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Post by Viking Hall on May 2, 2023 5:48:18 GMT -5
Something went wrong somewhere, whether it was percentage allocation or what I don't know, but twice we had £400 worth of tickets ready to pay for and twice we were booted. Clearly the system didn't work.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 5:56:58 GMT -5
To my knowledge half of the stadium was open for presales and you could only select every other row. So I assume the other rows that weren't selectable would be released on the 5th.
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Post by ssdrivin on May 2, 2023 6:03:01 GMT -5
If anyone's still looking for tickets that aren't the dirt cheap ones in the gods (and you don't mind paying a bit more), try the Platinum tickets. They're £200+ but there's some left, worth a crack if you're looking for lower tier seating.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on May 2, 2023 6:03:31 GMT -5
I'm always impressed at Ticketmaster's ability to just crap out across the world. That said, it looks like people are starting to get tickets more frequently?
I think regardless of whether it's 30K, 40K or 90K, it's going to be an amazing atmosphere and that's what has me excited about the show.
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Post by discoelysium on May 2, 2023 6:06:30 GMT -5
There's a genuine possibility that they've sold 30-40,000 tickets today based on the assumption that about half the tickets were for the presale and that when I look on on Ticketmaster with the presale code I didn't use the only seat going are the cheapest of seats and the platinum ones.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 2, 2023 6:10:48 GMT -5
Honestly, I’m shocked mine went as smoothly as it did. Especially since I spent most of the weekend making sure I had the money together and expecting to be there longer than I was waiting for any kind of seats.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 6:11:46 GMT -5
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Post by discoelysium on May 2, 2023 6:14:02 GMT -5
When they announced this I thought anything over 40k would be a massive success and looks like they're gonna hit that easily. Going to be the biggest audience for AEW by a massive margin.
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Post by discoelysium on May 2, 2023 6:14:42 GMT -5
Honestly, I’m shocked mine went as smoothly as it did. Especially since I spent most of the weekend making sure I had the money together and expecting to be there longer than I was waiting for any kind of seats. I do wonder how many people had the 9am presale and knew about it. I had no idea I had access until I got an email an 8am today
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 6:17:20 GMT -5
People seem to forget that people from France, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands etc will all be traveling too. It might be a few hundred here and there but it all adds up.
"Haters" will definitely have underestimated this a lot.
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Post by crashmatsbazz on May 2, 2023 6:22:29 GMT -5
got kicked off 3 times this morning, had the pre-sale code and everything, gonna try again tomorrow with 02 priority. sodding ticketmaster
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Post by ssdrivin on May 2, 2023 6:22:52 GMT -5
Honestly, I’m shocked mine went as smoothly as it did. Especially since I spent most of the weekend making sure I had the money together and expecting to be there longer than I was waiting for any kind of seats. I do wonder how many people had the 9am presale and knew about it. I had no idea I had access until I got an email an 8am today I accidentally ended up in the queue for that one, said 2000+, so... at least more than that. They don't tell you how many exactly above that, so hard to say how many more, but it took a while for the queue thing to drop below that.
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Post by Hacksaw Chuggin' on May 2, 2023 6:28:40 GMT -5
Managed to snag 4 for my friends & I. Hyped!
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 2, 2023 6:31:33 GMT -5
I do wonder how many people had the 9am presale and knew about it. I had no idea I had access until I got an email an 8am today I accidentally ended up in the queue for that one, said 2000+, so... at least more than that. They don't tell you how many exactly above that, so hard to say how many more, but it took a while for the queue thing to drop below that. Like, to say how smooth mine went, I had one person ahead of me. 😆
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Post by Cieto on May 2, 2023 6:34:42 GMT -5
The 9am VIP presale was pretty up and down, after a few checkout issues and queue re-entries I'm in - central in section 111.
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Post by Viking Hall on May 2, 2023 6:38:08 GMT -5
If anyone's still looking for tickets that aren't the dirt cheap ones in the gods (and you don't mind paying a bit more), try the Platinum tickets. They're £200+ but there's some left, worth a crack if you're looking for lower tier seating. Thank you so much for this. We're now very poor, but we're also ALL IN! But still, f*** Ticketmaster.
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Post by ssdrivin on May 2, 2023 6:43:56 GMT -5
If anyone's still looking for tickets that aren't the dirt cheap ones in the gods (and you don't mind paying a bit more), try the Platinum tickets. They're £200+ but there's some left, worth a crack if you're looking for lower tier seating. Thank you so much for this. We're now very poor, but we're also ALL IN! But still, f*** Ticketmaster. Amen. My wallet is crying itself dry as we speak. But glad you got tickets!
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Post by discoelysium on May 2, 2023 6:44:37 GMT -5
I've seen a few people on twitter thinking that it's gonna be a sell out based on today's presale. That's still a massively long shot, only half the tickets were available today and that's from likely the majority of the fan base. But do think 50k is within reach now and that would be an incredible number.
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Post by ssdrivin on May 2, 2023 6:46:43 GMT -5
I've seen a few people on twitter thinking that it's gonna be a sell out based on today's presale. That's still a massively long shot, only half the tickets were available today and that's from likely the majority of the fan base. But do think 50k is within reach now and that would be an incredible number. I'd have to think all the really hardcore fans would've signed up for the presales (though there's still more presales to come yet, before general sale in a few days), but all the same, if half the tickets were available today and we were already struggling to get anything that wasn't crazy expensive or at the back of the gods, that's a pretty good sign for AEW.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 6:51:50 GMT -5
I mean resellers would have taken a fair chunk too. I expect even if they sell 60k in total they'll offer more seats as competitions, giveaways and other freebies. Id like to know whats been sold today. I think we'll know in a few hours and they will use it for even more marketing for the general sale. But like above, O2 priority and other presales are still going ahead before the general sale.
Im gutted Regal went back to WWE as he would have had a phenomenal reaction. I hope Tony Khan doesn't think getting lots of UK wrestlers onboard is a necessarily good idea as there aren't many that are an actual draw.
I hope they play it quite safe and use the roster they have. A couple of big debuts will no doubt be fun too. Time to speculate I guess!
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