day of show tickets

Wma31394 · February 2013

day of show...bad lower/upper face value or less

Blood Red Mosquito · February 2013

front spacer wrote:

I've been checking the bay, and tons of auctions are going unsold right now. 400's are not going for $300-$400 right now. I think the fans are speaking loud and clear!

Yep, keep waiting and the prices will keep falling. Everyone just got their hard tickets from tickets.com so the inventory went up.

Shadow · February 2013

81 wrote:

Shadow wrote:

How does this even happen? I thought scalping was "illegal" and yet it's posted right on the Tickets.com Stubhub site with 100's of tickets for sale that fans really, really want. WTF??? :?:

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publica ... e=094-0020

Thanks, I'll get my legal team to read that sometime.

81 · February 2013

Shadow wrote:

81 wrote:

Shadow wrote:

How does this even happen? I thought scalping was "illegal" and yet it's posted right on the Tickets.com Stubhub site with 100's of tickets for sale that fans really, really want. WTF??? :?:

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publica ... e=094-0020

Thanks, I'll get my legal team to read that sometime.

here is the key info

Sec. 1.5. Sale of tickets at more than face value
prohibited; exceptions.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (c),
(d), and (e) subsection (b) of this Section and in Section 4,
it is unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation to
sell tickets for baseball games, football games, hockey games,
theatre entertainments, or any other amusement for a price more
than the price printed upon the face of said ticket, and the
price of said ticket shall correspond with the same price shown
at the box office or the office of original distribution.
(b) This Act does not apply to the resale of tickets
of admission to a sporting event, theater, musical performance,
or place of public entertainment or amusement of any kind for a
price in excess of the printed box office ticket price by a
ticket broker who meets all of the following requirements:

Shadow · February 2013

Thanks, aka loop hole, but should not be happening.

driowa · February 2013

That was one of the best things Pearl Jam did...announce at the same time that they will tour in addition to the "An Evening With" shows. That way (for those of us who didn't get tickets) we will have plenty of chances to see them multiple times for the same price as 1 scalper ticket to Wrigley. At least that's my plan...3 for 1.

supersonicyears · February 2013

Isoworld13 wrote:

Small time scalpers & regular people with extras will start to lower their price as the show gets closer and eventually starts. However, this is a SMALL portion of the secondary market. The big time companies (which are too numerous to even list here) have NO problem simply "throwing away" their extras. They make so much on the tickets that they do sell, they can easily afford to simply destroy the tickets they can't. It happens all the time. The thing that will REALLY drive prices down is inclement weather. If it's pouring rain, it will certainly drive off the casual fan who was just going to 'see what this whole Pearl Jam thing is all about'. A beautiful sunny Friday Chicago day in July will bring out the masses just to hang out in the Wrigley area, and that alone could drive up the cost on the streets. I've said it before...triple face value will probably be the going rate for this show.

Don't listen to this poster. The prices go down closer to the show. The day of the show you will find tickets. I wonder if this guy works for stubhub?

primussucks · February 2013

You will find tickets for face value on stubhub the day of the show. Just make sure you have access to a printer. You will also find tickets on here for face. Just be patient. They will pop up.

iwasatpj20 · February 2013

primussucks wrote:

You will find tickets for face value on stubhub the day of the show. Just make sure you have access to a printer. You will also find tickets on here for face. Just be patient. They will pop up.

Exactly right

2001ALLSTAREDDIE · February 2013

iwasatpj20 wrote:

primussucks wrote:

You will find tickets for face value on stubhub the day of the show. Just make sure you have access to a printer. You will also find tickets on here for face. Just be patient. They will pop up.

Exactly right

thanks for all the input. hotel and flight are booked. i'm there!

Isoworld13 · February 2013

Chicago is a big city. There are almost 3 million people in the Chicago area alone. It's also centrally located in the heart of the US and can easily be gotten to from most of the US in less than 3 hours by plane (it is also less than a 24 hour drive for many - including the rabid East Coast fans) They have two major airports and people can get there extremely easily. The weather in July is usually spectacular (as long as you don't mind heat). This is the ONLY US show of the entire summer. They haven't done a substantial US tour since 2010 (and some would argue 2009). This is going to be an EPIC EVENT! There are literally 50+ bars within a mile and a half of Wrigley Field (20+ right around the stadium alone). They draw 40,000 people for a pub crawl in that area in DECEMBER! This place will be MOBBED with THOUSANDS looking for tickets. That doesn't bode well for the people who think there will be an ABUNDANCE of tickets available at face value or LESS! Don't get me wrong, there will always be miracle tickets out there, but to think that you will be able to walk down the day of the show and easily grab tickets for less than face is nuts. All I am saying is that if you DEFINITELY want to get in to this show, you are going to want to have tickets in hand so that you can enjoy your day partaking in the pre-show festivities rather than walking the streets with your finger raised in the air. $200-$300 is NOT an UNREASONABLE price to pay for this show by any means.

pjsteelerfan · February 2013

Isoworld13 wrote:

Chicago is a big city. There are almost 3 million people in the Chicago area alone. It's also centrally located in the heart of the US and can easily be gotten to from most of the US in less than 3 hours by plane (it is also less than a 24 hour drive for many - including the rabid East Coast fans) They have two major airports and people can get there extremely easily. The weather in July is usually spectacular (as long as you don't mind heat). This is the ONLY US show of the entire summer. They haven't done a substantial US tour since 2010 (and some would argue 2009). This is going to be an EPIC EVENT! There are literally 20+ bars within a mile and a half of Wrigley Field. They draw 40,000 people for a pub crawl in that area in DECEMBER! This place will be MOBBED with THOUSANDS looking for tickets. That doesn't bode well for the people who think there will be an ABUNDANCE of tickets available at face value or LESS! Don't get me wrong, there will always be miracle tickets out there, but to think that you will be able to walk down the day of the show and easily grab tickets for less than face is nuts. All I am saying is that if you DEFINITELY want to get in to this show, you are going to want to have tickets in hand so that you can enjoy your day partaking in the pre-show festivities rather than walking the streets with your finger raised in the air. $200-$300 is NOT an UNREASONABLE price to pay for this show by any means.

I don't know, I have always seen tickets for more in demand shows than this pop up on the board before. And PJ has not done a substantial US tour since 2003

CServant · February 2013

There were plenty of tix for face at both PJ20 and Missoula come showtime. Made me wish I had waited even though I wouldn't have probably even made the trip.

Isoworld13 · February 2013

You can't compare Chicago to Alpine Valley. It's not even close. One has a population of 3 million, the other 10,000. Between 2009 & 2010 they did over 30 shows covering almost all of the US except for the South (barring Autsin, New Orleans, and Virginia) That's about as extensive as it gets.

Isoworld13 · February 2013

I would also be very wary of buying tickets in the streets. I'm sure the market will be flooded with counterfeits for a show as big as this.

PJStatTracker · February 2013

Isoworld13 wrote:

Chicago is a big city. There are almost 3 million people in the Chicago area alone. It's also centrally located in the heart of the US and can easily be gotten to from most of the US in less than 3 hours by plane (it is also less than a 24 hour drive for many - including the rabid East Coast fans) They have two major airports and people can get there extremely easily. The weather in July is usually spectacular (as long as you don't mind heat). This is the ONLY US show of the entire summer. They haven't done a substantial US tour since 2010 (and some would argue 2009). This is going to be an EPIC EVENT! There are literally 50+ bars within a mile and a half of Wrigley Field (20+ right around the stadium alone). They draw 40,000 people for a pub crawl in that area in DECEMBER! This place will be MOBBED with THOUSANDS looking for tickets. That doesn't bode well for the people who think there will be an ABUNDANCE of tickets available at face value or LESS! Don't get me wrong, there will always be miracle tickets out there, but to think that you will be able to walk down the day of the show and easily grab tickets for less than face is nuts. All I am saying is that if you DEFINITELY want to get in to this show, you are going to want to have tickets in hand so that you can enjoy your day partaking in the pre-show festivities rather than walking the streets with your finger raised in the air. $200-$300 is NOT an UNREASONABLE price to pay for this show by any means.

I respectfully disagree with this. I've been to hundreds of concerts in my life of all types and there are (almost) always tickets. As a general rule, the larger the venue, the more extras there will be floating around. It's true that searching for an extra can cut into your pre-show festivities, but if you just stand around the will call window and ask people (NOT scalpers) if they have an extra you will get taken care of sooner rather than later. Most of the time you will get it for face value because someone's friend couldn't make it or somesuch. These are people who just don't want to eat the ticket - not looking to make a buck.

WORST CASE SCENARIO: you play chicken with the scalpers. If you wait until PJ takes the stage or near that time the ticket prices will plummet as the scalpers just try to get any money they can. At worst you miss a song or two. But it won't even come to that at a show like this because there are so many tickets out there.

The only time you have to worry about not finding a good non-scalper ticket the day of the show is if the conditions are truly unique. The Vic for instance - a 1,000 seat club with fan club only tickets. I wouldn't have any expectations of getting in under those circumstances.

Wrigley will be a cakewalk. Don't feed the scalpers.

CServant · February 2013

PJStatTracker is right on this. It really doesn't matter if X # of people live in Chicago as opposed to Wisconsin etc. Most people who don't follow the band don't even know PJ still puts out music. While it is a rabid fanbase, it's much like a hockey crowd that does have passionate fans, just not as many as the other sports. Right now everyone is just trying to make a buck and many will be more than happy to take face as the show gets closer. As 'neat' as Wrigley is, to most it's just another stadium show which takes a back seat to more intimate performances. Nothing was hyped like PJ20 or Missoula, and even though only X # of people live there, plenty of 'day of the show' tix were available.

Off He Goes... In Chicago · February 2013

As a Chicagoan that has seen a few shows at Wrigley (The Police, DMB and McCartney), there will be plenty of tickets. Springsteen's show was supposedly sold out for months and they released tickets days before the show. While major scalpers have no problem dumping unused tickets, there are a ton of smaller businesses that will cave hours before the show.

I'm saying this from experience, I went up to Wrigley for DMB, waited for the band to play their opening note and then grabbed 100 level seats for $15. I'm not saying it will be that easy or cheap, but you should be able to get a reasonable ticket that day. Scalpers make the bulk of their money off the initial rush and then gradually try and cut their losses. Stubhub works the same way, prices will fall, and your purchase is covered.

Huskers20 · February 2013

While everyone keeps saying there will be plenty of tickets, if I didn't have them I would be a little worried.

People comparing Alpine Valley not selling out to this are crazy. First Alpine Valley was two nights and they would have continued to sell as many lawn seats as possible. And as others have said Alpine Valley is not Chicago. People have to travel over 2 hours from Chicago to get to Alpine.

Also, take a look at Stubhub again: Pearl Jam availabilty, less than 1600 tickets in a 40,000 seat stadium.

Priced from: $229.00 USD
1,597 tickets left

Now look at Jay Z/Justin Timberlake at Soldier Field. Over 7000k tickets available before the general onsale tommorow, WOW....and yes Soldier Field is bigger but it is also one of the smallest NFL fields w/ barely over 60k, and if you look at the tickets they aren't selling tickets behing the stage so maybe 52,000 or so.

Priced from: $79.00 USD
7,213 tickets left

Yes you might get lucky in the end, but especially if you are travelling in.....I would go for a roof top ticket....$100 and free food/booze, you will be able to hear it just as well if not better than people that are in the last few rows of the 200 or 500 section.

deagator3 · February 2013

Off He Goes... In Chicago wrote:

As a Chicagoan that has seen a few shows at Wrigley (The Police, DMB and McCartney), there will be plenty of tickets. Springsteen's show was supposedly sold out for months and they released tickets days before the show. While major scalpers have no problem dumping unused tickets, there are a ton of smaller businesses that will cave hours before the show.

I'm saying this from experience, I went up to Wrigley for DMB, waited for the band to play their opening note and then grabbed 100 level seats for $15. I'm not saying it will be that easy or cheap, but you should be able to get a reasonable ticket that day. Scalpers make the bulk of their money off the initial rush and then gradually try and cut their losses. Stubhub works the same way, prices will fall, and your purchase is covered.

All of those shows we're in the middle of a tour, no reason for out of towners to come into town, and i know that Dave played two shows. The Police and McCartney aren't gonna attract the Wrigleyville crowd that just wants to party either, which there will be plenty of at the show.

Regardless, getting singles shouldn't be an issue, and probably cheaper, closer to face value pairs. I just hope people don't expect to buy 4 together easily. However the out of towners are the wild cards. You didn't have them for the other shows, but you will have plenty of out of town PJ fans who will go no matter what which might keep the market higher than other Wrigley shows.

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