I really thought I'd have had a chance at upgrading to GA with at least night 2 the way these ticket sales are going.
My guess is we’ll start seeing a fair number of GAs dropping next week. And I agree N2 will likely be easier than N1 since it’s a Monday. Honestly I’m kind of surprised how few there have been so far. It might be a function of the inability to resell tickets on F2F if you don’t have a Canadian bank account (I set up a wise account at the outset in order to do this, but I’m guessing not everyone is aware of this).
I really thought I'd have had a chance at upgrading to GA with at least night 2 the way these ticket sales are going.
My guess is we’ll start seeing a fair number of GAs dropping next week. And I agree N2 will likely be easier than N1 since it’s a Monday. Honestly I’m kind of surprised how few there have been so far. It might be a function of the inability to resell tickets on F2F if you don’t have a Canadian bank account (I set up a wise account at the outset in order to do this, but I’m guessing not everyone is aware of this).
What a cruel world! Just spoke a N2 GA into reality and couldn't even cart the damn thing.
"A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
This situation so unique as it presents a PJ show that is accessible to so many a week before. If your a quick flight or reasonable road trip it gotta be tempting. Grab some tix and get up here. TM fucked this up, hopefully some good can come out of it. And please try pick up those F2F tix first. Can't wait !!
Yah, you have to wonder how many more tickets they could of sold if they sold them while the iron was hot? They were moving pretty fast on the onsale date, but dumping them weeks later for platinum prices, then better ones, then lower prices... you don't have all those eyeballs on the tickets anymore.
I love Pearl Jam, but I do like see TM's new approach to ticket sales failing
What happens on the next tour ? Will things change or stay same ? Knowing what we know, how do we approach first day sales ?
Depends on the market too obviously. Just hope 10C finds a better way.
I mean it's not really 10c I don't think. It's generally, a promoter offers X amount of money to do a show, they tell the band this is what we need to do to generate that kind of money. Band ok's it or they don't.
Night 1 doesn't seem to be as much of an issue. There's way less tickets for sale and they're slowly selling. I'm guessing it'll be sold out, or mostly sold out by showtime.
It's the 2nd one, that looks more worrisome. Maybe we'll see a hail mary and it'll be mostly sold out by show time. I've seen this happen with a few concerts now. It's probably only a few thousand tickets that aren't sold.
If it doesn't sell, then I suspect this will be the one and only time we get 2 shows in Vancouver Obviously Vancouver is in it for 1, but maybe not 2 :(
I think having 2 Vancouver shows on the same tour that there are 2 Seattle shows is compounding the sales issue too. That won't happen again.
Definitely, the only years I ever saw high 10c demand for PJ tickets was year in which there was no Seattle show. I guess that's 2011, in '05 the didn't announce the Gorge show until after, so Vancouver had a lot of Washington state fans at it, and the Gorge had a lot of BC fans at it. maybe 03, because Vancouver was the year after Seattle.
I also wonder if it hurt more not having them go back to back with Seattle. At least when when they run after each other, people can go to all the dates, but skipping work at two different times of the month is much harder. Vancouver (aside for Portland being a 5 or 6 hour drive away) doesn't have any shows around it for the travelling fans to make a trip out of it.
I'm still shocked to this day how few fan club members made the trek to Pemberton. That show was soooooo amazing
Agreed, just a quick trip north for amazing shows. Calgary / Edmonton could have been more accessible for Canada fans, considering the Seattle shows for that area. Vancouver just too far for a lot of eastern Canadians too.
I really thought I'd have had a chance at upgrading to GA with at least night 2 the way these ticket sales are going.
My guess is we’ll start seeing a fair number of GAs dropping next week. And I agree N2 will likely be easier than N1 since it’s a Monday. Honestly I’m kind of surprised how few there have been so far. It might be a function of the inability to resell tickets on F2F if you don’t have a Canadian bank account (I set up a wise account at the outset in order to do this, but I’m guessing not everyone is aware of this).
What a cruel world! Just spoke a N2 GA into reality and couldn't even cart the damn thing.
I really thought I'd have had a chance at upgrading to GA with at least night 2 the way these ticket sales are going.
My guess is we’ll start seeing a fair number of GAs dropping next week. And I agree N2 will likely be easier than N1 since it’s a Monday. Honestly I’m kind of surprised how few there have been so far. It might be a function of the inability to resell tickets on F2F if you don’t have a Canadian bank account (I set up a wise account at the outset in order to do this, but I’m guessing not everyone is aware of this).
What a cruel world! Just spoke a N2 GA into reality and couldn't even cart the damn thing.
Been trying to cart for an hour 😂 No dice.
Same! Hour and 20 minutes. Wtf
"A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
Sorry if this has been discussed, I've been following this thread from the get go but there's been a lot of info shared! Is there a public transportation daily pass or something like that or is it better to just pay as you go? We love to walk but it looks like the train is pretty efficient and the water taxi just sounds like a cool thing to do. Thanks for all the good info, locals!
Day passes can be purchased at Transit Vending machines and are good on the day of purchase only. Compass cards, if that's what you want to get, can be purchased at any Transit Vending machine and you can load it with $$. Instead of a Compass card, you can simply use your credit card. The only thing you'd need to think about is that Compass Cards will recognize if you go in and out of the transit system where a credit card may not and will charge you again when you re-enter. I think once you tap in with a Compass card your trip is good for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. It will know where you go and what zones you travel from and to and subtract the amount from your card.
Also, when you say "water taxi", I'm not sure if you mean the Seabus or the False Creek water taxis. The former is part of the transit system, the latter are not so those are added costs. Both are really cool to do if you haven't done them. I like coming into downtown on the Seabus. It's a fantastic view. Especially if there are cruise ships docked at the port.
2011: Vancouver 2013: LA 1 & LA 2, Vancouver 2018: Seattle 1 & Seattle 2 2022: LA 1 & LA 2 2024: Vancouver 1 & Vancouver 2, Portland, Seattle 1 & Seattle 2
Buy the day pass if you're taking the skytrain after the show. Then you'll skip the line up to buy the ticket to get on the train which is half of the battle.
This situation so unique as it presents a PJ show that is accessible to so many a week before. If your a quick flight or reasonable road trip it gotta be tempting. Grab some tix and get up here. TM fucked this up, hopefully some good can come out of it. And please try pick up those F2F tix first. Can't wait !!
Yah, you have to wonder how many more tickets they could of sold if they sold them while the iron was hot? They were moving pretty fast on the onsale date, but dumping them weeks later for platinum prices, then better ones, then lower prices... you don't have all those eyeballs on the tickets anymore.
I love Pearl Jam, but I do like see TM's new approach to ticket sales failing
What happens on the next tour ? Will things change or stay same ? Knowing what we know, how do we approach first day sales ?
Depends on the market too obviously. Just hope 10C finds a better way.
I mean it's not really 10c I don't think. It's generally, a promoter offers X amount of money to do a show, they tell the band this is what we need to do to generate that kind of money. Band ok's it or they don't.
Night 1 doesn't seem to be as much of an issue. There's way less tickets for sale and they're slowly selling. I'm guessing it'll be sold out, or mostly sold out by showtime.
It's the 2nd one, that looks more worrisome. Maybe we'll see a hail mary and it'll be mostly sold out by show time. I've seen this happen with a few concerts now. It's probably only a few thousand tickets that aren't sold.
If it doesn't sell, then I suspect this will be the one and only time we get 2 shows in Vancouver Obviously Vancouver is in it for 1, but maybe not 2 :(
I think having 2 Vancouver shows on the same tour that there are 2 Seattle shows is compounding the sales issue too. That won't happen again.
Definitely, the only years I ever saw high 10c demand for PJ tickets was year in which there was no Seattle show. I guess that's 2011, in '05 the didn't announce the Gorge show until after, so Vancouver had a lot of Washington state fans at it, and the Gorge had a lot of BC fans at it. maybe 03, because Vancouver was the year after Seattle.
I also wonder if it hurt more not having them go back to back with Seattle. At least when when they run after each other, people can go to all the dates, but skipping work at two different times of the month is much harder. Vancouver (aside for Portland being a 5 or 6 hour drive away) doesn't have any shows around it for the travelling fans to make a trip out of it.
I'm still shocked to this day how few fan club members made the trek to Pemberton. That show was soooooo amazing
Pemberton was just AWESOME! Severe thunderstorm watch was in effect . Grabbed tix in Whistler very late Sunday afternoon and really wondered if I was doing the right thing with the weather warning in place.
From memory:Release, Footsteps (at this point I felt like everything else was just cake), Daughter,Thumbing, 5?I think Present Tense was at #6, Of the Earth somewhere in there, E-Flo Small Town, Corduroy late first set caught me off guard then a hits filled encore with a Floyd cover.
Got there in time to catch half of Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds which we really enjoyed.
Can't believe I got a Pemberton hotel for that. It was a dive, but close by! We ventured in late in the afternoon after a shower too, and stayed dry. Poor campers that weekend. There were people wondering around without shoes wondering where they could get some shoes. Pearl Jam was selling from flip-flops and recommended that. Some people were passed out in the venue here and there. Highway closures due to mudslides on the way home...
Sorry if this has been discussed, I've been following this thread from the get go but there's been a lot of info shared! Is there a public transportation daily pass or something like that or is it better to just pay as you go? We love to walk but it looks like the train is pretty efficient and the water taxi just sounds like a cool thing to do. Thanks for all the good info, locals!
Day passes can be purchased at Transit Vending machines and are good on the day of purchase only. Compass cards, if that's what you want to get, can be purchased at any Transit Vending machine and you can load it with $$. Instead of a Compass card, you can simply use your credit card. The only thing you'd need to think about is that Compass Cards will recognize if you go in and out of the transit system where a credit card may not and will charge you again when you re-enter. I think once you tap in with a Compass card your trip is good for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. It will know where you go and what zones you travel from and to and subtract the amount from your card.
Also, when you say "water taxi", I'm not sure if you mean the Seabus or the False Creek water taxis. The former is part of the transit system, the latter are not so those are added costs. Both are really cool to do if you haven't done them. I like coming into downtown on the Seabus. It's a fantastic view. Especially if there are cruise ships docked at the port.
Buy the day pass if you're taking the skytrain after the show. Then you'll skip the line up to buy the ticket to get on the train which is half of the battle.
Thanks for the info! I guess I don't know what I mean by water taxis either lol, I just know you can get around to some cool spots by walking on a boat in the city so I'll do some more research on where to go and how to get there. Both your responses are super helpful and I hope it helps some other folks who are visiting for the first time too. Super stoked, one more week til Van 1!
I am so glad I checked on this!! A super generous bag policy for these shows! Ladies rejoice! I am so glad I won't have to use my stupid too-small clear plastic stadium purse for these shows.
Purses or bags larger than 35.5cm x 35.5cm x 15.2cm will not be permitted into Rogers Arena.
NOTE: Walk-through metal detectors are in place at each gate.
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As soon as the tour was announced I was shocked 2 nights in Vancouver and not 1 night in Van and 1 night in Calgary
I’m actually kinda surprised how well it’s sold. I mean, the entire upper bowl is sold well and the majority of the lower as well. Just seems it’s the back of the lower bowl when they dropped all those extras after the initial sale. I mean, there’s spots in various sections with some unsold seats but overall it looks solid to me for a second show on a Monday. I bet it’ll look full during the show. It’s not a small arena either - 21k for a concert I believe.
I really thought I'd have had a chance at upgrading to GA with at least night 2 the way these ticket sales are going.
My guess is we’ll start seeing a fair number of GAs dropping next week. And I agree N2 will likely be easier than N1 since it’s a Monday. Honestly I’m kind of surprised how few there have been so far. It might be a function of the inability to resell tickets on F2F if you don’t have a Canadian bank account (I set up a wise account at the outset in order to do this, but I’m guessing not everyone is aware of this).
Pretty sure the Rogers Center Pit is pretty small too so maybe less tickets than other venues.
Fingers 🤞 that they will be dropping some tickets soon. I get a sick feeling that I may get shutout.
No chance you’re getting shut out. There will be a lot of action on F2F this week. Also, artist/production holds will likely drop the day before or of the show which usually have some of the best seats in the house. And even right now, there are still some pretty good side stage seats left. You’ll be good.
I really thought I'd have had a chance at upgrading to GA with at least night 2 the way these ticket sales are going.
My guess is we’ll start seeing a fair number of GAs dropping next week. And I agree N2 will likely be easier than N1 since it’s a Monday. Honestly I’m kind of surprised how few there have been so far. It might be a function of the inability to resell tickets on F2F if you don’t have a Canadian bank account (I set up a wise account at the outset in order to do this, but I’m guessing not everyone is aware of this).
Pretty sure the Rogers Center Pit is pretty small too so maybe less tickets than other venues.
Hmmm I didn’t know that. That may explain it then.
Gonna be hard to sleep this week I think 🤪 And I have shows 4 nights in a row next weekend so there won’t be any relief in sight. Caffeine & adrenaline ☕️ 💪
Fingers 🤞 that they will be dropping some tickets soon. I get a sick feeling that I may get shutout.
Monday to Wednesday you should see some action from TM.
As long as they don't drop them Wednesday morning when I'm flying down to Winnipeg.
The tickets won't be a problem but the issue is the shows are in Vancouver.......not Winterpeg lol.
Seriously even if they do a drop while you're airborne, it's not likely they'll all get gobbled up quickly. Now in 2011 when Vancouver had only one show to end a small tour (and no Seattle show) or Seattle 2013 (1 show to close the tour) those were tight on ticket supply. I know as I squandered several hours in a sweet hotel room F5ing trying to upgrade Seattle '13. Don't forget that sadly they'll be people have any number of issues crop up this week and then can't make the show. Then they'll be some that just flake out for lack of a better term. Safe travels!
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No dice.
#gutted
For more info on fares (to see if it's worth getting a day pass or not) - https://www.translink.ca/transit-fares/pricing-and-fare-zones
For locations to get a Compass Card (there is a google map at the bottom of that page) - https://www.translink.ca/transit-fares/where-to-buy
Also, when you say "water taxi", I'm not sure if you mean the Seabus or the False Creek water taxis. The former is part of the transit system, the latter are not so those are added costs. Both are really cool to do if you haven't done them. I like coming into downtown on the Seabus. It's a fantastic view. Especially if there are cruise ships docked at the port.
2013: LA 1 & LA 2, Vancouver
2018: Seattle 1 & Seattle 2
2022: LA 1 & LA 2
2024: Vancouver 1 & Vancouver 2, Portland, Seattle 1 & Seattle 2
Purses or bags larger than 35.5cm x 35.5cm x 15.2cm will not be permitted into Rogers Arena.
NOTE: Walk-through metal detectors are in place at each gate.
As soon as the tour was announced I was shocked 2 nights in Vancouver and not 1 night in Van and 1 night in Calgary
And is there any legit way to buy/sell tickets on the secondary market below face value?
As long as they don't drop them Wednesday morning when I'm flying down to Winnipeg.
Seriously even if they do a drop while you're airborne, it's not likely they'll all get gobbled up quickly. Now in 2011 when Vancouver had only one show to end a small tour (and no Seattle show) or Seattle 2013 (1 show to close the tour) those
were tight on ticket supply. I know as I squandered several hours in a sweet hotel room F5ing trying to upgrade Seattle '13. Don't forget that sadly they'll be people have any number of issues crop up this week and then can't make the show. Then they'll be some that just flake out for lack of a better term. Safe travels!
-13 my lucky number!
Happy travels jseeteenak!