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ponner1usponner1us Posts: 738
edited March 2010 in The Porch
Start dropping tickets for the MSG shows?
A Week before? 2 Weeks? Days before?
I have no experience with these ticket drops, anyone else know about these?
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  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Posts: 9,895
    A lot of time I got ticekts this way, it started a few days before, and they always seem to drop some the day of the show
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  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Not exactly what you mean by ticket "drops" but typically the promoter will release tickets the morning of the show. After load-in is complete, they can assess certain seats they had 'killed' or held for either possible sight-line obstructions, or simply b/c they may not be using all of their holds. I'd keep my eyes peeled mid-morning through early afternoon on show day.
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  • ECMECM Posts: 1,687
    even day before....
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    You gotta just keep your ear to the grindstone...
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,844
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    You gotta just keep your ear to the grindstone...
    yep can happen at anytime
    usually a week to 10 days before the show
    and dont be afraid to try the box office if you are nearby
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Major drops happen on the day of show. I often used to put the tickets on sale at MSG.

    On the day of a show, at 8am the trucks load-in the lights, sound, rigging, etc. At about 1pm or so the lights and sound are "flown". There are a number of sections near the stage that are not put on sale until the lights and sound are in-place. Once in place the Tour, Promoter and Venue production managers walk in those sections held from sale to see if the seats have a good view, or completely obstructed. Then I would bring the list of seats down to the box office to dump seats into the system.

    Seats that are bad are "tech kills" and never sold.

    Seats that are good are "tech releases" and dumped into the system probably sometime after 12 noon.
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  • Ryan_WFCRyan_WFC Posts: 1,342
    But what about when they drop good floor seats. How and when does that happen?
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  • ponner1usponner1us Posts: 738
    I was hoping it would be sooner than "day of" so I could make a hotel reservation. Why is going to this show proving to be so difficult?!
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,844
    Ryan_WFC wrote:
    But what about when they drop good floor seats. How and when does that happen?
    no way to tell exactly when
    but some of those are seats TM holds for VIPS, service providers and sponsors
    my guess is there wont be too many available for PJ
  • PillowPantsPillowPants Posts: 4,875
    Ryan_WFC wrote:
    But what about when they drop good floor seats. How and when does that happen?


    row 1 seats always drop the day after the show

    so be ready

    :roll:
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Ryan_WFC wrote:
    But what about when they drop good floor seats. How and when does that happen?


    That is something I don't know.

    I don't know if you can count on floor tickets dropping at every show, like you can count on Tech Releases. Though bands are given X number of tickets per their contract, for their friends, vips, etc. If they don't need them all, they put those on sale. Often on the day of show, but if they know earlier, then perhaps then.

    With the floor being probably all TC, I don't think there will be any floor to magically pop up on TM, but I could be wrong.
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  • PillowPantsPillowPants Posts: 4,875
    ponner1us wrote:
    I was hoping it would be sooner than "day of" so I could make a hotel reservation. Why is going to this show proving to be so difficult?!

    doesn't help as far as travel but you can make a refundable reservation?

    although that's typically the day before


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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    ...and I forgot MSG also has their own house-section somewhere off the floor in like the 50's or something. If they don't need them all, they'll get put on sale too at some point, but I don't know when.
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  • cfbd68cfbd68 Posts: 228
    ponner1us wrote:
    I was hoping it would be sooner than "day of" so I could make a hotel reservation. Why is going to this show proving to be so difficult?!
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    and when can we begin to start seeing them in the mail?
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