Big Changes for Warehouse Ticketing for the 2010 Tour

[Sodamnlucky1992]

* BEST AVAILABLE: Members who select "Best Available" will have the greatest chance of being confirmed for tickets to the show, and, if selected, may be confirmed for tickets within ANY of the price levels, based on available tickets in the Warehouse allotment at each level. If a member selects Best Available and there are both Reserved and General Admission (GA) areas, if chosen to be confirmed for tickets, the member may be confirmed for either Reserved or GA tickets.

* AMPHITHEATRES: In general, for concerts held in amphitheatre venues with a multiple price level offering in the Pavilion, members who choose tickets for a specific price level may be confirmed for any of the ticket levels offered at that price. For example, if a member selects GA Pit Standing, they may be confirmed for the GA Pit Standing or the next level/s of Pavilion Reserved Seating at the same price (if offered) based on availability. However, if there are no remaining tickets available at the same price, these members will be eliminated from the confirmation process and will not be assigned to a lower price level such as Rear Pavilion or GA Lawn.

* ARENAS: For concerts held in arenas, the Warehouse may offer tickets in a 360-degree configuration around an end-stage. In all arenas there will be GA Floor Standing on the Arena Floor, with Reserved Seating in the Lower and Upper Arena Seats. Members who request GA Floor Standing will only be considered for that level. Members who request Reserved Arena Seats will be confirmed for Lower or Upper Arena seating only.

* STADIUMS: For concerts held in stadiums there will be GA Field Standing and Reserved Grandstand seating. Members who request GA Field Standing will only be considered for tickets in that level. Members who request Reserved Grandstand seats will be considered for multiple price level seating within the Grandstands if offered.

To sum it up, some amphitheatres will take out part of there lower pavilion and have General Admission. and stadiums/arenas floors will be GA

[Kim]

The guidelines also included this sentence before the the breakdown of Best Available, Amphitheatres, Arenas and Stadiums:

Dave Matthews Band will offer tickets in multiple price levels for certain events and does offer tickets throughout the entire venue.

So GA Pit may not be available for all venues.

This is pretty interesting.

[Jenny]

Pretty interesting indeed.

[Dave I]

GA pit is not available at all venues, I can speak for sure for Alpine and Riverbend and West Palm... DMB has had seats there for every show I've attended at the respective venues.

The stadium shows are honestly the only shows I've been to with GA seats up front.

[joyrider86]

so with this coming out...should we be expecting dates soon?

[Steph]

I would say dates are coming ASAP.

I'm not thrilled about a GA pit. The Gorge seating area for instance is nutty as it is. I don't want to be smashed in even further. This will only increase the idiocy that is unfortunately becoming more and more prevalant at DMB shows.

[freerider59102]

Originally Posted by Steph

I'm not thrilled about a GA pit. The Gorge seating area for instance is nutty as it is. I don't want to be smashed in even further. This will only increase the idiocy that is unfortunately becoming more and more prevalant at DMB shows.

Agreed - I wouldn't enjoy a GA pit at the Gorge at all. Nothing about it is appealling to me...

[joyrider86]

Originally Posted by Steph

I would say dates are coming ASAP.

I'm not thrilled about a GA pit. The Gorge seating area for instance is nutty as it is. I don't want to be smashed in even further. This will only increase the idiocy that is unfortunately becoming more and more prevalant at DMB shows.

GA pits are the worst IMO...but they have their pros and cons.

pro: If you are small you can manage your way towards the front. I'm not that's why they suck. Pretty much all the DMB Europe shows are GA

con: If you happen to get to the partition (front row) first, make sure you're ready to stay there standing for a couple hours. Move your feet lose your seat type deal. I did that in Wolverhampton and I was so dehydrated by the end of the show. Finally you have the whole crowd jumping right behind you, and it gets really hot...really fast.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by WhoaDave04

GA pit is not available at all venues, I can speak for sure for Alpine and Riverbend and West Palm... DMB has had seats there for every show I've attended at the respective venues.

The stadium shows are honestly the only shows I've been to with GA seats up front.

But they can remove seats. I know that the floor seats at some amphitheatres are different than the rest of the pavilion. I am hoping this is an experimental thing at some venues this year and not all of them.

Can you imagine how much this would suck at Alpine? You've already got so many people sneaking into pavilion from the lawn and now they'd be heading straight down to the front.

[Dwill26]

This is the worst idea I have ever heard.