Searcy Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I camped out for tickets to see The Who once. I'm guessing that no one does that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 once i saw that 3 people wer at the box office for penguins tickets the also get a lot for student rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Not with services like Ticketmaster etc., although sometimes you need to be fast on some ticket sites as bot programs will snatch up all the tickets for a big show and turn around and scalp 'em on eBay and other sites. For college games at Univ. of Arkansas some people would camp for basketball tickets but I'm not too interested in basketball. For 12 bucks you got an entire season of student football tickets for home games while Houston Nutt was the coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 a lot of places don't even sell tickets, its all online for the most part, or at least has been my experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 So if you want the camping out experience you gotta become an Apple geek I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 You camp out for video games now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I did the overnight thing a few times. Some of the best times I ever had. You meet great people and it was a blast. Sometimes, as much fun as the concert. Sometimes even more. Dead shows used to be fun for that as well. Camping between shows, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Not for concerts - now they just camp out for Harry Potter and the twilight vampire crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 So if you want the camping out experience you gotta become an Apple geek I guess. Or a Nike geek. We had people in the area camping overnight for Krisy Kreme and Chick-fil-a. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 People do at the casino near us for the in-person pre-sales. These take place on the Sunday before tickets are available on Ticketmaster (usually on a Mon or Tues). The box office opens @ 10:00 a.m. and the earliest I've been there is about 5:00 a.m. for KISS tickets. And there was easily 100 people ahead of me --- the earliest having got there the afternoon previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 The only time I can remember seeing people camp out for tickets the last few years is for Garth Brooks and Titans tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Never camped out, but showed up at the ticket venue about dawn for the Allman Bros "Brothers and Sisters" tour. Still got shitty seats. That's when I learned that the good seats NEVER go on sale to the general public. By 1975 or '76 I had found a "contact" at the concert promoters office, and figured out where all the GOOD seats went. After that I was able to BUY (face value) 2nd, 4th, or 6th row tickets for any show they promoted, which was most of the good ones. Through playing music around this town for almost 40 years, I've developed a whole new set of back door contacts and tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yeah I did for so many shows that I count them all. Nowadays I can't even wait in line at Disney anymore so I get the fastpass tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Larry... Yupper on the contact thing. I just turned down Grand Funk tickets 'cuz I had some personal stuff that took definite priority. And... I cudda been backstage too. But mostly I think folks are right about the Internet being the sales venue of choice. It's that impersonal addition we've gotten courtesy of technology compared to the day when the fans rubbed shoulders in line for tickets. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I was camping in line once.......I also got a ticket.......'Cause I was homeless...... :unsure: ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This_Dying_Soul Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 if by camping out you mean sitting in front of my pc for the online box office to open... YES... in fact, I go out of my way to find out how to get access to the advance sale so I can get the best seats possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This_Dying_Soul Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Larry... Yupper on the contact thing. I just turned down Grand Funk tickets 'cuz I had some personal stuff that took definite priority. And... I cudda been backstage too. But mostly I think folks are right about the Internet being the sales venue of choice. It's that impersonal addition we've gotten courtesy of technology compared to the day when the fans rubbed shoulders in line for tickets. m That's the only downside to buying tix online... there's no commraderie among fans until the day of the show. But then considering sitting out in front of the box office in the cold, the rain, and the risk of losing out on prime seats by stepping out of line to use the bathroom... not to mention needing to bring food if you're camping out an extended time... yeah, I'll take buying from the comfort of my livingroom through the convenience of my laptop anyday. ;) There's plenty of time for shoulder rubbing on the way to my seat on the concert day :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Here it is! I know there was a picture of me and the wife camping out for Who tickets somewhere. Yes... that's a Blue Oyster Cult your shirt I'm sporting there. As I recall the first lady in line went off when the door opened because they were "sold out" of the first 20 rows. We had a ball though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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