Rumour: Raptors to play pre-season game in Calgary

[GC91]

I was able to get tickets but can we also discuss how frustrating it is to deal with ticketmaster....2 tickets that should have cost me 54.00 (2 tickets at 27.00 as advertised) cost me 74.50....Seems redundant to charge me the service fee twice (8.50) on the same order and a 3.50 service fee on top of that. Just to assign me a seat to an event that I have to go print off on a piece of paper. To me they are just as frustrating and gutless as any scalper jacking the prices up

[johnnyrocket03]

Must have been nice to get through, I was on right at 10 and didn't get a single opportunity.

[RM14]

Why do teams need ticketmaster? Seems like they could cut the middleman at this point.

[Senator Clay Davis]

The thing about Stubhub is just be patient. Very often right around event date there's a ton of tickets left and the sellers need to unload or face getting nothing. I've actually gotten below face value for a few shows even.

[fundmark19]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

The thing about Stubhub is just be patient. Very often right around event date there's a ton of tickets left and the sellers need to unload or face getting nothing. I've actually gotten below face value for a few shows even.

Absolutely. The weird thing is there are no good seats even on Stubhub right now. There were 2 sets of floor tickets with one now gone and nothing in the lowerbowl that would be prime seats.

[Weitz]

Not to mention the fees + 30% currency conversion on stubhub.

[RougeUnderoos]

Yeah, this is another Ticketmaster scam. They sold out the building in the pre-sale apparently, because they were no tickets available when they went on "regular" sale.

Crooks. Makes me sick that I wanted to buy something from these scumbags. But here we are. And I still probably will if the chance comes up.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Ticketmaster has a monopoly, and based on how they structure their contracts with venues, they will have a monopoly for many years to come. Basically no way to fight back against them.

[worth]

I don't see how the whole building could have been sold out in the presale. Did anyone on here get or see a 100 level ticket at all? There is something fishy for sure. I really don't think the building is sold out. There are just not tickets available like 80% of the building is not up for sale at all.

[RM14]

During the pre-sale, the only lower bowl I seen available was in the corners or stage end. But they were available.

I think they priced the game aggressively and it sold out quick. I got some in 2014 row 11 for the $27 FV. I think that's cheaper than roughnecks?

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I'd guess that most of the lower bowl is either part of ticketmasters ongoing scam and we will see them show up on ticketsnow or stubhub or they are all held back as part of other promos.

[RM14]

Do seats in the club section get 1st right of refusal on all events? Cause those would be unavailable automatically. That would leave 3 sections between the goal lines.. 13 rows X 20 seats x 3 sections is only leaves about 800 good lower bowl seats to the public.

[Addick]

Originally Posted by RM14

Why do teams need ticketmaster? Seems like they could cut the middleman at this point.

The overhead costs generated by bringing ticketing in-house.

[Senator Clay Davis]

My favorite part of StubHub is seeing people looking for $200 each for press level. Dare to dream I guess.

Edit: And some fool is looking for $20,000 for floor lol.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by RM14

During the pre-sale, the only lower bowl I seen available was in the corners or stage end. But they were available.

I think they priced the game aggressively and it sold out quick. I got some in 2014 row 11 for the $27 FV. I think that's cheaper than roughnecks?

It can't sell out that quick. It can't sell out in a matter of seconds. There is some crookery going on here, no doubt about it.

I was able to find a (single) similar seat to yours for $76 a few minutes ago. What the hell is that about?

[RM14]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I was able to find a (single) similar seat to yours for $76 a few minutes ago. What the hell is that about?

Not sure where the pricing boundaries are. 214 is just behind the north basket. I bet 213 row 11 is higher priced.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I saw 215 row 1 single ticket for $27. This whole thing seems very poorly rolled out.

[calgarygeologist]

I'm hoping that American Express front of the line will have access to some tickets for the Calgary game. I'm pretty sure they usually have tickets to the Raptors games and they had tickets to the playoff games.

[Pontine]

Originally Posted by worth

I don't see how the whole building could have been sold out in the presale. Did anyone on here get or see a 100 level ticket at all? There is something fishy for sure. I really don't think the building is sold out. There are just not tickets available like 80% of the building is not up for sale at all.

My friend got 4 tickets in section 104 with my presale code. $27+fees for each seat.

[fundmark19]

104 isn't prime viewing section though. I haven't see anything yet 100 section in the middle of the court not behind a basket or in corner