How do same people get GA for so many shows?

pjhawks
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So during both Philly shows this year ED pointed out how some of the people up front have been to a lot of shows and it a lot of different locations.  how is this possible with the lottery?  What really are the chances of the same people getting picked for GA over and over and over again?  The odds of the same people winning over and over have to be very minimal.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,650
    pjhawks said:
    So during both Philly shows this year ED pointed out how some of the people up front have been to a lot of shows and it a lot of different locations.  how is this possible with the lottery?  What really are the chances of the same people getting picked for GA over and over and over again?  The odds of the same people winning over and over have to be very minimal.
    Basically who you know. Some get them close to the show from people who can't go. Most win it from the lottery though. I tried for the first time in 2022 and this year. But I just keep getting moved back. 
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  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    It’s pretty easy to find GA tickets when they make you buy two, lots of people sell their singles
  • AmishGuy91
    AmishGuy91 Posts: 835
    big group of people all put in for most/all shows and then help each other out
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,650
    KN219077 said:
    It’s pretty easy to find GA tickets when they make you buy two, lots of people sell their singles
    You don't have to put in for 2 anymore 
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  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    igotid88 said:
    KN219077 said:
    It’s pretty easy to find GA tickets when they make you buy two, lots of people sell their singles
    You don't have to put in for 2 anymore 
    I did, but I also got 10 club GA So it didn’t bother me, and it was easy to offload the ticket
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    I got drawn GA for both Fenway shows, which honestly should have been almost impossible but wasn't. This year the lottery seemed to award many people multiple GAs. 

    Beyond that, there is a dedicated group here who work to get themselves and others GA tickets through trades and plus ones. Lots of people helping each other out, which is cool to see. 
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  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,019
    edited October 2024
    If you want the truth, it’s two things 

    A) Lots of singles trading.  If you’re a solo concert goer, each GA pair hit basically Gets you two shows with a trade

    B ) A lot more people than are willing to admit have accounts for their wife, husband, sibling, kid, best friend, etc

    Just the way it is
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  • spankyMP
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    igotid88 said:
    KN219077 said:
    It’s pretty easy to find GA tickets when they make you buy two, lots of people sell their singles
    You don't have to put in for 2 anymore 
    But if you do and hit, you have trade bait.
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  • pjhawks
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    Appreciate the responses, still seems odd to me especially for the indoor shows.  Limited supply vs. demand for Philly and NY especially.   I don't put in for GA so it's not a huge deal to me just had me wondering how these people are getting there all the time, enough for Ed to point it out.   
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,980
    edited October 2024
    pjhawks said:
    Appreciate the responses, still seems odd to me especially for the indoor shows.  Limited supply vs. demand for Philly and NY especially.   I don't put in for GA so it's not a huge deal to me just had me wondering how these people are getting there all the time, enough for Ed to point it out.   
    Think about how much time and effort you might put into succeeding at your job and then imagine bringing the same energy to being in GA.  There is a well connected network of people working together to see as many GA shows as possible.  Gotta respect the hustle. 
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  • bootlegger10
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    on2legs said:
    pjhawks said:
    Appreciate the responses, still seems odd to me especially for the indoor shows.  Limited supply vs. demand for Philly and NY especially.   I don't put in for GA so it's not a huge deal to me just had me wondering how these people are getting there all the time, enough for Ed to point it out.   
    Think about how much time and effort you might put into succeeding at your job and then imagine bringing the same energy to being in GA.  There is a well connected network of people working together to see as many GA shows as possible.  Gotta respect the hustle. 
    Respect the hustle.  But there is a screw loose to have to be front row at every show in 2024.   Maybe they have nothing going on outside of PJ and wasting days upon days in different cities sitting in a parking lot in a line doesn't seem like wasted time.  If I'm not traveling I'm working so I guess I don't want to use my free time that way.  
  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    bootlegger10 said:
    on2legs said:
    pjhawks said:
    Appreciate the responses, still seems odd to me especially for the indoor shows.  Limited supply vs. demand for Philly and NY especially.   I don't put in for GA so it's not a huge deal to me just had me wondering how these people are getting there all the time, enough for Ed to point it out.   
    Think about how much time and effort you might put into succeeding at your job and then imagine bringing the same energy to being in GA.  There is a well connected network of people working together to see as many GA shows as possible.  Gotta respect the hustle. 
    Respect the hustle.  But there is a screw loose to have to be front row at every show in 2024.   Maybe they have nothing going on outside of PJ and wasting days upon days in different cities sitting in a parking lot in a line doesn't seem like wasted time.  If I'm not traveling I'm working so I guess I don't want to use my free time that way.  
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  • on2legs
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    bootlegger10 said:
    on2legs said:
    pjhawks said:
    Appreciate the responses, still seems odd to me especially for the indoor shows.  Limited supply vs. demand for Philly and NY especially.   I don't put in for GA so it's not a huge deal to me just had me wondering how these people are getting there all the time, enough for Ed to point it out.   
    Think about how much time and effort you might put into succeeding at your job and then imagine bringing the same energy to being in GA.  There is a well connected network of people working together to see as many GA shows as possible.  Gotta respect the hustle. 
    Respect the hustle.  But there is a screw loose to have to be front row at every show in 2024.   Maybe they have nothing going on outside of PJ and wasting days upon days in different cities sitting in a parking lot in a line doesn't seem like wasted time.  If I'm not traveling I'm working so I guess I don't want to use my free time that way.  
    Agreed. 
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  • mfc2006
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    I've scored GA for every show I've put it in as my 1st choice. Maybe it's luck - I certainly don't know anyone in the band or associated with the band. 
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  • Go Beavers
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    edited October 2024
    mfc2006 said:
    I've scored GA for every show I've put it in as my 1st choice. Maybe it's luck - I certainly don't know anyone in the band or associated with the band. 
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  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,019
    mfc2006 said:
    I've scored GA for every show I've put it in as my 1st choice. Maybe it's luck - I certainly don't know anyone in the band or associated with the band. 
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  • pjl44
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    One other thing that hasn't been mentioned is that for Fenway at least.....not terribly difficult to get into GA
  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    pjhawks said:
    Appreciate the responses, still seems odd to me especially for the indoor shows.  Limited supply vs. demand for Philly and NY especially.   I don't put in for GA so it's not a huge deal to me just had me wondering how these people are getting there all the time, enough for Ed to point it out.   
    Part of it is the way the lottery worked for this tour, as it seems that individual accounts were drawn and sold their entire ticket selection. So, if you put in for GA at a bunch of shows, and your number was picked early, you got GA for those shows. 
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  • Zod
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    There was a theory that lottery was drawn oddly this tour.   Instead of drawing each show separately, they drew ballots, and filled as much of the ballot as they could, and moved into the next ballot.   If you were fortunate to be the first person drawn, and you chose ever show on the tour, you'd get GA to every show on the tour, because there were tickets left.

    It was kind of unfair way to do it.  I thought it was kind of suspicious that so few 10c'ers I knew won GA to either Vancouver show, but some people won both.

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