I was on tickets.com right at 10am and was
never able to purchase 2 tix together at the $85 price!
Certainly wasn't going to pay $185.
Anyone successful?
Just the other day I was going thru some old boxes & found my concert tix stubs from the 70's/80's ..
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - $13 and The Pretenders - $11!
Journey, Boston and Aerosmith were about 7-9 bucks!
CRaZy!
2 tickets together will range from just over $2,000 to $400. The cheapest I can find for 2 is in the $400 neighborhood. I guess the $85 tickets were either teaser prices or were bought in bulk by scalpers.
I wouldn't pay $85 to see a band I really listened to. OzzFest with Warped Tour (~30 bands) was $35 in 1999 (included a Black Sabbath reunion, Primus, DefTones, Slipknot...). I went to a Janes Addiction show in Minneapolis in the Excel Energy Center (St. Pauls BOk), tickets were $40 on the floor. BB King wasn't that much at the PAC. I don't get why "classic rock" stars demand so much. I know they get it, so I don't blame them... just sayin'.
I manged to score 3 tickets in section 327.
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
I guess the $85 tickets were either teaser prices or were bought in bulk by scalpers.
Maybe it was the 'introductory rate' ;-)
...but I think youre right about the scalpers.
Sad that most of the people who paid to build the place wont be able to afford to get inside.
I got two really good seats together and four together near the back.
I haven't decide which to keep and which to sell yet.
Man back in the day we sure saw the best for less. I saw Judas Priest, Bad Company and Foghat all for a whopping $7.50
If I remember correctly, I paid $12.00 for Peter Frampton, Gary Wright, Santana and Natural Gas at the Tulsa Fairground Racetrack. Man was it hot that Day.
Ohhh, Jane's Addiction.. would have liked to have seen that one!
Agree on the ticket price.. pretty darn pricey.
Although, I did pay a teeny bit more than the $85 to see Prince at The Staples Center a few years ago. He rocked!
But I can't see paying 400 smacks for 2 tix - or rather, can't afford paying 400 smacks!
Hey Wavoka - Congrats on the tickets! It'll be a blast!
According to bokcenter.com all seats are now sold.
Sold out in about an hour. woo.
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Originally posted by RecycleMichael
I got two really good seats together and four together near the back.
I haven't decide which to keep and which to sell yet.
Treat yourself & keep the better seats![:)]
The better seats might sell for more and then I could bring friends.
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Originally posted by DolfanBob
Man back in the day we sure saw the best for less. I saw Judas Priest, Bad Company and Foghat all for a whopping $7.50
If I remember correctly, I paid $12.00 for Peter Frampton, Gary Wright, Santana and Natural Gas at the Tulsa Fairground Racetrack. Man was it hot that Day.
I was there as well, we found some freinds that were sitting behind the scoreboard and sat there. We started getting shade during Gary Wright's set. We would sneak under the scoreboard and grab beer off of the two beer trucks they had parked there.
Great news about it selling out, I assume there is some increased demand because of the inaugural event and all but still. 1 hour for 18,000 tickets. Wow.
Judging by ebay, it seems the cheapest tickets in Tulsa are among the highest on the tour. You can still get tickets for $62 in Boston, $70 in St. Louis, $85 in Chicago, $140 in Dallas, etc.
http://www.stubhub.com/eagles-tickets/
Guess that says something about the demand!
Sold out my donkey. The intermediaries scooped them up.
The Black Crowes are a harder seat to come by.
You'll see. Those ducats are too expensive.
"I promise you
that this is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend."
Henley
I heard on KOTV-6 at noon that they were sold out, so I thought I would start a thread on it, but I was too slow!
I didn't get any tickets. Too slow again, lol!
18,000 tickets in an hour, I have to say that is impressive.
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Originally posted by FOTD
Sold out my donkey. The intermediaries scooped them up.
Bingo!
Well then. The legit ticket mobs in Dallass and KC may have many of them. The ticket exchanges today are so tuned into manipulation of supply and demand. Darn internets. Our demographics do not line up with that type of momentum in sales in such a short period. Of course, anything's possible in Dumbf*ckistan.
Would you think the powers that be in this Chamber of Areema might insure we get lots of outa towners to fill up motel sixes?
FOTD, weren't you defending scalpers just a couple months ago and bragging who you "use their services" to get the good seats? Perhaps I have you confused with someone else, correct me if I'm wrong.
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
FOTD, weren't you defending scalpers just a couple months ago and bragging who you "use their services" to get the good seats? Perhaps I have you confused with someone else, correct me if I'm wrong.
You aren't suggesting FOTD would ever contradict himself, are you???
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
FOTD, weren't you defending scalpers just a couple months ago and bragging who you "use their services" to get the good seats? Perhaps I have you confused with someone else, correct me if I'm wrong.
That is absolutely correct.
Ticket holders/scalpers can get caught in a short squeeze. While I think the show will sell out, there will be tickets to be had for the patient ones.
Today's entertainment manipulation with regard to supply and demand of tickets is awful. The industry is now relying on live concerts. This simply displays how the industry slipped from an art form conduit to a greedy old folks boogie. Many of you got caught up in it this game this morning playing on the internets for tickets.
"I promise you
that this is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend."
Henley
To bad the marketing minds were not working on this one....sell 75% online..and hold another 25% and setup a box office near the BOK center get some free publicity with the line of people wanting to score tickets outside the BOK....
Not necessarily......
All the MSM (regional) have probably %25 of the seats for self promo and to get higher ratings by offering them up for listeners. The devil would guess TulsWhirled got in on the action.
The music industry has really gotten pathetic.
"I promise you
that this is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend."
Henley
A friend of mine who works at BOK told me all bank employees get to buy up to 8 tickets prior to the day tickets go on sale to the general public. How many BOK employees are there?
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Originally posted by NellieBly
A friend of mine who works at BOK told me all bank employees get to buy up to 8 tickets prior to the day tickets go on sale to the general public. How many BOK employees are there?
"More than 2500 people state wide" as reported by BOk, many employment sites list BOk as having 3,000 in the State. Of those probably at least 50% are in Tulsa. But if "all employees" get to buy 8 tickets within an hour and a half of Tulsa there are probably 2500... enough to sell out the arena before tickets go on sale to the public (if it's true and persistent, ie. not just events sponsored by BOK).
That would kind of upset me. Did they buy naming rights or the right to cut everyone else in line (again, if it's persistent). I'd be interested to see what the scope is and how common that is for potentially every seat to be sold before an event goes on sale.
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
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Originally posted by NellieBly
A friend of mine who works at BOK told me all bank employees get to buy up to 8 tickets prior to the day tickets go on sale to the general public. How many BOK employees are there?
"More than 2500 people state wide" as reported by BOk, many employment sites list BOk as having 3,000 in the State. Of those probably at least 50% are in Tulsa. But if "all employees" get to buy 8 tickets within an hour and a half of Tulsa there are probably 2500... enough to sell out the arena before tickets go on sale to the public (if it's true and persistent, ie. not just events sponsored by BOK).
That would kind of upset me. Did they buy naming rights or the right to cut everyone else in line (again, if it's persistent). I'd be interested to see what the scope is and how common that is for potentially every seat to be sold before an event goes on sale.
I'm sure there is a cap on the total number of tickets and as far as I'd heard, that rule didn't apply to certain special events.
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
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Originally posted by NellieBly
A friend of mine who works at BOK told me all bank employees get to buy up to 8 tickets prior to the day tickets go on sale to the general public. How many BOK employees are there?
"More than 2500 people state wide" as reported by BOk, many employment sites list BOk as having 3,000 in the State. Of those probably at least 50% are in Tulsa. But if "all employees" get to buy 8 tickets within an hour and a half of Tulsa there are probably 2500... enough to sell out the arena before tickets go on sale to the public (if it's true and persistent, ie. not just events sponsored by BOK).
That would kind of upset me. Did they buy naming rights or the right to cut everyone else in line (again, if it's persistent). I'd be interested to see what the scope is and how common that is for potentially every seat to be sold before an event goes on sale.
Just another way for Kaiser to bilk taxpayers. Worth $11 bln at last count and now he's scalping tickets to get even wealthier, the shame of it all.
/sarc
Just thought I'd beat Bear Sh!t to it.
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Originally posted by Conan71
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
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Originally posted by NellieBly
A friend of mine who works at BOK told me all bank employees get to buy up to 8 tickets prior to the day tickets go on sale to the general public. How many BOK employees are there?
"More than 2500 people state wide" as reported by BOk, many employment sites list BOk as having 3,000 in the State. Of those probably at least 50% are in Tulsa. But if "all employees" get to buy 8 tickets within an hour and a half of Tulsa there are probably 2500... enough to sell out the arena before tickets go on sale to the public (if it's true and persistent, ie. not just events sponsored by BOK).
That would kind of upset me. Did they buy naming rights or the right to cut everyone else in line (again, if it's persistent). I'd be interested to see what the scope is and how common that is for potentially every seat to be sold before an event goes on sale.
Just another way for Kaiser to bilk taxpayers. Worth $11 bln at last count and now he's scalping tickets to get even wealthier, the shame of it all.
/sarc
Just thought I'd beat Bear Sh!t to it.
Sounds like your upset you LOST out.
Seems right to cut in front of everyone if you gave that much money to the city for naming rights.
Don't blame BOK. Blame the one's granting rights.
"/sarc" means "sarcasm off"
I forget, your reading comprehension sucks.
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Originally posted by FOTD
Well then. The legit ticket mobs in Dallass and KC may have many of them. The ticket exchanges today are so tuned into manipulation of supply and demand. Darn internets. Our demographics do not line up with that type of momentum in sales in such a short period. Of course, anything's possible in Dumbf*ckistan.
Would you think the powers that be in this Chamber of Areema might insure we get lots of outa towners to fill up motel sixes?
What demographics would prohibit it? I don't say that you are wrong, I am just curious about the demographics.
I would think a one day sellout would be likely considering that The Eagles are the biggest rock act to play in Tulsa in awhile. Big in the sense of album sales, hit songs, name recognition and appeal to baby boomers (a.k.a. us old folks). The metro population is 905,000 (2007 estimate) and there is also the surrounding green country region.
Of course the intermediaries, or scalpers, partially account for the less than one hour sellout, but I would have expected a one day sellout.
The intermediaries are not necessarily scalpers.
And you may be correct. There may exist 13,000 in the metro area who would buy up seats for this monumental act in a nano second.
FOTD was the first to make a stab at the opening act being The Eagles by looking at tour info and scheduling. Unfortunately, Elvis was not going to tour. The Eagles have the number one CD in sales of all time. I think. Should be a grate show.[:O]
TulsaNow's Itinerant Exorcism Servicer
I would rather sit at home and listen to my vintage vinyl Eagles LP's than pay the prices for tickets to a live concert today. And I bet my records sound a hell of a lot better than any live "Eagles" concert could today.
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Originally posted by Steve
I would rather sit at home and listen to my vintage vinyl Eagles LP's than pay the prices for tickets to a live concert today. And I bet my records sound a hell of a lot better than any live "Eagles" concert could today.
SNAP!!!!
I consider it a success that I could not care less about paying for an overpriced nostalgia act.
Do you think the promotor figured out he wasn't selling the original tickets for a high enough price?
"I promise you
that this is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend."
Henley
BOk employees did not get any advance purchase rights for this concert..
It's been a rather quiet evening and night here at the forum in regard to posts. I guess everyone was at The Eagles concert and then out and about afterwards?
All the 10PM newscasts said the show went off without a hitch, and that parking was not a huge problem.
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Originally posted by marc
It's been a rather quiet evening and night here at the forum in regard to posts. I guess everyone was at The Eagles concert and then out and about afterwards?
All the 10PM newscasts said the show went off without a hitch, and that that parking was not a huge problem.
That's what I heard and saw as well. Now, wait for the naysayers in 3...2...1
Face it; the BOK Center will be a success this year.
Didn't go to the concert, but I was out and about before and after the concert downtown.
Parking was surprisingly cheap. A bunch of lots within a couple blocks were only $5. Some farther lots were $8. I know at least one lot that was less than two blocks away wasn't even anywhere near full right before the show. $10 for a spot a block away seems more than reasonable for an event of this magnitude.
People who complain about parking downtown must be mentally deficient. The last five times I've been to El Guapo's on weekend nights I've parked within 20 feet of the door for free. I laugh every time I pass those lonely parking attendants trying to get some sucker to pay $5 to park in the big lot at Second/Elgin.
More people with no clue how to drive (aka Tulsans) out and about downtown. Nearly got run over by someone who barely stopped at a red light, then nearly got run down by someone driving down the left side of a two-way street.
Definitely seemed a bit busier at the downtown bars. SoChey, McNellie's, Dirty's and the Cellar Dweller were all doing some good business.
Coney Island (with $5 parking) is now closed on Saturdays. At the rate they've been cutting back their hours, they'll be 11-2 M-F within two years.