April 12, 2007

Penn Kids Spending Millions To See Stars Of 1999

Tonight is the first (albeit unofficial, I think) day of Penn's Spring Fling, the annual weekend where Penn kids get drunk highly-organized activities instead of unorganized ones. The biggest event is tonight's tomorrow night's concert, which is headlined by Ben Folds and Third Eye Blind. (For reference, Ben Folds Five opened for The Roots at the concert in 2000.)

The tickets, naturally, sold out in about five minutes, and the group that organizes the show released a few more tix via a lottery. Oh, well, tough break for those who couldn't get in, right. Uh, no.

Yes, one enterprising person set up a website to sell tickets exclusively for tonight's Ben Folds/Third Eye Blind concert. The Daily Pennsylvanian reported tickets were going for prices between $35 and $80.

The site has since been shut down, but tickets are also on sale from Craigslist for about $80 each, and Penn police vow to arrest scalpers in front of the venue at tomorrow's concert. Also, the group organizing the concert is full of snitches, as the co-director said "[w]e have reported it to the Office of Student Conduct." This is the first year in ∞ the concert is actually popular and has scalpers, so naturally the group organizing it wants to shut that down immediately.

Meanwhile, you don't want to know what tickets to a Matchbox 20 concert are going for.

pennbenfoldstickets.com
Fling 2007: Last chance for tickets - at $80? [Daily Pennsylvanian]
March 22: Penn Kids Gonna Party Like It's 1999
April 3: Where Were Penn Kids Going Without Ever Knowing The Way

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March 30, 2007

Online Ticket Sales Allegedly Now Safer

The Pennsylvania House has passed and sent to the Senate a law which gives buyers recourse if they buy tickets off a scalper and they're fake.

Some reps didn't want to vote for the bill, since it "legitimizes an underground economy" and blah blah blah. The bill is not for the fake Ticketmaster tickets guys sell outside of concerts at the Wachovia Center, but for people who get the incorrect seat from an online purchase. In order to give the buyers recourse, businesses selling tickets on the Internet must have a physical presence in Pennsylvania, ha ha hahahaha.

He doesn't say it, but I'd bet Buxco State Rep Tommy Tomlinson passed the bill after getting totally ripped off on some Third Eye Blind/Ben Folds tickets.

Pa. Senate Votes To Regulate Tickets Resold Over The Net [KYW 1060]

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