North American Tour Odds

MUZIK said:

hihobibo said:

MUZIK said:

Lerxst1992 said:

BennyLaRue said:

Goneshootin said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Does it make any sense that less than 12,000 members entered the MSG lotto for reserved seats in the first day?

If 12000 entered, wouldn't the odds be closer to 0 than 100? MSG fits around 14k for a concert. 

MSG fits almost 21K for a concert

Not all are 10c seats. Looks to be about 12k based on the shaded sections

Definitely not 21k.

phish who had the whole pit GA wasn’t even 20K

Pearl Jam will be more like between 18 and 19K

Google "Madison Square Garden Concert Capacity" and it states almost 21k. I'm sure some stage setups revise that, but I'm guessing that is where the OP got that figure from.

Understood but it’s just not correct. 

Phish maximize’s every space in that building more so then any artist I’ve seen and they still didn’t get to 20k.

so not sure where they could fit another thousand + more people.

If they flip the stools in the bar area over they can sit 4 people in place of 1 at each stool.

tschav said:

It will be interesting how much of each blue section is used for 10c... full sections or an allotment of the first ___ rows of each area?

Really seems like it's the entire section. Only one show, not many on east coast. They probably have enough demand to fill. And even if they dont, then the rest are released in public sale. It's a win-win. I don't think they're misleading anyone here by shading in the entire area yet only having access to some of the seats. 

So nervous about MSG lol. I have reserved as my first choice and only choice. 80% odds sounds nice but still room to fail. Maybe odds will be higher since I’m putting reserved as my first priority?

I wonder what the odds will end up dropping to. 

benjs said:

Winning GA probability = (# of GA seats remaining per round draw) / (GA applicants + Best Available Applicants)
Winning Reserved probability = (# of Reserved seats remaining per round draw) / (Reserved applicants + Best Available Applicants overflow from GA if applicable)
Winning Best Available probability = greater of the two above

So, summarizing facts that I plan on using as guiding principles:

• Your best opportunity to win GA is with a first pick, and your opportunity to win GA decreases dramatically after that (unless the show's market is extremely soft for both Best Available and GA), as both Best Available and GA will default to depleting from GA.
• Your best opportunity to win a show, period, is to select Best Available, because the greater odds (between Reserved and GA) will become your odds. If not attending a Pearl Jam show is preferable to you over attending a Pearl Jam show with Reserved Seats, only select GA. Otherwise, you are doing yourself a major disservice (especially if your 10C number is reasonably good).
• If the number of GA/Reserved specific applicants in any round equal or exceed the availability within GA/Reserved specifically, that section will not be available for any subsequent rounds. Once this happens for both GA and Reserved, no one who applied with a further round number will win for that show. For example, if I think Quebec City's rounds 1 + 2 will deplete QC's inventory before Ottawa's rounds 1 + 2, I'd be wise to have QC as my round 2, and Ottawa as my round 3, unless I decided it's more important for me to be at Ottawa than QC, in which case I'd maintain Ottawa as my number 2

I am not sure what you are saying is accurate. I dont know and am not trying to argue.
I dont think entering GA only gives you a better chance at GA. The way I read it is they look at first choice and select a person and see what they requested. If they selected GA and GA is available they get GA. If they selected best available and GA is available they get GA. They they selected GA and GA is full and reserved is available they get nothing. If they selected best available and GA is full and reserved is available they get reserved.
So by selecting Best Available you get an automatic backup if you are concerned about getting in the building.
Does that make sense? Does anyone know?

hihobibo said:

estarr31 said:

Just to follow on, have they ever used this phrase before? That's a big statement. 

 In an effort to get more tickets into the hands of Ten Club members, Pearl Jam has partnered with Ticketmaster for an exclusive members-only presale through Ticketmaster Ticket Request. The majority of fans who enter the Ten Club ticket request will get tickets.

Yes, pretty much same wording as Home/Away shows announcement: 

Ten Club has secured more tickets for these shows than ever before. The majority of fans who enter the Ten Club drawing will get tickets. 

Bos 1 was the only Home Show I struck out on but hit in the MLB sale.

There were no odds showing for 2013 right? Maybe ignorance was bliss back then.

benjs said:

given2fly23 said:

benjs said:

Winning GA probability = (# of GA seats remaining per round draw) / (GA applicants + Best Available Applicants)
Winning Reserved probability = (# of Reserved seats remaining per round draw) / (Reserved applicants + Best Available Applicants overflow from GA if applicable)
Winning Best Available probability = greater of the two above

@benjs Where is this language from? I think I remember reading it but can't find it.

@given2fly23 - I've just summarized this based on what's been shared through 10C comms. 

Gotcha. I'm trying to find actual language from 10C or TM of how the odds are being calculated this time around (seems way different than the old way) but not seeing it anywhere.