September 6, 2007
UM didn't think ahead when planning sales
September 5, 2007 shall go down in history as the day of the Elton John ticket debacle at the U of M.
Many fans from Missoula and the surrounding areas, including myself, are rightfully angry. We were denied tickets because the University couldn’t get their shit together. When I say ‘many,’ I mean every person who stood in line for hours at the Adams Center on September 4th to get wristbands. The wristband plan probably looked good on paper to those who could understand it. The University was well intentioned, I suppose; they were simply trying to organize what was sure to be a chaotic event. However, the ticket sales devolved into confusion anyway.
We all assumed that there were a certain amount of tickets allotted to each sale location. For some reason, though, all of the tickets went on sale online and over the phone. Because of a technical snafu, the tickets were sold out before those of us at The Source and other venues in Missoula could figure out what was happening. Finally, around eleven o’clock, someone representing University ticket sales came by and told the increasingly anxious crowd that they had waited for nothing. The entire thing was absolutely ridiculous. Do we not have the right to be angry? Over the two days, I waited in lines for a total of five hours. What did I get? A bright green wristband and a bullshit apology.
I am, to say the least, extremely disappointed with how ticket sales were handled. What is wrong with a first-come-first-served system? It might have been slightly more chaotic, there would have been overnight camping, but fans who took the time to come out to the sale locations and wait would have had a chance to get their tickets.
Catherine Ray, sophomore, psychology/creative writing
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