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Jlance00Jlance00 Rhode Island Posts: 19
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Somehow I got incredibly lucky and scored Field A Row 1 tickets!!!!!!   Is there pit area for this show or am I really in the front?
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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,817
    No
    Yes
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Holy shit, awesome.  No pit as far as I know.
  • Jlance00Jlance00 Rhode Island Posts: 19
    wooooooooaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.   thx
  • stickmanstickman Posts: 1,008
    So new members should have hope ! 

    2 posts or less and scored front row center 
  • ski-bumski-bum Boston Posts: 1,017
    Lottery winner.
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,045
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Jlance00Jlance00 Rhode Island Posts: 19
    is it really a legit lottery stickman?  I thought i was going to be in the back for sure.  How is seniority supposed to affect your seat location?
  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,765
    Jlance00 said:
    is it really a legit lottery stickman?  I thought i was going to be in the back for sure.  How is seniority supposed to affect your seat location?
    Rows 1, 2, 9, & 10 in the front sections are lottery. The rest are filled out by seniority. 
  • Weston1283Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 4,911
    There is no GA, You will be on the rail.  Congrats and enjoy!!
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  • dionnesimonedionnesimone Posts: 86
    I just wanted to pop in and say, THIS IS AWESOME!!!! <3<3<3 :-)
  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 6,989
    pjl44 said:
    Jlance00 said:
    is it really a legit lottery stickman?  I thought i was going to be in the back for sure.  How is seniority supposed to affect your seat location?
    Rows 1, 2, 9, & 10 in the front sections are lottery. The rest are filled out by seniority. 

    But only because there is no pit. In venues with a pit, there is no lottery for those rows.

    It's totally random, too. I'm 0/1 in that situation. Some people could be 3/7 or even 3/4.
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  • crookedcrosscrookedcross Right Near Da Beach, Boiii Posts: 1,508
    Congrats!
  • mpedonempedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    Did they do the in 2003 when they played Mansfield?
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,045
    No the row 1,2,9,10 lottery was not in effect in 2003. It was seating by seniority, but the "block" system was still in play then.
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  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,765
    Lost In Ohio said:
    pjl44 said:
    Jlance00 said:
    is it really a legit lottery stickman?  I thought i was going to be in the back for sure.  How is seniority supposed to affect your seat location?
    Rows 1, 2, 9, & 10 in the front sections are lottery. The rest are filled out by seniority. 

    But only because there is no pit. In venues with a pit, there is no lottery for those rows.

    It's totally random, too. I'm 0/1 in that situation. Some people could be 3/7 or even 3/4.
    Lost In Ohio said:
    pjl44 said:
    Jlance00 said:
    is it really a legit lottery stickman?  I thought i was going to be in the back for sure.  How is seniority supposed to affect your seat location?
    Rows 1, 2, 9, & 10 in the front sections are lottery. The rest are filled out by seniority. 

    But only because there is no pit. In venues with a pit, there is no lottery for those rows.

    It's totally random, too. I'm 0/1 in that situation. Some people could be 3/7 or even 3/4.
    Right. Just talking Fenway here.
  • mpedonempedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    Poncier said:
    No the row 1,2,9,10 lottery was not in effect in 2003. It was seating by seniority, but the "block" system was still in play then.
    Cool. Other than these two Fenway shows, the only other show I've gotten 10c tickets to was Mansfield 1 in 03. My number was in the 200Ks then. Not bad seats, maybe halfway back, pretty straight on. What was the "block" system? Blocks of seats for certain Membership # ranges?
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  • opsopcopolisopsopcopolis Posts: 1,205
    edited August 2018
    I think they added the lottery in 2010 iirc. My dad won at Fenway 2 2016. Row 9
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,045
    edited August 2018
    mpedone said:
    Poncier said:
    No the row 1,2,9,10 lottery was not in effect in 2003. It was seating by seniority, but the "block" system was still in play then.
    . What was the "block" system? Blocks of seats for certain Membership # ranges?
    Exactly.
    You showed up to pick up your tix at the box office, they checked your ID and based on your 10club number pulled the next 2 tickets off the corresponding stack. They switched to predetermined assigned seats in 2006 I think and the lottery for rows 1,2,9 & 10 was added in 2008 or 2010
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  • mpedonempedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    Poncier said:
    mpedone said:
    Poncier said:
    No the row 1,2,9,10 lottery was not in effect in 2003. It was seating by seniority, but the "block" system was still in play then.
    . What was the "block" system? Blocks of seats for certain Membership # ranges?
    Exactly.
    You showed up to pick up your tix at the box office, they checked your ID and based on your 10club number pulled the next 2 tickets off the corresponding stack. They switched to predetermined assigned seats in 2006 I think and the lottery for rows 1,2,9 & 10 was added in 2008 or 2010
    Dude, thank you for this explanation! I never really knew how the tickets were allotted back then. We had heard something along these lines, but I was never clear on it. We got down there super early, but it didn't seem to matter. I guess it kinda did!
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,045
    Here's a link to an old article from Two feet thick that explains the process up through 2003..

    http://www.twofeetthick.com/2003/04/05/ten-club-ticket-history/
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  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,765
    mpedone said:
    Poncier said:
    mpedone said:
    Poncier said:
    No the row 1,2,9,10 lottery was not in effect in 2003. It was seating by seniority, but the "block" system was still in play then.
    . What was the "block" system? Blocks of seats for certain Membership # ranges?
    Exactly.
    You showed up to pick up your tix at the box office, they checked your ID and based on your 10club number pulled the next 2 tickets off the corresponding stack. They switched to predetermined assigned seats in 2006 I think and the lottery for rows 1,2,9 & 10 was added in 2008 or 2010
    Dude, thank you for this explanation! I never really knew how the tickets were allotted back then. We had heard something along these lines, but I was never clear on it. We got down there super early, but it didn't seem to matter. I guess it kinda did!
    It definitely didn't matter what time you got there. Whether they pulled from a stack or had them randomly assigned ahead of time, getting there early didn't mean better seats in your block. I was front row '03 in Albany and we didn't pick up our tickets until just before doors.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,045
    pjl44 said:
    mpedone said:
    Poncier said:
    mpedone said:
    Poncier said:
    No the row 1,2,9,10 lottery was not in effect in 2003. It was seating by seniority, but the "block" system was still in play then.
    . What was the "block" system? Blocks of seats for certain Membership # ranges?
    Exactly.
    You showed up to pick up your tix at the box office, they checked your ID and based on your 10club number pulled the next 2 tickets off the corresponding stack. They switched to predetermined assigned seats in 2006 I think and the lottery for rows 1,2,9 & 10 was added in 2008 or 2010
    Dude, thank you for this explanation! I never really knew how the tickets were allotted back then. We had heard something along these lines, but I was never clear on it. We got down there super early, but it didn't seem to matter. I guess it kinda did!
    It definitely didn't matter what time you got there. Whether they pulled from a stack or had them randomly assigned ahead of time, getting there early didn't mean better seats in your block. I was front row '03 in Albany and we didn't pick up our tickets until just before doors.
    It did matter, read the article I posted.
    Albany 03 must have been an anomaly for you (I was in row 2 that show, picked up my tickets in the afternoon), similar to what they mention happened at Jones Beach in 2000
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  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 20,623
    stickman said:
    So new members should have hope ! 

    2 posts or less and scored front row center 
    actually front row far right....but still awesome
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  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,765
    Poncier said:
    pjl44 said:
    mpedone said:
    Poncier said:
    mpedone said:
    Poncier said:
    No the row 1,2,9,10 lottery was not in effect in 2003. It was seating by seniority, but the "block" system was still in play then.
    . What was the "block" system? Blocks of seats for certain Membership # ranges?
    Exactly.
    You showed up to pick up your tix at the box office, they checked your ID and based on your 10club number pulled the next 2 tickets off the corresponding stack. They switched to predetermined assigned seats in 2006 I think and the lottery for rows 1,2,9 & 10 was added in 2008 or 2010
    Dude, thank you for this explanation! I never really knew how the tickets were allotted back then. We had heard something along these lines, but I was never clear on it. We got down there super early, but it didn't seem to matter. I guess it kinda did!
    It definitely didn't matter what time you got there. Whether they pulled from a stack or had them randomly assigned ahead of time, getting there early didn't mean better seats in your block. I was front row '03 in Albany and we didn't pick up our tickets until just before doors.
    It did matter, read the article I posted.
    Albany 03 must have been an anomaly for you (I was in row 2 that show, picked up my tickets in the afternoon), similar to what they mention happened at Jones Beach in 2000
    That's how they did it in 2000, but it doesn't specify for 2003. I only had 10C tix for 1 show in 2000, so I can't speak to that. I had 10C tix for 6 shows in 03 and don't recall a surge to line up early. I certainly never got there early and it's not really reflected in my seats. Unless there were a few anomalies.

    Albany - Row 1
    Nassau - Row 5
    Mansfield 1 - Row 6
    Camden - Row 4
    MSG 1 - Row 7
    MSG 2 - Row 8

    Based on the blocks listed in the article, I should have been further back at one of those shows. Or there was only a small number of people jockeying to get there early and it didn't matter much.
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