

once again, do not panic,

decide which show(s) you are going to,

get a ticket(s) from Ticketmaster on Monday the 15th of December,

book your flight, car, & hotel.

Then when you get "here", check with the box office for late release tickets,

dont even think about a VIP package at this time....,

they probabily will not sell out the first 10 rows of each venue,

at those prices..(10 x 40 x $750 = $300,000, wow)....if they do, "oh well",

I have a feeling that there will be a European leg to this tour, maybe more,

maybe the Burj Dubia, which is opening soon, is available,

Good luck,

George.

Thanks again.

I always tend to get a biiit excited when my favorite artists tour.

StandbackStevie · #18 12-08-2008, 06:18 PM

I did the all access 5 star package for the Stevie Nicks and Don Henley show at mohegan sun in 2005 a few days before they contacting me saying that the 5 star package was cancelled so i to a 4 star package and keep my assigned seat or to the next venue was mansfield show for the 5 star package I asked them does the pre show party also include a meet and greet and they told me no if a meet and greet were to happen it would state it in the package deal so i said i will do the 4 star package and keep my seat they gave me a engraved pen set with Stevie's and Don's name on them and my ticket was in the front row right in front of stevie's microphone it was awesome and also they credited me $200 so it cost me $195 yes the top package for that show was $395 and also at the mohegan sun shows you also have to deal with the high roller comp tickets they get front row sections as well and its usually the day of the show as well for the high rollers that want those free tickets other wise it then goes into the system to be sold so i should have some money saved up by feb. or so to get the $195 ticket and take whats available I am waiting a bit on this one cause too i dont have that extra money for that right now i am bummed about the timing of the ticket sales and will be more excited about the show as it gets closer to date.

carol7lynn · #19 12-08-2008, 06:30 PM

Don't waste your money. Wait for the ticket drops.

ILAA used to have the best seats in town but not so anymore. I actually got a partial refund on a 5 star ticket for the Eagles show in Indio last May because I got an obstructed view seat. Long story short it should never have happened

as I was the first person, by, their own admission, to buy a 5 star ticket.

Def Leppard 5 star tickets here in California for the two shows that I went to also sucked last spring and they got a ton of complaints over those two shows. I actually got better tickets for face value during ticket drops. But the DefLep tickets were a whole lot less and so they were easier to eat. The party was a joke; popcorn and beer. The swag sucked and we had to pay for our own parking and waited two weeks to be reimbursed.

I subsequently went to 4 more Eagle's concerts this past summer back East and I waited for ticket drops rather than do anymore ILAA. The worst seat that I got was third row center at the Borgata. ILAA wanted $1,500 for the seat and I paid $500. I also got front row for two of the other shows and 2nd row for the fourth show and all for face value.

Remember last tour FM dropped 2nd/3rd row tickets the day of or the day before for most shows.

Good Luck!
Carol-Lynn

michelej1 · #20 12-08-2008, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsyGirl15

Thanks again.

I always tend to get a biiit excited when my favorite artists tour.

I don't blame you. When you are traveling before the concert, you kind of want your seat before you make the flight and hotel plans, not afterwards and sometimes it's worth it to travel for a good seat, but not for a bad one. So, going to ticketmaster first, for a mediocre seat doesn't seem like a practical option.

This makes me so mad. I don't mind paying, but I do mind the "first 10 rows" thing.

Now, one option I tried for some Stevie shows was a ticketmaster auction. You bid on the seats and you knew what row you would be in. The seats were expensive, but not as expensive as ILAA and you also knew exactly where you would be. I wish they were doing those again.

Michele

GypsyGirl15 · #21 12-09-2008, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

I don't blame you. When you are traveling before the concert, you kind of want your seat before you make the flight and hotel plans, not afterwards and sometimes it's worth it to travel for a good seat, but not for a bad one. So, going to ticketmaster first, for a mediocre seat doesn't seem like a practical option.

This makes me so mad. I don't mind paying, but I do mind the "first 10 rows" thing.

Now, one option I tried for some Stevie shows was a ticketmaster auction. You bid on the seats and you knew what row you would be in. The seats were expensive, but not as expensive as ILAA and you also knew exactly where you would be. I wish they were doing those again.

Michele

What I don't like about ticketmaster is that you don't know where your seat will be at all, even if you're paying $149. Just in case I don't get anything at the box office or on the internet the day before - which I highly doubt after reading all your responses, but still - I still want to make sure that I got a kind of good seat and not something where I'm so far away from the stage that the people on stage look like stick figures. ... Hell, I paid 35€ for a ticket to see Bonnie Raitt a couple of years ago and I was two feet away from her, front row and center.

But then any ticket is better than nothing and if they decide to do a few concerts in Europe too, I could always try and get a better seat here.

Maybe I'm putting too much thought into this, but my heart is really set on this.

Edgeof27 · #22 12-09-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by GypsyGirl15

What I don't like about ticketmaster is that you don't know where your seat will be at all, even if you're paying $149. Just in case I don't get anything at the box office or on the internet the day before - which I highly doubt after reading all your responses, but still - I still want to make sure that I got a kind of good seat and not something where I'm so far away from the stage that the people on stage look like stick figures. ... Hell, I paid 35€ for a ticket to see Bonnie Raitt a couple of years ago and I was two feet away from her, front row and center.

But then any ticket is better than nothing and if they decide to do a few concerts in Europe too, I could always try and get a better seat here.

Maybe I'm putting too much thought into this, but my heart is really set on this.

Ticketmaster tells you the location of the seat, &, you can check it out on the seat map, before you accept....g

Regina · #23 12-09-2008, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by GypsyGirl15

What I don't like about ticketmaster is that you don't know where your seat will be at all, even if you're paying $149. Just in case I don't get anything at the box office or on the internet the day before - which I highly doubt after reading all your responses, but still - I still want to make sure that I got a kind of good seat and not something where I'm so far away from the stage that the people on stage look like stick figures. ... Hell, I paid 35€ for a ticket to see Bonnie Raitt a couple of years ago and I was two feet away from her, front row and center.

But then any ticket is better than nothing and if they decide to do a few concerts in Europe too, I could always try and get a better seat here.

Maybe I'm putting too much thought into this, but my heart is really set on this.

You absolutely know where you are sitting before you buy.
You can't request seats online. But, you can hit the selection for Floor seats, for example, and how many you want and then they will offer you, (again, for example) Section 2, row 25, seat 5. You can then look it up and have three minutes to decide if you want that. If not, you hit the button to give that ticket up and search again. You are absolutely not buying something "blind."

Give it a try (just to see what the process is like). Just don't hit the buy button (and, even if you did, if you have no credit card info on there, it's not a crime).

kathy1 · #24 12-09-2008, 08:31 AM

i would like to go but i am not paying for front row. it doesn't really matter where i sit as long as i get to go and the tickets aren't too expensive.

StandbackStevie · #25 12-09-2008, 09:32 PM

I have just checked out the all access site again and they have added some shows with a meet and greet with Mick Fleetwood and also added higher price for the meet and greet as well for some shows not all for now.

michelej1 · #26 12-09-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

I have just checked out the all access site again and they have added some shows with a meet and greet with Mick Fleetwood and also added higher price for the meet and greet as well for some shows not all for now.

That's nerve when you're already asking for $800-1000 to add a higher price, just to meet Mick.

I could meet Mick any time for free at one of his wine-tasting things at Costco. I could see him and buy a year's worth of potato chips at the same time.

Michele

Tango · #27 12-09-2008, 11:24 PM

Exactly--I've met Mick several times (not at Costco). I didn't mind paying $1000.00 to see Stevie Nicks & Friends. $850 was tax deductible, it went to the Arizona Heart Institute and they put on a heck of a party and the show had variety. The $950 (more with tax and shipping) for the "Access" tickets is obscene, and, harping on it, there isn't anything "new" to justify that cost. I could maybe understand the freak prices if there was something special about this new outting. At least hold off on these monster charges until there is something to "unleash." Again, the seats are a mystery, the set list is major a mystery, and while I trust Lindsey to try to shake it up, he's only 1/2 of the singer/songwriters performing on the stage. (Mick's vest thing doesn't really count) What will Stevie do to contribute her 50% of the show? What will she "unleash" or will it be "all the same, baby, all the same?"