Hartford 10C Ticket Debacle

Pj_Gurl wrote:

that is so ignorant.

the more shows i go to, the more i realize, is that for some reason we seem to be under this false illusion, that just because other people are PJ fans, then they must be decent people like us. most are decent, but some are just pure assholes.

ding ding ding..ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!....

I have been to over 20 shows since 1991 and I have never seen it this bad. My wife and I were caught up in traffice so a 2.5 hour drive from NJ took us over 4 hours. Those of you without a family cannot appreciate the fact that kids need baby sitters. We had to park a mile away and by the time we hit the line at 8pm it was at least a quarter of a mile long. The ticket window was poorly run. If you were not there I suggest that you give the people that were there a break. We waited in line until 9:53pm to get our tickets (which were not very good). I called 10c and they responded right away by contacting people at the venue. In short, the band should not play this venue as security was terrible and it was poorly organized all around from tickets to parking to the exit of the stadium after the show.

John_A wrote:

I have been to over 20 shows since 1991 and I have never seen it this bad. My wife and I were caught up in traffice so a 2.5 hour drive from NJ took us over 4 hours. Those of you without a family cannot appreciate the fact that kids need baby sitters. We had to park a mile away and by the time we hit the line at 8pm it was at least a quarter of a mile long. The ticket window was poorly run. If you were not there I suggest that you give the people that were there a break. We waited in line until 9:53pm to get our tickets (which were not very good). I called 10c and they responded right away by contacting people at the venue. In short, the band should not play this venue as security was terrible and it was poorly organized all around from tickets to parking to the exit of the stadium after the show.

well said, I agree 100%

When I call 10c they said that they would IM someone from PJ at the venue to alert them of what is going on.

j13chad wrote:

what do you expect if you pick up your tickets at 8:00 I was in hartford by 5:30 was in ten club ticket line all of five minutes. people quit getting drunk
in the parking lot walk up and get your tix, dont blame ten club because you guys are to good to see the opening band, which I never heard of but they
rocked anyway. so quit whinning and go get your tix.

In a perfect world we would have been able to make the opening act, but massive traffic delays and the need to have someone watch my three kids kept me from leaving before 4pm. Thanks for not judging everyone that was upset with a poor distribution system. I am and have been thankful for all of the efforts of the 10c.

It's a shame that an unbelievable setlist was wasted due to what sounds like a sub par venue at best.

It's not really cool to blame people in the line. Were some of them just getting wasted in the parking lot? No doubt. But I spoke to a good many who were out of work as soon as they could be, fought traffic on the way, and still arrived at the venue more than an hour before showtime, only to get in 6-10 songs into the set. Not sure where blame lies exactly, but to suggest people should just shape up and stop bitching is a pretty narrow view of the situation.

i was one of the ones that stood in line and listened to the first 9 songs from the parking lot and it was just sad.we eventually got in and don't get me wrong, they rocked the shit.....Garden was Awesome.......but at the end it just felt very incomplete......there has to be a better way of doing things.

people need to take responsibility for themselves as well as the ten club.we all paid 150 bucks for a pair of seats and there were alot of fuckin people who missed 1/3 or more of the show.that's just piss poor business no matter how you look at it.this is my first and hopefully last ten club complaint.

foucault wrote:

Yep. After all that just to get inside, we got to our seats, which were occupied by a guy and girl, who just looked at us and shrugged when I told them they were in our seats. My girlfriend and I squeezed into one nearby seat until they left at the first encore break.

why didn't you just get the usher?

Last night's Ten Club ticket line was absolutely f-ing ridiculous. I'm still angry about it! My husband and I got in line at 8:00--which I don't think is an unreasonable time to try to pick up tickets when Pearl Jam is scheduled to go on at 9:15! I almost died when I saw the line. I have never, ever waited more than 10 minutes for tickets, and certainly didn't anticipate this debacle.....

We waited an hour and 40 minutes to get the tickets, missed 6-7 songs, oh--and I'm pretty sure I got the wrong tickets, too. It took me a couple of songs to calm down, I was so pissed off. Oh, and we were next to a seat-jumping a-hole.

Suckage! That said, Smile, Immmortality, and Garden were awesome!