Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL (June 9th, 10th, & 11th) Roll Call

[Stevie]

Crazy stuff... it was pretty much sold out from the get go, but i kept refreshing while looking into STL, KC and MKE.. All of a sudden it popped up and unlike when it happened to me on the Athens page i was very quick with the clicks.. 

Ended up with two tickets, 3-nights, 3L row EE, one seat from aisle.

Was actually hoping to get Loge, though. If anyone ends up with loge, middle two sections, first couple of rows, i may be willing to talk trade since these seem to be paper tickets. 

[e_wind]

Kinda weird that for almost all other shows it was Will-Call only and for Chicago it says (and I paid for) my tickets to be shipped.

Think it's just an innocent error or is it intentional?

intentional. thats how Columbus is as well. Which is fantastic.

[justbcuzido]

Ground Control f***s up yet again. I can't get any tickets what soever as it says I need a membership. Even though last week they said I could access 10AM presale tickets. I have an email from them stating this to me as I have a valid roll call account.

Unreal....

[MJComp10]

Pretty painless experience for me compared to past Chicago presales (Auditorium Theater 2011 and Pritzker 2012, ugh)....lucky enough to land pit for nights 1 and 3, and then 3L row DD for night 2.  Wish I had extras, but all are spoken for as of now.

Only gripe would be...no will-call option?  In my excitement to checkout, I went ahead and paid for the UPS shipping too (USPS is free).  Much prefer to not worry about checking shipping/mail for the tickets and just get them at the venue...but so it goes. 

Super excited!!! 

[Stevie]

As i figured, there was an element of risk by not going 3 day pass right away.  However, some of you guys did really well by doing that.  If all you need is one more ticket then you are sitting pretty.  I'm actually surprised that people were able to do that well by not going 3 day. 

[mdgsolo]

This reminds me of Pearl Jam's onsales-  they have become such a fiasco.  The problem isn't even so much the system, it's that there is not enough tickets allocated for the fan club.  Sold out in under 30 seconds, really? 

[sabretoothcowboy]

Welp, pretty much a waste of $15 for the 'Digital membership'. Did nothing for me. All seats were already sold out at the moment the supposed Digital membership presale started. Did they even make any available for that? Sorta dumb.

[romedawg]

Damn, those went fast.

thought I missed out but kept clicked back and a GA ticket opened up for the first night!!

Got it at like 10:15   

[ultravisitor]

I'm not even sure why I bothered with Roll Call if they're not going to allocate enough tickets for the fan club as I'm sure tickets will be much easier to get in the other sales.

[LB]

holy hell what a clusterfuck

[CHIMMJFAN]

I tried for 3 nights for a single ticket and got all three nights Section 3R Row GG. Was hoping for PIT but I'm definitely not gonna complain.

I have to say I'm glad my friends bailed out and chose to go to Milwaukee as maybe that helped me get a seat each of the three nights.

CHIMMJFAN

[Stevie]

to be honest, i never would have went with the digital roll call..  if tickets last longer than 30 minutes in the presale then you probably could have just waited for the general on sale anyway.  Maybe the band('s management) just severely underestimated demand. 

Honestly, this was ridiculous.  I don't think Port Chester was like this.  Anyone else remember? 

[Stevie]

I tried for 3 nights for a single ticket and got all three nights Section 3R Row GG. Was hoping for PIT but I'm definitely not gonna complain.

I have to say I'm glad my friends bailed out and chose to go to Milwaukee as maybe that helped me get a seat each of the three nights.

CHIMMJFAN

Nice!  You got the same tickets that i got except you are on Jim side and i'm on Carl side..

[sure_doo]

Very disappointed I wasn't able to purchase any tickets for any of the three shows with my roll call membership.

[e_wind]

to be honest, i never would have went with the digital roll call..  if tickets last longer than 30 minutes in the presale then you probably could have just waited for the general on sale anyway.  Maybe the band('s management) just severely underestimated demand. 

Honestly, this was ridiculous.  I don't think Port Chester was like this.  Anyone else remember?

after today, I think the digital roll call is a seriously fucked up thing to offer. I'm sure it helped me in the end because some people had to wait until 10:30, but GC or whoever is making these decisions are fucking some of the fan base. People paid 15 bucks to not even have a shot at buying tickets 30 minutes after everyone else.

[ericm]

I tried for 3 nights for a single ticket and got all three nights Section 3R Row GG. Was hoping for PIT but I'm definitely not gonna complain.

I have to say I'm glad my friends bailed out and chose to go to Milwaukee as maybe that helped me get a seat each of the three nights.

CHIMMJFAN

Nice! We'll be neighbors for these shows. I got a three nighter in FF on that side too. Bonus is they're being shipped so I'll have hard tix in hand, and won't have to worry about eating them if work throws a monkey wrench in my plans. Right now all looks good for my first ever visit to Chicago.

[ericm]

to be honest, i never would have went with the digital roll call..  if tickets last longer than 30 minutes in the presale then you probably could have just waited for the general on sale anyway.  Maybe the band('s management) just severely underestimated demand. 

Honestly, this was ridiculous.  I don't think Port Chester was like this.  Anyone else remember?

after today, I think the digital roll call is a seriously fucked up thing to offer. I'm sure it helped me in the end because some people had to wait until 10:30, but GC or whoever is making these decisions are fucking some of the fan base. People paid 15 bucks to not even have a shot at buying tickets 30 minutes after everyone else.

I agree when it comes to the tough ticket but there are still tix out there for shows. Eg,MPP still has ga's available as do some others.

FTR, PC presale tix were gone in a flash. Not that many RC's got them compared to the amount that were trying.

[ericm]

Very disappointed I wasn't able to purchase any tickets for any of the three shows with my roll call membership.

Same here.   Completely shut out of Chicago.  Been Roll Call member for 4 years.  I was on my browser for the last hour with a fiber connection and zero luck.   WTF.   Unreal.   So now I have to battle up against the public for those other tickets leftover.

Those other tix left over will be the majority of the theater. I don't believe there were many tix made available, just like for the Port Chester shows. The only thing that will probably take some work is nabbing three single show tix. As of now TM isn't showing a multi night option so that'll make for more work, but I'm betting plenty of tix are in their system, and good ones too.

[ultravisitor]

I just pulled a DD ticket in Chicago for night three. Is it worth it to get it or should I just wait for the other sales this week?

I have one already for night two.

[LB]

so whats the best bet now? will there be Pit tix available for the 3 nights left over? will we just have to buy them individually? will the MMJ site have more 3 day reserved options available?