Was anyone successful w/ Eagles tix?

[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?

[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.

[Conan71]

quote: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???

[FOTD]

quote: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

[zstyles]

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....

[FOTD]

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

[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?

[cannon_fodder]

quote: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.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote: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.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote: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.

[FOTD]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote: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.

[Conan71]

"/sarc" means "sarcasm off"

I forget, your reading comprehension sucks.

[marc]

quote: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.  

[FOTD]

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

[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.