Worst Fan Club Seat for MSG == 22nd row?

chrisg72

Sprunkn7 wrote:

In 2000 I was more than 1/2 way back on the wing, past the red line. This was in allotments and I was late getting to the venue, maybe 5 or 6pm. #172xxx. Still hoping for a wing not floor. Will take 1/2/9/10 obviously.

Just curious are you saying the earlier you get to the venue the better the seats you'll get? Sorry if that is a dumb question. I wasn't planning on getting there until 6-6:30. Thanks.

NewJPage

ThrowUrArmsAroundMe wrote:

not 1000 tickets, 1000 10c members...2 tickets per member...do the math...it really rounds out to be more like 40 or 50 rows.

thanks. original post said 1000 TICKETS, but thanks.

SweetRelief

chrisg72 wrote:

Just curious are you saying the earlier you get to the venue the better the seats you'll get? Sorry if that is a dumb question. I wasn't planning on getting there until 6-6:30. Thanks.

That used to be a factor, but not anymore.

over bends

ThrowUrArmsAroundMe wrote:

not 1000 tickets, 1000 10c members...2 tickets per member...do the math...it really rounds out to be more like 40 or 50 rows.

Yea... good call.

Get_Right

panthergirl wrote:

the fan club does not get every single seat on the floor...
or every single good seat.
there are comp seats given to friends of the band and stuff...
and that sort of thing.

and we don;t even know how many tickets were available for the fan club
so i think it's impossible to know where you're seats are gonna be.

ding ding ding we have a winner

There will be fewer 10c seats this time, and the 10 will not have all of the first 20 rows or whatever.

10c will have a lot less seats this time. No question about it.

TM has a new rule limiting fan club seats and they now auction off some of the best seats themselves. And dont forget the media members,this is especially true at MSG, the media capital of the world.

Make no mistake, your MSG seats, realtively speaking, will not be as good as other venues, you will see a huge difference between MSG and say Camden, or even mansfield. Just dont expect much and you will be pleasantly surprised.

illegal pants

Pearlinit wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong, but didnt they start getting close to the stage lower bowl seats for fanclub members in 06. The theory was that those seats are better than 20 rows back on the floor.
Persoanlly, Id rather be in a lower bowl seat near the stage, than 11 rows back on the floor. It is a clear view over the top of everyones head about the same distance away.

~peace~

ahhh agreed i had row V in Melbourne.. not so good

nuzpaper

Get_Right wrote:

ding ding ding we have a winner

There will be fewer 10c seats this time, and the 10 will not have all of the first 20 rows or whatever.

10c will have a lot less seats this time. No question about it.

TM has a new rule limiting fan club seats and they now auction off some of the best seats themselves. And dont forget the media members,this is especially true at MSG, the media capital of the world.

Make no mistake, your MSG seats, realtively speaking, will not be as good as other venues, you will see a huge difference between MSG and say Camden, or even mansfield. Just dont expect much and you will be pleasantly surprised.

I don't like the sound of that

panthergirl

Get_Right wrote:

ding ding ding we have a winner

There will be fewer 10c seats this time, and the 10 will not have all of the first 20 rows or whatever.

10c will have a lot less seats this time. No question about it.

TM has a new rule limiting fan club seats and they now auction off some of the best seats themselves. And dont forget the media members,this is especially true at MSG, the media capital of the world.

Make no mistake, your MSG seats, realtively speaking, will not be as good as other venues, you will see a huge difference between MSG and say Camden, or even mansfield. Just dont expect much and you will be pleasantly surprised.

thank you!

SuzieM

Dissident67 wrote:

MSG has more coporate sponsors than maybe any arena in the U.S, so there is no way that 10C can get all the seats on the floor. Also i know for a fact that MSG has an exclusive contract with American Express, who is MSGs biggest sponsor, that they get a lot of tickets to every event only for AMEX cardholders. Not only do they get many tickets but they do not sell them for face value, i know this from trying to buy tickets to another MSG show this year. The tickets they do have though are very good seats but at unfair prices, and would prevent the 10c from all the best seats, but the 10c has never let me down so I am sure the seats for MSG will be good.

American Express cardholders do not get access to ALL events at MSG. I have an eligible Amex card, I just called and was informed that Pearl Jam was not an event that they had access to. Just wanted to clear that up. There's hope yet!

spinDrAtl

stupidcorporatewhore wrote:

I don't want to freak you out but in Vegas 2003 I was in the 20th row and my # is 102xxx. I think that may have been before they opened up the sides.

Those seats that year were done in blocks so the earlier you arrived the better. I picked up tickets late and got one of the wings on Stone's side, very low. Very good seats but not on the floor. My # is 86xxx.

slightofjeff

spinDrAtl wrote:

Those seats that year were done in blocks so the earlier you arrived the better.

This wasn't necessarily true. You were assigned to a certain block by seniority, so there was no way to change that.

Within the block, it was first come first serve, but getting there early didn't quite mean a better seat. They handed out the tickets in order (row 1, seat 1; row 1 seat 2, seat 3, 4 etc ...) ... So the first people in line got tickets to the far right of the stage. If you showed up 15 minutes later, you got front row center. If you showed up half an hour later, maybe you got second row center ... which to me is better than front row to the extreme right.

I remember laughing at people who basically camped out at the venue to pick up their tickets that year, because it really was a crapshoot as to where you were within a given row.