Took the family to the snow cross Sat. The event was a blast, and we all really enjoyed it. I have an issue or two with the stadium though. We arrived about 45 min early thinking we would have plenty of time to get some beverages etc before heading to our seats. Needing to go to will call we walked to the ticket booths on the east side of the stadium. After walking back and forth through the huge lines trying to find the right line I went to a window and asked. I was told the will call booth is on the west side of the stadium. OK no problem, so we walked all the way around only to find more huge lines. As we were waiting there, numerous people were complaining that the will call lines were also being used to sell tickets. I walked up to the front of the line and sure enough, there's a guy looking at the seating chart trying to find the seats he wanted. It wasn't that he was in the wrong line either because it clearly said "will call/ticket sales" above the window. What in the hell were they thinking when they combined the two lines? What is the point of selling the tickets online if you are just going to make people stand in the same lines when they show up for the event. I guess the extra convenience fees charged on line were also just a for the hell of it because this situation was not convenient for anyone trying to claim their tickets. Next time we will have our tickets mailed before the event.
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snengineer
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yeah it was pretty bad. I went early in the day to pick up my will call tickets for that very reason, I knew that it would be a long line around 6:30. They wont even put in a stadium parking lot why should we expect anything less with ticket sales?!
Yet IRONICALLY they have an outsourced system in place to order food from you seat and have it delivered by text message.
Did anyone else get free kids tickets ?
I showed up the day of the show and kids tickets were free with a paying adult.
I showed up the day of the show and kids tickets were free with a paying adult.
Yep, any kids 12 and under were free.
I ended up dragging along a couple more than I would have in the first place when the ticket guy told me they were free, and after I saw the "convenience" charge and facilities charge I didn't feel too bad about miking it for all I could.
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Kevco
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Humm very intersting. Parking SUCKS donkey balls! I went to the 1st top of the mountain bowl and rode a shuttle from south towne mall. But the lack of a plan and piss poor orgainization is pure BS! I never knew kids 12 and under were free, I would have put up with all the BS if I'd known that I didnt want my 10 yr old to bail at the 1st sign of froste bite. Just another fine examplwe of why private for proffit biz should STAY PRIVATE!
I got tickets from a scalper
Paid 1/2 price at 10 to 7:00 and walked right in without waiting in line at all.
Just looked around and found someone with a hand full of tickets and talked him down in price. Checked the prices for each section before on line. Didn't miss anything and went for chow during the break between the first and second race.
Tickets in the $30 seats, pizza, hot chocolate.. spent less then $40
Chief
Paid 1/2 price at 10 to 7:00 and walked right in without waiting in line at all.
Just looked around and found someone with a hand full of tickets and talked him down in price. Checked the prices for each section before on line. Didn't miss anything and went for chow during the break between the first and second race.
Tickets in the $30 seats, pizza, hot chocolate.. spent less then $40
Chief
When I called about tickets they told me only kids that were under six were free. They also told me if your kid got in free they would have to sit on your lap and couldn't get a seat of their own. I wasn't about to have my five year old sit on my lap the whole time. Luckly my Bro-in-Law lives close enough he bought the tickets at the stadium. So we didn't have to pay the convience charges. When I went to order them online it was going to be $80 in convience charges and stadium charges for 12 people what a rip off.
The show was really good though and I hope they come back next year.
The show was really good though and I hope they come back next year.
I paid full price for my son! They were not selling anything for half price when I bought my tickets, which was about 4:30. I paid 55.00 for two pretty crappy seats! I asked them for the best they had available.....well......they weren't very good! Sat in Southwest corner.....too low to see full track.
We didn't actually even sit in OUR seats. I got the best they had available too, and couldn't see CRAP!! So I ended up moving to the opposite side of the stadium next to my bro and just sat in some random seats. Got bumped a time or 2 but ended up in a pretty good spot.
I went and got tickets on monday and didnt have a problem. Oh and if your seat was crappy just move to a new one. Its not like the stadium was full. The north end actuall was quite a good view but nobdy was over there. We were on the west side right in front of the freeystyle ramp so that part was cool from where we sat. Allthough we couldn't see the starting line or when they landed after the finish line.
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