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PeterEDPeterED Posts: 365
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Are posters not available at merch stands inside the venues once doors open?

the lineup for Ottawa is crazy long. Is it impossible get a poster once doors open or is it FOMO?

(trying to decide how to manage Toronto and Hamilton.)
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  • on2legson2legs Posts: 15,151
    edited September 2022
    If you’re among the first group in you should have no problem getting a poster.  And if the first merch stand looks packed head to an upper level. It’s usually less crowded. 
    Post edited by on2legs on
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,828
    Yes, posters will be available inside. 
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,828
    The merch lines inside the Ottawa venue went pretty fast upstairs, same with Quebec City. Hopefully the experience will be the same in Hamilton & Toronto.
  • aidt17aidt17 Posts: 633
    demetrios said:
    The merch lines inside the Ottawa venue went pretty fast upstairs, same with Quebec City. Hopefully the experience will be the same in Hamilton & Toronto.
    Agreed. If you can make general door time you will have no issue. Merch stands were ghost towns upstairs in Quebec and ottawa. 

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  • euchrideuchrid Posts: 884
    edited September 2022
    aidt17 said:
    demetrios said:
    The merch lines inside the Ottawa venue went pretty fast upstairs, same with Quebec City. Hopefully the experience will be the same in Hamilton & Toronto.
    Agreed. If you can make general door time you will have no issue. Merch stands were ghost towns upstairs in Quebec and ottawa. 

    An hour after doors at 7pm in Ottawa 200 level was a giant line for both stands. After the show the main entrance stand still had posters, shirts etc.
  • SaravaSarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,027
    I've always felt posters were easier to get inside once doors open, as opposed to waiting several hours earlier in the day at the outside stands.
  • lfitzpatrick9lfitzpatrick9 NJ Posts: 387
    Sarava said:
    I've always felt posters were easier to get inside once doors open, as opposed to waiting several hours earlier in the day at the outside stands.
    How about the city specific t shirts?
  • PeterEDPeterED Posts: 365
    Thanks for all the replies.

    During the Ottawa show I noticed a few people around me take off during the show them return with poster tubes. Presumably there were plenty of posters available from the merch stands.
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  • pearldavidsonpearldavidson PA Posts: 1,368
    PeterED said:
    Thanks for all the replies.

    During the Ottawa show I noticed a few people around me take off during the show them return with poster tubes. Presumably there were plenty of posters available from the merch stands.
    I got my Ottawa poster after the show was over. I didn’t think it was going to sell out so I waited until the end when there was just a few people in line.
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 13,956
    The city specific shirts were so poor quality  in Europe.  I hope yours are better 
     Its a lot of money for a poor t shirt
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  • PeterEDPeterED Posts: 365
    lastexitlondon said:
    The city specific shirts were so poor quality  in Europe.  I hope yours are better 
     Its a lot of money for a poor t shirt
    They looked quite poor in Ottawa (thin, white shirt). Hamilton not looking much better judging from the recent post on PJ socials.
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  • SaravaSarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,027
    edited September 2022
    lfitzpatrick9 said:
    Sarava said:
    I've always felt posters were easier to get inside once doors open, as opposed to waiting several hours earlier in the day at the outside stands.
    How about the city specific t shirts?
    As others have said, the city shirts are of poorer quality than in the past. I got the San Diego show shirt when I was at that show and its noticeably thinner than any PJ shirt I bought in the past (and I've bought a lot of them). The one plus is they are 2 sided now.

    If you notice my profile photo, I'm actually wearing the Lexington Kentucky show shirt from 2016, and in that case, I did what I mentioned above. We arrived in Lexington around 5pm. The show shirts and posters were selling like gangbusters outside.

    So we just got in line to enter the arena about an hour before doors opened, and easily got the show shirt and poster. You do need to hustle to a merch stand when doors open, and sometimes it helps to think outside the box and not beeline to the most common merch stand.
    Post edited by Sarava on
  • lfitzpatrick9lfitzpatrick9 NJ Posts: 387
    Sarava said:
    lfitzpatrick9 said:
    Sarava said:
    I've always felt posters were easier to get inside once doors open, as opposed to waiting several hours earlier in the day at the outside stands.
    How about the city specific t shirts?
    As others have said, the city shirts are of poorer quality than in the past. I got the San Diego show shirt when I was at that show and its noticeably thinner than any PJ shirt I bought in the past (and I've bought a lot of them). The one plus is they are 2 sided now.

    If you notice my profile photo, I'm actually wearing the Lexington Kentucky show shirt from 2016, and in that case, I did what I mentioned above. We arrived in Lexington around 5pm. The show shirts and posters were selling like gangbusters outside.

    So we just got in line to enter the arena about an hour before doors opened, and easily got the show shirt and poster. You do need to hustle to a merch stand when doors open, and sometimes it helps to think outside the box and not beeline to the most common merch stand.
    Got it. Yeah that’s what I’ve been hearing about the shirt quality 
  • jefftjefft Posts: 663
    This tour shirts are horrible.  They are the cheapest material ever and the most expensive ever.
  • lfitzpatrick9lfitzpatrick9 NJ Posts: 387
    jefft said:
    This tour shirts are horrible.  They are the cheapest material ever and the most expensive ever.
    How are the non city specific 2022 tour shirts?
  • jefftjefft Posts: 663
    lfitzpatrick9 said:
    jefft said:
    This tour shirts are horrible.  They are the cheapest material ever and the most expensive ever.
    How are the non city specific 2022 tour shirts?
    Green is thin, black is thin.  Sizing is really off too. also they shrink like crazy even washed in cold and not in the dryer.
  • lfitzpatrick9lfitzpatrick9 NJ Posts: 387
    jefft said:
    lfitzpatrick9 said:
    jefft said:
    This tour shirts are horrible.  They are the cheapest material ever and the most expensive ever.
    How are the non city specific 2022 tour shirts?
    Green is thin, black is thin.  Sizing is really off too. also they shrink like crazy even washed in cold and not in the dryer.
    All good to know. Thank you! 
  • JojoRiceJojoRice Kennesaw, GA Posts: 4,289
    Guess I'm in the minority but I like the thin fabric they use for the shirts.  Feels cooler to me. 
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    ISO 2016 Greenville shirt. Size medium. PM me if you have one for sale/trade.
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