I have attended serveral concerts and have had pretty good seats for each. I was just wondering if there was any way I could get main floor seats within maybe the first 10 rows without having to pay a fortune.
2007-02-25 10:14:42 · 5 answers · asked by mmcnees21 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Are you buying the front-row tickets from resellers? If so, you're going to pay a premium for the convenience of not having to stand in line.
Find out in advance where the concert will be, then contact the venue to find out when tickets will go on sale and if they will be handing out numbered wristbands, have some other method of assigning a place in line, or if it's a first-come, first-serve type of deal. Also find out if you can wait overnight (if it's something for which you're willing to camp out) or when their gates will open for ticket purchases on the day of the first ticket sales. You can then plan accordingly.
If you'd rather not buy at the venue (or if they only sell through a company like Ticketmaster), check their website to see when the tickets will be on sale. You can call in, reserve tickets online or (my preference) find a local Ticketmaster outlet where the lines will likely be shorter than at the concert venue. That way, you can get one of the first few rows without having to fight so many people.
Usually the concert venue and Ticketmaster is pulling from the same "bank" of available seats, so you won't necessarily have an advantage by going directly to the concert location. But, the ticket sellers at the venue may have better knowledge about the quality of seats than Ticketmaster employees who sell for a ton of different events and venues and don't know the setup as well.
Also, there are often rows set aside for special guests of the artists or arena owners/management. If they're not given away prior to a few hours before the concert, they will often be put on sale, so you can sometimes luck into a great seat anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours before a performance.
2007-02-25 10:23:09 · answer #1 · answered by ozfan98 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a toughy. It depends some places have general admission right in front of the stage but most big arenas you just got to pay for the good seats. Unless you can win them on the radio.
2007-02-25 10:17:51 · answer #2 · answered by frogblue123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of times you can find decent buys on ebay, or through a ticket brokering agency such as StubHub, the Ticket Guys, etc. Try those...
It will most likely be more expensive than face, but it's a decision that you'll have to make.
2007-02-25 10:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by Mark R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pay for nosebleed seats and then, when the lights go down, sneak down to the main floor and take any empty seat you may find.
2007-02-25 10:18:20 · answer #4 · answered by jare bare 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find a ticket scalper if you're okay with that.
2007-02-25 10:19:24 · answer #5 · answered by joeslo87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋