The Purple Line / Oct. 28, 2008 at 4:43 pm

Tickets for Obama rally come — and go to waitlist

By Amanda Litman

First posted: 4:43 p.m.
Latest update: 5:10 p.m.

Available tickets for Sen. Barack Obama’s election night rally at Grant Park in downtown Chicago appear to have come and gone quickly on Tuesday.

The link to register for a free ticket was sent to Illinois supporters this afternoon (this reporter received it at 2:30 p.m.), but as of 4:35 p.m., the sign-up page redirects to a wait list.

A staffworker from the press office at the campaign’s headquarters — who declined to give her name because she is not an official campaign representative — said around 5 p.m. that she had not yet heard about this development, but if the Web site said there was a waitlist, then there was a waitlist.

The event will take place on Grant Park’s Hutchinson Field, with gates opening at 8:30 p.m. on November 4.

According to the invitation, “an official printed ticket is required for entrance”, and each ticket will be valid for two people. Tickets will be e-mailed out prior to election night. Security will include metal detectors and bags will not permitted inside the park.

Clarification: The original version of this article gave an incorrect title for a staffworker for the Obama campaign.

Comments

  1. They need to find another million tickets!

    jim p

    October 28, 2008 at 8:28 pm

  2. I need two ticket please

    larry hughes

    October 28, 2008 at 9:20 pm

  3. Would like tickets for 4 people for the Grant Park Event on November 4,2008. One of the people attending is 85 years old, so if possible please help us.

    Would also like to know about the tickets for January 20,2009 in Washington DC. Your prompt attention will be highly appreciated.

    Thank you Jeannie Randle

    Jeannie Randle

    October 29, 2008 at 7:17 am

  4. I would love to have 4 tickets to the Grant Park Rally. Thank you.

    Eric Baines

    October 29, 2008 at 8:27 am

  5. To Bad that the tickets are sold out! This will be a once in a lifetime event!! I will be watching on TV!! GO OBAMA!!!

    Colleen Sterns

    October 29, 2008 at 8:36 am

  6. I agree. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!! I need just two tickets!! Oh well, if not I’ll be watching on TV too, wishing I was there!!!

    Nia Goodwin

    October 29, 2008 at 10:04 am

  7. My grandmother was a member of SCLC in Georgia and I would love to have attended in her honor, to watch as her hopes and dreams come to life. In my lifetime, to see (first hand) that she did not put her life on the line in vein.

    Marion Brewton

    October 29, 2008 at 9:39 pm

  8. I want to be there when history is made!

    Toni Jernigan

    October 30, 2008 at 8:58 am

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