Seniority Seating Change - They nailed it

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  • GarrettSocling
    GarrettSocling Posts: 27
    Vedderman23 wrote:
    With a 162,xxx number, I get great seats (usually in the teens at larger venues), but I think this will be great to finally crack the front. I just hope the tickets are spread throughout the board, and not just handed out to the 250,000 and up numbers. I've been waiting a long time for the front, just like everyone else. ;)

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  • Steverthebeliever
    Steverthebeliever Posts: 164
    I have a pretty low number and i usually get in the second row, and i have to agree that this new system is pretty damn fair... nice work ten club!
  • slemakerdc
    slemakerdc Posts: 31
    i think this is a great job on their behalf!
    My number is 158*** and i look at it like this...
    Out of the 8 shows i have been to i have never been closer than row 12. And i am ok with that - because at least i get to see them. I really feel for the 400*** numbers (especially ones who got bumped from lower #'s) And it makes me mad when low number fans act like they are ENTITLED. to put it simply, they don't have to give us priority seating period. But thankfully they do and we don't have to buy front row seats from stubhub for $900. thank you pearl jam for letting us front row virgins get in on the action!
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  • sward
    sward Posts: 586
    Throw me in the list of people who love the idea. I think as much as it rewards the fan, it 'should' also make for an energized front row. Not that they aren't lively as a rule. That said..any of you folks score some of these random seats, you better dance your ass off ;-)

    It's too bad I lost my 124XXX number because I was a boner and didn't renew...but it makes it sweet to know my 324XXX has a shot (albeit remote) at getting close for the MSG shows...I thought it was gone forever. Ah well...good luck everyone. By the way...does a 300 plus 10C number score floor tickets (way back), or side seats at MSG?
  • manhattan
    manhattan Posts: 258
    sward wrote:
    By the way...does a 300 plus 10C number score floor tickets (way back), or side seats at MSG?

    If there are only 1800 fan club seats available (18,000 ca-pacity x 10%), then I don't think any of us have to worry about getting far back on the floor. If this calculation is correct, the 10C seats won't even reach back that far. So if you get a 10C seat at all, it will probably be a good one!
    (crossing fingers)
  • PJStatTracker
    PJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    I also think it's a great idea. I am #133xxx, and have seen them from all over including first row.

    It's totally fair, I don't think being in the fan club longer makes me any more deserving of anything.

    The ticketing process has always evolved, and this is just the next step. I don't see this going away after this tour, but who knows.

    I think that all you guys lower than me should be furious about this though, and not renew your memberships...
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,946
    i wish they had made the first 10 rows random......
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    i wish they had made the first 10 rows random......

    no you don't.
    :(

    I like new faces, but not ALL new faces.
    :( :( :(
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  • UKpearljammer
    UKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    I'm happy with this as it gives everyone ago yet means that seniority is still worth something which is fair enough for all of us who have renewed our membership over the years. Now I just need a show to actually use it, yes despite being a member since 93 (32,###) for various reasons I've never been able to make the most of my good number, as when I have they've been GA shows.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
  • sward
    sward Posts: 586
    manhattan wrote:
    If there are only 1800 fan club seats available (18,000 ca-pacity x 10%), then I don't think any of us have to worry about getting far back on the floor. If this calculation is correct, the 10C seats won't even reach back that far. So if you get a 10C seat at all, it will probably be a good one!
    (crossing fingers)


    Ahhh.. I didn't know about the 10% rule for fanclub seats. Egads...this is gonna be a tough one to get tickets too.
  • emperor penguin
    emperor penguin Posts: 197
    i think the new policy is great. i've been a member since 98 and have had a touring partner who's been a member since 96, so I've been as close as row 4 (toronto 1 '06) and as far back as row 20 (toronto '05) I'm glad I've got a shot at front row seats,but i'm more excited that someone who has a higher number has a shot. Somebody who has gotten into the band recently because they were babies when ten came out aren't any less of a fan than I am. It's pretty rare that a band that's been around as long as pj gains new fans every year, and it's a testament to how good the band is. I teach high school and my kids have no idea who pearl jam is, they like Souldja Boy. One of my kids thought pearl jam was the old lady with the price tag on her hat from he-haw. That's probably the only time PJ has been confused with Minnie Pearl.
    I like bands.

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