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Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Mumford and Sons had a pre-sale lottery through their website on Tuesday, which sold a lot of tickets as well. Probably added to the scarcity of tickets today.
I was lucky enough to get through on the pre-sale but I ended way the hell up in 216, but people who got tickets after me ended up on the floor. Bizzare.
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It's not bizarre at all, it's in the way tickets are strategically released. They don't all come out at once, with first logging in getting the best seats. Yes there are some floor seats right away, but the worst seats are released first. This is to get rid of bad seats, to eager customers, who are just happy to be in the stadium for the show. Shortly after the better seats will start to come out. They know that they can always sell out the floor, even if they release those tickets a few hours before a show. They also know that if it's a few hours before the show, and all that's left are bleeders, then those tickets might go unsold.
There are tickets held back until the day of the concert for promoters, friends and family, etc. similar to the Flames games for players. They also don't have the final configuration of the stage until the concert day, so they release a few more when they have the correct site lines.