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sellout shows The LA show sold out in less than 15 minutes.
The Reno show is sold out The Dallas show is almost sold out. A second LA show was been added, and the seats for it are nearly gone as well. Anywhere else where he's sold out our nearly sold out already? I'm not talking about club presales selling out, I'm talking about the whole arena selling out. | |
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alandail said: The LA show sold out in less than 15 minutes.
The Reno show is sold out The Dallas show is almost sold out. A second LA show was been added, and the seats for it are nearly gone as well. Anywhere else where he's sold out our nearly sold out already? I'm not talking about club presales selling out, I'm talking about the whole arena selling out. "Our Man Is Back"!!!  | |
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The second LA show is now down to a few single seats. | |
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2nd LA show sold out now too. Dallas should be the next to sell out. | |
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alandail said: 2nd LA show sold out now too. Dallas should be the next to sell out.
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rafael said: alandail said: The LA show sold out in less than 15 minutes.
The Reno show is sold out The Dallas show is almost sold out. A second LA show was been added, and the seats for it are nearly gone as well. Anywhere else where he's sold out our nearly sold out already? I'm not talking about club presales selling out, I'm talking about the whole arena selling out. "Our Man Is Back"!!! Looks like a lot of people want to hear and see him play the hits again using his old name. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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There are 14 other shows that are nowhere near sold out. In fact, you can even get very good plaza section tix for all of those 14 shows. Hey look, it's The Artist Formely Known To Sell Records    | |
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TheGoldExperience said: There are 14 other shows that are nowhere near sold out. In fact, you can even get very good plaza section tix for all of those 14 shows.
your point is? | |
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gold experience,whats up with you always  seem negative all the time...give prince his props...he will sellout as usual like he has everytime he has come to houston including every show at compaq center well over 18000 since you are so good with numbers prince has sold over
100,000,000 albums..... | |
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TheGoldExperience said: There are 14 other shows that are nowhere near sold out. In fact, you can even get very good plaza section tix for all of those 14 shows.
I don't know what you mean by "plaza section" but the only seats you can buy for the Ohio shows are up in the rafters...and it's been that way since the first day they went on sale. Pretty impressive, if you ask me. No confusion, no tears. No enemies, no fear. No sorrow, no pain. No ball, no chain.
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alandail said: TheGoldExperience said: There are 14 other shows that are nowhere near sold out. In fact, you can even get very good plaza section tix for all of those 14 shows.
your point is? My point is that, most of you fans are living in lalala land if you think this tour is selling well. What I'm doing is giving you a reminder of what's really happening. Hey look, it's The Artist Formely Known To Sell Records | |
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nusole said: gold experience,whats up with you always
seem negative all the time...give prince his props...he will sellout as usual like he has everytime he has come to houston including every show at compaq center well over 18000 since you are so good with numbers prince has sold over
100,000,000 albums..... Gee, that's funny, I was just going to say what's up with certain fans who think sales are going well, when in reality they're not. Btw, Prince has not sold over 100 million albums - it's 75 million. However, he might have sold over 100 million albums and singles... Also, The Compaq Center (before it's demise last year) held 16,000 tops and not 18,000. And with a 180 or 270 degrees end stage configuration (in which most arena configurations are set up with), it would reduce that capacity to 12-13,000. [This message was edited Thu Mar 4 19:17:46 2004 by TheGoldExperience] Hey look, it's The Artist Formely Known To Sell Records | |
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theblueangel said: I don't know what you mean by "plaza section" but the only seats you can buy for the Ohio shows are up in the rafters...and it's been that way since the first day they went on sale. Pretty impressive, if you ask me.
"Plaza" means the main bleacher section in the arena (which makes up roughly 2/3 of the overall capacity of most arena sized venues). All of the Ohioan shows currently on sale still have plenty of seats left in the plaza section and are nowhere near sold out. [This message was edited Thu Mar 4 19:22:24 2004 by TheGoldExperience] Hey look, it's The Artist Formely Known To Sell Records | |
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The first two stops of the tour are sold out. The 3rd stop is 2/3 sold, The 4th stop of the tour is nearly sold out - should sell out in a day or two. The cleveland stop is 75-80% sold. In cleveland, not only is the "plaza section" running out, the nosebleed seats are sold at least 8 rows deep already. The 2nd LA stop is sold out.
Sure, there are other stops that haven't sold as many seats. Places he won't be at for another month or more. Watch those sales take off too with the publicity he'll get this month. Overall, I'd say the sales thus far are quite impressive for someone who hasn't had a hit in a decade. | |
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alandail said: The 3rd stop is 2/3 sold
Wrong. alandail said: The cleveland stop is 75-80% sold. In cleveland, not only is the "plaza section" running out, the nosebleed seats are sold at least 8 rows deep already.
Wrong. alandail said: Sure, there are other stops that haven't sold as many seats. Places he won't be at for another month or more.
Right. alandail said: Watch those sales take off too with the publicity he'll get this month. Overall, I'd say the sales thus far are quite impressive for someone who hasn't had a hit in a decade.
I don't think any of the sales are impressive, apart from LA, Reno and Dallas. We'll see if they take off...I hope you're right. Hey look, it's The Artist Formely Known To Sell Records | |
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TheGoldExperience said: alandail said: The 3rd stop is 2/3 sold
Wrong. Right. alandail said: Watch those sales take off too with the publicity he'll get this month. Overall, I'd say the sales thus far are quite impressive for someone who hasn't had a hit in a decade.
I don't think any of the sales are impressive, apart from LA, Reno and Dallas. We'll see if they take off...I hope you're right. Nah, let's hope they don't take off at all, and Prince has to play in the round in our living rooms for tofu money. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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TheGoldExperience said: "Plaza" means the main bleacher section in the arena (which makes up roughly 2/3 of the overall capacity of most arena sized venues). All of the Ohioan shows currently on sale still have plenty of seats left in the plaza section and are nowhere near sold out. Thanks for explaining that. I just checked Cleveland and you can buy first price tier tickets in section 114...which is strange, because yesterday I was only pulling up seats in the 200s...Ticketmaster's weird like that though. Still, I wouldn't say based on that ticket sales are going slower than anticipated...dude, this is 2004 and this is Prince. Despite the Grammys and everything else, most people still have no clue or interest. It will definitely take a concerted marketing effort to make this tour a hit...and some amazing early reviews wouldn't hurt either...it can easily be done, so we'll see if he/they pull(s) it off. For Columbus I can get 215, which is the "middle bowl" "club level" - but still full-price. Sounds pretty hideous to me...I'm kinda scared of the venues, I'll admit to that. [This message was edited Fri Mar 5 5:30:20 2004 by theblueangel] No confusion, no tears. No enemies, no fear. No sorrow, no pain. No ball, no chain.
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FYI, for the second week in a row "they" have failed to place even a small ad in either of Columbus' two "alternative" news and entertainments weeklies....which is where many people I know find out about concerts. I know there was an ad in the Columbus Dispatch, but only Republicans read that tired old rag. 
I can guarantee you that the show would be selling more tickets if there was a nice ad in both of these papers. But, whatever. There's plenty of time. And it doesn't really matter to me one way or the other, except I want Prince to be in a good mood. No confusion, no tears. No enemies, no fear. No sorrow, no pain. No ball, no chain.
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The only way to get an idea of how well sales are going is to try to buy 2 tickets. Single isolated seats aren't really meaningful until you can no longer buy a pair - and they are then only meaningful to officially make it a sell out.
Look for pairs of tickets in cleveland, the only thing that comes up when I check are sections 113, 114, 103, 104, 131, 130, 121, 120. From the seating chart, these sections do not face the stage, but instead or at an angle to the stage. https://a248.e.akamai.net.../5095s.gif If you try for the $45 tickets, again the only thing that comes up (at least for me), are the seats directly behind these sections. Unless someone else finds pairs of tickets in sections like 109, C109, I will still say cleveland is 75% sold out. | |
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alandail said: The only way to get an idea of how well sales are going is to try to buy 2 tickets.
I did that and there's plenty of seats left. Hey look, it's The Artist Formely Known To Sell Records | |
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TheGoldExperience said: alandail said: The only way to get an idea of how well sales are going is to try to buy 2 tickets.
I did that and there's plenty of seats left. um - no there isn't - I see now how they are selling them (in cleveland) - they started in the middle and worked their way out to the sides. Two days ago, they were selling 113, 104, 121, 130, last night they were selling 114, 103, 120, and 131. Now they are on to 101, 116, 118, 133. After that, there is only 117 and 110. The top is working it's way towards the end, and has a few more sections to go. By the end of the weekend, the expensive seats will be gone, and the top will be running out as well. | |
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now that I think I figured out how ticketmaster is distrubuting the tickets, I took another look at some of the shows (doing searches for 2 tickets)
Reno - sold out Staples center - sold out in 11 minutes Glendale, AZ - 85% sold Dallas, TX - 90% sold - expensive seats gone Pittsburg - 50% Columbus - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Cleveland - 80% - expensive seats almost gone University Park, PA - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Tampa, FL - 75% - expensive seats are gone Jacksonville, FL - 80% Birmingham, AL - 75% - expensive seats are gone Staples center (again) - sold out Vegas show 1 - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Bossier City, LA - 70% - expensive seats almost gone The other 5 shows on sale at ticketmaster appear to be less than 50% sold right now. So 14 of 19 shows are more than 50% sold, 3 sell outs, another 7 shows 70% or more full, 3 more shows at 60% with the expensive seats nearly gone. | |
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alandail said: now that I think I figured out how ticketmaster is distrubuting the tickets, I took another look at some of the shows (doing searches for 2 tickets)
Reno - sold out Staples center - sold out in 11 minutes Staples center (again) - sold out Dallas, TX - 90% sold - expensive seats gone Pittsburg - 50% Right. And btw, in case you haven't figured this out, ticketmaster don't distribute tickets without fans specific orders. Fans order tickets based on where they want to sit, depending where the best available tickets are left, obviously. alandail said: Glendale, AZ - 85% sold
Pittsburg - 50% Columbus - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Cleveland - 80% - expensive seats almost gone University Park, PA - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Tampa, FL - 75% - expensive seats are gone Jacksonville, FL - 80% Birmingham, AL - 75% - expensive seats are gone Staples center (again) - sold out Vegas show 1 - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Bossier City, LA - 70% - expensive seats almost gone The other 5 shows on sale at ticketmaster appear to be less than 50% sold right now. So 14 of 19 shows are more than 50% sold, 3 sell outs, another 7 shows 70% or more full, 3 more shows at 60% with the expensive seats nearly gone. Wrong. Many of the highest priced tickets (most of them at the $75 level) for all shows, except Dallas, LA & Reno are left in the plaza sections of each arena, as I check every single day. It's impossible to estimate how ticket sales are doing the way you're going about it. For example, the only way you would know if Bossier City really was 70% full (which it isn't) is if you worked for Prince or TicketBastard. A basic estimation would be more like 25%, 50%, or 75%... Hey look, it's The Artist Formely Known To Sell Records | |
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ok mr gold i bet you what ever you can that when prince comes to houston it will sell out.... | |
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TheGoldExperience said: alandail said: now that I think I figured out how ticketmaster is distrubuting the tickets, I took another look at some of the shows (doing searches for 2 tickets)
Reno - sold out Staples center - sold out in 11 minutes Staples center (again) - sold out Dallas, TX - 90% sold - expensive seats gone Pittsburg - 50% Right. And btw, in case you haven't figured this out, ticketmaster don't distribute tickets without fans specific orders. Fans order tickets based on where they want to sit, depending where the best available tickets are left, obviously. wrong - there is no way at ticketmaster.com to specify where you want your seats. Perhaps in person you can do that, but that would mean that it's even more full than my approach would indicate, because the sections the online allocation hasn't gotten to yet would already have seats sold. alandail said: Glendale, AZ - 85% sold
Pittsburg - 50% Columbus - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Cleveland - 80% - expensive seats almost gone University Park, PA - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Tampa, FL - 75% - expensive seats are gone Jacksonville, FL - 80% Birmingham, AL - 75% - expensive seats are gone Staples center (again) - sold out Vegas show 1 - 60% - expensive seats almost gone Bossier City, LA - 70% - expensive seats almost gone The other 5 shows on sale at ticketmaster appear to be less than 50% sold right now. So 14 of 19 shows are more than 50% sold, 3 sell outs, another 7 shows 70% or more full, 3 more shows at 60% with the expensive seats nearly gone. Wrong. Many of the highest priced tickets (most of them at the $75 level) for all shows, except Dallas, LA & Reno are left in the plaza sections of each arena, as I check every single day. It's impossible to estimate how ticket sales are doing the way you're going about it. For example, the only way you would know if Bossier City really was 70% full (which it isn't) is if you worked for Prince or TicketBastard. A basic estimation would be more like 25%, 50%, or 75%... If I'm right, by tomorrow the only $75 seats you'll find in cleveland are sections 100 or 117, and that by the end of the weekend, you won't be able to find a pair of $75 seats - if you're right, a week from now you'll still be able to find a pair of $75 seats in cleveland. | |
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looks like atlanta will be added to the sellout list soon | |
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and Prince will easily make this list for 2004 from this tour.
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Your theories about ticketbastard (and most other things) don't make sense at all. Hey look, it's The Artist Formely Known To Sell Records | |
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TheGoldExperience said: Your theories about ticketbastard (and most other things) don't make sense at all.
sure they do - I've been watching the cleveland sales today and it's doing pretty much what I thought - last night they were working through section 101, today the tickets are walking their way up section 133. Lets see where the first pair of tickets not in section 133 show up for cleveland. It'll either be in one of the matching sections (101, 116, 118), or will be on one of the last two sections (100, 117). If they show up anywhere else in the expensive seats, then I'm wrong. btw: atlanta is down to about 100 seats left. | |
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TheGoldExperience said: Your theories about ticketbastard (and most other things) don't make sense at all.
----- Why on God's green earth are you worried about Prince 's ticket sales. He has sold out the LA date and the Atlanta date not bad for a guy who has not had a hit record since 1999. Some of the shows are month away and my sell-out or be close by the time the date arrives. He is doing as much publicity as he can. We are in a tight economy and if he can sell out any of these venue it's great. You are desperate to find something negative about this tour. I wonder if the fans of Bruce Springsteen or the Rolling Stones sitting around doing this, | |
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