Discuss Tickets

Tickets for the Sanford Sports Basketball Blast between Augustana and the University of South Dakota went on sale at 10 a.m. today. The tickets will be available at the Arena Box Office and at online ticket vendors, including Vividseats.com.

In spite of the coming Christmas holidays, the Seattle Mariners tickets are rising in price.  So be prepared to take a hit in the wallet. It is connected with the fact that the Mariners have overcome many expenses during the offseason. Though in vain. Besides, they have not been able to fill their two most glaring needs — two starting pitchers — either in a trade or by signing a free agent.

Tickets for 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Michigan International Speedway will become available to the public on Saturday! In order to stimulate sales during the coming holiday season the track is offering a “Half Now, Half Later” payment plan. It means that people (new customers only) who will buy tickets between Saturday and Feb. 17, can pay 50% of the price immediately, and the other half before March 11.

The tickets for the first amusing light show planned for the Kingston Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre will be on sale tomorrow. Starting at 10 a.m. tomorrow until midnight Thursday you can log onto the Hip website and find a link to purchase the best tickets. The profit gained from ticket sales will go to young and perspective local non-profit groups Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and Camp Trillium.

Ryanna Fierick and Emily D’Amico are ten-year-old fans of Hannah Montana. The girls know every word and move of Miley Cyrus. The pop artist’s concert tour sold out months ago. It outsold and out-priced legendary performers, like Bruce Springsteen. Bill Bailey, program director and radio personality at WLHT, said that Hannah Montana is a true phenomenon. It has brought a lot of excitement. Many people have been interested in winning the precious Hannah Montana tickets.

Robbie Williams, Radiohead, and Arctic Monkeys joined calls Tuesday for a levy to be added to concert tickets resold on the web in order to allow musicians to claw back some of the profits that are made by touts and fans. The acts’ managers said the move was vital to bring some regulation and rigor to the ticket market, which they described as “the wild west”. It was proposed to establish a Resale Rights Society, which would collect a fee from each concert ticket sold on eBay and other websites.

The great musician Garth Brooks has sold over 85,000 tickets in less than an hour for 5 upcoming shows in LA. Although Garth Brooks was previously scheduled for only 1 live performance, he will now play 2 concerts on January 25 (at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.) and 3 concerts on January 26 (at 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 10 p.m.) at the Staples Center. All proceeds from Garth Brooks’ shows will benefit recent fire victims and firefighters in CA.

The 35-year old Jody Powell hung on to a 3.5-metre statue of “Hannah Montana” for 6 days to win concert tickets to a sold-out show by Miley Cyrus. The concert of the star of the Disney Channel Television show will be held next week in Tampa. 20 contestants started on November 8, placing a hand on the 180-kilogram statue in the parking lot of radio station WFLZ-FM, which is the contest’s sponsor. The participants were allowed twelve-minute breaks every 3 hours and got catered meals.