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10C seat locations, call me crazy but......

jazzbo26jazzbo26 Framingham, MA Posts: 674
edited February 2018 in The Porch
Is is just me, or does it seem weird we don’t know where are seats are yet? Put in for and won tix to both Boston shows in the lottery. Super appreciative to be in the building and to not have to deal with all these other onsales or the secondary market. . But if you bought TM verified fan tix you know where your seats are. If you bought Red Sox season ticket holder presale tickets you know where your seats are. And if you can somehow get through the public onsale and get tickets you will known where your seats are. I guess I just don’t get why we have to wait 5 months to find out. Maybe I’m just an impatient person.
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,215

    They are a small operation, have to take like 10,000 orders per show and distribute them in order of seniority, its a different operation than Ticketmaster or Tickets.com.

    Basically for the lottery they know how many tickets they have available and allocate those by drawing.

    It then takes them some time to attribute the individual tickets to individual members. This year they say we should know in July. Usually you don't know till you pick up your tix at will call day of show, so there's an improvement.

    This weekend we rock Portland
  • JP218404JP218404 NJ Posts: 1,374
    ya got tickets right? Don’t worry be happy 
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    Wetlands 91
    CBGB 91
    Roseland 91
    and many, many more
  • mattsavardmattsavard Posts: 518
    First time 10C ticket buyer eh?  :) 

    This process has its roots in only being able to pick up tickets hours before the show in order to combat scalping. Only recently, with digital ticketing, gave they offered to distribute them even a few weeks before the show. 

    I support the system. 
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,537
    edited February 2018
    They have never given out ticket locations in advance of picking them up at the box office. NEVER
    This year will be the first time in 24+ years of being a member that I will know my seat locations before I leave my house.
    It's part of the whole allure of being a 10club member

    enjoy the shows
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,867
    It doesn't seem weird to anyone who has bought tickets through 10c before or had an understanding of how the process was going to work.
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  • ComeToTXComeToTX Austin Posts: 7,546
    Bentleyspop said:
    They have never given out ticket locations in advance of picking them up at the box office. NEVER
    This year will be the first time in 24+ years of being a member that I will know my seat locations before I leave my house.
    It's part of the whole allure of being a 10club member

    enjoy the shows
    They mailed them out in 1998. 

    So so many new buyers this tour for sure. 
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 12,727
    Bentleyspop said:
    They have never given out ticket locations in advance of picking them up at the box office. NEVER
    This year will be the first time in 24+ years of being a member that I will know my seat locations before I leave my house.
    It's part of the whole allure of being a 10club member

    enjoy the shows
    NY laws have changed this. 2016 they mailed them out too for a fee. 
  • jazzbo26jazzbo26 Framingham, MA Posts: 674
    I got 10C tix in 09 and 13. I guess I don’t remember picking up at the BO but I must have. Again I’m just amped and impatient.
  • NormanNorman Posts: 109
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,537
    ComeToTX said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    They have never given out ticket locations in advance of picking them up at the box office. NEVER
    This year will be the first time in 24+ years of being a member that I will know my seat locations before I leave my house.
    It's part of the whole allure of being a 10club member

    enjoy the shows
    They mailed them out in 1998. 

    So so many new buyers this tour for sure. 
    Whoops you're right. I now remember getting my envelopes in 1996 and 1998 and being happy about my seats

  • JB288319JB288319 Posts: 82
    I've done 10C tix plenty before but always GA. This is my first time waiting on seat locations (Fenway) and I have to admit the suspense is killing me already. Mostly hoping for the miracle of winning the lottery, my member # isn't going to get me anything spectacular
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  • jazzbo26jazzbo26 Framingham, MA Posts: 674
    Norman said:
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
    Truth
  • elvistheking44elvistheking44 Posts: 4,226
    Norman said:
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
    Not always. My Ticketmaster/tickets.com seats have been better than my 10 club seats and others many times.  They TRY to get the best seats, they get some but never all.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,470
    jazzbo26 said:
    Norman said:
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
    Truth
    And you will be sitting with real fans.
  • ski-bumski-bum Boston Posts: 1,010
    Poncier said:

    They are a small operation, have to take like 10,000 orders per show and distribute them in order of seniority, its a different operation than Ticketmaster or Tickets.com.

    Basically for the lottery they know how many tickets they have available and allocate those by drawing.

    It then takes them some time to attribute the individual tickets to individual members. This year they say we should know in July. Usually you don't know till you pick up your tix at will call day of show, so there's an improvement.

    I bet it's not even 1000 per show.
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  • pbultimatepbultimate Posts: 585
    ski-bum said:
    Poncier said:

    They are a small operation, have to take like 10,000 orders per show and distribute them in order of seniority, its a different operation than Ticketmaster or Tickets.com.

    Basically for the lottery they know how many tickets they have available and allocate those by drawing.

    It then takes them some time to attribute the individual tickets to individual members. This year they say we should know in July. Usually you don't know till you pick up your tix at will call day of show, so there's an improvement.

    I bet it's not even 1000 per show.
    how much we betting?
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,527
    I used to love the anticipation of finding out where my seats were.  GA killed that.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,215
    ski-bum said:
    Poncier said:

    They are a small operation, have to take like 10,000 orders per show and distribute them in order of seniority, its a different operation than Ticketmaster or Tickets.com.

    Basically for the lottery they know how many tickets they have available and allocate those by drawing.

    It then takes them some time to attribute the individual tickets to individual members. This year they say we should know in July. Usually you don't know till you pick up your tix at will call day of show, so there's an improvement.

    I bet it's not even 1000 per show.


    I will gladly take that bet.

    In the past its been about 10% which would be between 3500-400 for one of these stadium shows, but this year they got a much higher allotment.


    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,747
    It’s always been this way. Why do you need to know where you’re sitting, you’re in the building 
    Chicago 6/29/98, Alpine Valley(EV) 6/13/99, Alpine Valley 10/08/00, Chicago 10/09/00, Phoenix 10/20/00, Orlando 4/12/03, Tampa 4/13/03, San Diego 6/05/03, Vegas 6/06/03, Phoenix 6/07/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Orlando 10/08/04, D.C. 10/11/04, Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, LA 7/12/08, Chicago 8/23/09, Chicago 8/24/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09 (Front Row Center, Finally), Phoenix(EV) 11/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Phoenix 11/19/13, Denver 10/22/14, Wrigley 8/20/16, Wrigley 8/22/16
  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,747
    bootlegger10 said:
    I used to love the anticipation of finding out where my seats were.  GA killed that.
    San Diego 2009, get to the ticket window and the lady says “you’re in the front row” best sound I ever heard, loved those days 
    Chicago 6/29/98, Alpine Valley(EV) 6/13/99, Alpine Valley 10/08/00, Chicago 10/09/00, Phoenix 10/20/00, Orlando 4/12/03, Tampa 4/13/03, San Diego 6/05/03, Vegas 6/06/03, Phoenix 6/07/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Orlando 10/08/04, D.C. 10/11/04, Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, LA 7/12/08, Chicago 8/23/09, Chicago 8/24/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09 (Front Row Center, Finally), Phoenix(EV) 11/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Phoenix 11/19/13, Denver 10/22/14, Wrigley 8/20/16, Wrigley 8/22/16
  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,747

    elvistheking44 said:
    Norman said:
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
    Not always. My Ticketmaster/tickets.com seats have been better than my 10 club seats and others many times.  They TRY to get the best seats, they get some but never all.
    Gotten amazing seats via Ticketmaster the day before or of the “sold out” show
    Chicago 6/29/98, Alpine Valley(EV) 6/13/99, Alpine Valley 10/08/00, Chicago 10/09/00, Phoenix 10/20/00, Orlando 4/12/03, Tampa 4/13/03, San Diego 6/05/03, Vegas 6/06/03, Phoenix 6/07/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Orlando 10/08/04, D.C. 10/11/04, Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, LA 7/12/08, Chicago 8/23/09, Chicago 8/24/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09 (Front Row Center, Finally), Phoenix(EV) 11/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Phoenix 11/19/13, Denver 10/22/14, Wrigley 8/20/16, Wrigley 8/22/16
  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    Foriginal Sin said:

    elvistheking44 said:
    Norman said:
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
    Not always. My Ticketmaster/tickets.com seats have been better than my 10 club seats and others many times.  They TRY to get the best seats, they get some but never all.
    Gotten amazing seats via Ticketmaster the day before or of the “sold out” show
    True, so have I.  But unless you are really wealthy and can travel last minute or risk booking travel ahead and risk NOT getting great seats/any seats the day before/day of, you have to either be local or willing to miss out altogether if you can gamble on waiting until the last day to see what happens.

    For those of us who need to fly and/or stay in hotels to go to these shows, that is just not a worthwhile gamble.  Also, not all of us have the luxury of checking over and over the day before or day of show - some of us have jobs where you can't be online like that and just checking ticketmaster for tix.  One job I had you couldn't even get on ticket sales sites, they'd blocked them all.  You'd have to be on your phone, which again not all of us can do all day at work.
  • ZodZod Posts: 10,071
    ComeToTX said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    They have never given out ticket locations in advance of picking them up at the box office. NEVER
    This year will be the first time in 24+ years of being a member that I will know my seat locations before I leave my house.
    It's part of the whole allure of being a 10club member

    enjoy the shows
    They mailed them out in 1998. 

    So so many new buyers this tour for sure. 
    They did, but you did't get them in the mail until well after the regular sale.  It created a small level of paranoia because you didn't know 100% for sure if even got tix before the public onsale happened.
  • JM55546JM55546 Posts: 129
    Foriginal Sin said:

    elvistheking44 said:
    Norman said:
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
    Not always. My Ticketmaster/tickets.com seats have been better than my 10 club seats and others many times.  They TRY to get the best seats, they get some but never all.
    Gotten amazing seats via Ticketmaster the day before or of the “sold out” show
    I did this for the Boston 2000 shows, which sadly was 18 years ago. Day of the show, went on TM at about 7:30 in the morning and they had 3rd row, which was actually the 1st row because of where they were located. Seems these days they've tightened up that a bit and make sure those don't go out to the general public. 
  • JP218404JP218404 NJ Posts: 1,374
    Always tickets day of show for any show. Band, promoter, record label unused ticket as well as when the stage goes up and there is extra room
    on the side of stage. 
    Marquee 91
    Wetlands 91
    CBGB 91
    Roseland 91
    and many, many more
  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,747
    edited February 2018
    JH6056 said:
    Foriginal Sin said:

    elvistheking44 said:
    Norman said:
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
    Not always. My Ticketmaster/tickets.com seats have been better than my 10 club seats and others many times.  They TRY to get the best seats, they get some but never all.
    Gotten amazing seats via Ticketmaster the day before or of the “sold out” show
    True, so have I.  But unless you are really wealthy and can travel last minute or risk booking travel ahead and risk NOT getting great seats/any seats the day before/day of, you have to either be local or willing to miss out altogether if you can gamble on waiting until the last day to see what happens.

    For those of us who need to fly and/or stay in hotels to go to these shows, that is just not a worthwhile gamble.  Also, not all of us have the luxury of checking over and over the day before or day of show - some of us have jobs where you can't be online like that and just checking ticketmaster for tix.  One job I had you couldn't even get on ticket sales sites, they'd blocked them all.  You'd have to be on your phone, which again not all of us can do all day at work.
    I was just saying that you can get tickets to sold out shows via Ticketmaster the day of or night before. My post has nothing to do with travel. This is anywhere
    Post edited by Foriginal Sin on
    Chicago 6/29/98, Alpine Valley(EV) 6/13/99, Alpine Valley 10/08/00, Chicago 10/09/00, Phoenix 10/20/00, Orlando 4/12/03, Tampa 4/13/03, San Diego 6/05/03, Vegas 6/06/03, Phoenix 6/07/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Orlando 10/08/04, D.C. 10/11/04, Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, LA 7/12/08, Chicago 8/23/09, Chicago 8/24/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09 (Front Row Center, Finally), Phoenix(EV) 11/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Phoenix 11/19/13, Denver 10/22/14, Wrigley 8/20/16, Wrigley 8/22/16
  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    Foriginal Sin said:
    JH6056 said:
    Foriginal Sin said:

    elvistheking44 said:
    Norman said:
    Take solace knowing your tickets will be better than those who know where they’re sitting.
    Not always. My Ticketmaster/tickets.com seats have been better than my 10 club seats and others many times.  They TRY to get the best seats, they get some but never all.
    Gotten amazing seats via Ticketmaster the day before or of the “sold out” show
    True, so have I.  But unless you are really wealthy and can travel last minute or risk booking travel ahead and risk NOT getting great seats/any seats the day before/day of, you have to either be local or willing to miss out altogether if you can gamble on waiting until the last day to see what happens.

    For those of us who need to fly and/or stay in hotels to go to these shows, that is just not a worthwhile gamble.  Also, not all of us have the luxury of checking over and over the day before or day of show - some of us have jobs where you can't be online like that and just checking ticketmaster for tix.  One job I had you couldn't even get on ticket sales sites, they'd blocked them all.  You'd have to be on your phone, which again not all of us can do all day at work.
    I was just saying that you can get tickets to sold out shows via Ticketmaster the day of or night before. My post has nothing to do with travel. This is anywhere
    Yup, I understood that.  I was just throwing in the added point that for shows like these PJ shows, that so many people will be traveling to attend, the whole "just wait until the day before/day of" is very very risky.  And if you're sure you want to go, not something you can do cheaply if you really wait until the last minute to book travel and hotels.

    But yes, it works just about anywhere, although there ARE shows that hardly any tix open up for, so it's definitely not a guaranteed strategy.  But it does work a lot of the time.
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,816
    JP218404 said:
    Always tickets day of show for any show. Band, promoter, record label unused ticket as well as when the stage goes up and there is extra room
    on the side of stage. 
    except for borgata 2005!  I checked for tickets at least 1000 times and nada!!!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • JP218404JP218404 NJ Posts: 1,374
    mcgruff10 said:
    JP218404 said:
    Always tickets day of show for any show. Band, promoter, record label unused ticket as well as when the stage goes up and there is extra room
    on the side of stage. 
    except for borgata 2005!  I checked for tickets at least 1000 times and nada!!!
    Those were a different animal.  Those shows got me back in fullboat 
    Marquee 91
    Wetlands 91
    CBGB 91
    Roseland 91
    and many, many more
  • SaravaSarava Naperville, IL Posts: 1,996
    One of the neat things about how they seat us is seeing the same people at different shows. My wife and I sat next to the same couple at both the Lexington show and then Wrigley 1 later that year. Obviously our fan club numbers must be right next to each other. Pretty fun.
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