Chicago Shows - GA/Reserved Seating - Ticket Swap

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  • goblues82
    goblues82 Posts: 260
    SM423 said:
    Like I explained in my initial post, I said I wasn't sure because I have definitely had the first side section that looks over the pit in certain arenas over the years start at different rows because they were removed but maybe it was in Europe or South America.  I've gone back and forth with a few interested parties and have explained that I was wrong.

    @goblues82 and @Gern Blansten - thanks for the reminder of why I've never participated in a forum like this.  


    I assume you mean you never participated in the forum because your blatant lies and exaggerations would be called out.
  • goblues82
    goblues82 Posts: 260
    Kwieneke said:
    behind the stage seats start in row 12. row 12 is actually row 1 behind the stage.so it cant be completely unheard of, right? seems like an honest mistake 
    I can literally go from here to the seating chart on Ticketmaster in less than 15 seconds to see what he’s saying isn’t true. 

    The same way you can see behind the stage starts at row 12. 
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,864
    Gern Blansten said:
    goblues82 said:
    SM423 said:
    I'm pretty sure that on the side, they remove the lower part of the section to make room for the GA space.  I've had these types of tickets in the past at other arenas and row 10 is actually row 1 because the first nine rows of seats are removed altogether.
    You really think they take out 9 rows of permanent seats at a hockey arena for GA?

    stop.

    this is either your 1st show or you know better. Side of stage is on an incline. How the F that gonna work for GA? It’s one thing to ask for a swap, it’s another to lie to people to try to get it.
    wait..so my sec 302 tix in row 9 aren't front row?
    You're actually folded under the rest of the section. Good luck seeing anything.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,130
    Poncier said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    goblues82 said:
    SM423 said:
    I'm pretty sure that on the side, they remove the lower part of the section to make room for the GA space.  I've had these types of tickets in the past at other arenas and row 10 is actually row 1 because the first nine rows of seats are removed altogether.
    You really think they take out 9 rows of permanent seats at a hockey arena for GA?

    stop.

    this is either your 1st show or you know better. Side of stage is on an incline. How the F that gonna work for GA? It’s one thing to ask for a swap, it’s another to lie to people to try to get it.
    wait..so my sec 302 tix in row 9 aren't front row?
    You're actually folded under the rest of the section. Good luck seeing anything.
    my first assignment was Sec 106....was really happy with those
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  • SM423
    SM423 Posts: 17
    I normally would never engage like this but since this thread keeps going, I'll provide more info so that it will hopefully allow the majority of us to still believe that people are inherently good and maybe it'll make some of you a little less cynical:
    • Like I mentioned earlier, I've been to 91 PJ shows. I've been a 10C member since 1994.  My 10C number is very low and I have been lucky enough to get great seats my whole life.  There have definitely been times where I had seats that were in row 9-10 (somewhere around this number) on the side of the pit and when I showed up, they were actually the first row because the arena had removed the lowest section for the GA pit.  So I was standing with my feet above the heads of the GA audience with a guardrail.  I've never been issued tickets - until now apparently - that aren't in the closest section and in the first row or two.
    • When I wanted to post about this swap, I didn't think tickets were available on TM so I only looked at StubHub and Vivid Seats.  If you look at the side sections, you will see there is no one selling tickets less than Row 9 (which made sense to me because of my previous point).  
    Everyone should try to be like @PJNB - this person explained why I might be wrong, provided some information/context around the new "premium seating", and even PMd me with a suggestion about a Facebook group for Chicago to join.  You'll find that you'll get more enjoyment out of life if you think the best of people.  Why on earth are adults arguing on an internet band forum?  This a rhetorical question.  



  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,519
    edited June 2023
    The tone policing and over explanation all stem from the same place of not giving a shit whether their trade partner was actually in the first row as long as they got what they were after
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