NU Day at Wrigley Field tickets sell out after hundreds stand in line
Tickets for NU Day at Wrigley Field on May 12 sold out by approximately 12:20 p.m. on Monday, according to Norris Box Office staff member Jackie Liotta. The Communication senior said there was still a significant number of students in line when the tickets ran out.
Lines snaked across Norris University Center, into a tent and out onto the back lawn, and students waited for up to several hours. Students paid $10 for a ticket to the Cubs-Padres game and a baseball shirt. The box office allowed one ticket per WildCARD, and up to five WildCARDs per student.
Northwestern Class Alliance, the student group that represents all four classes and coordinates events with alumni, organized the ticket sales. Katie Wesner, assistant director of alumni relations, said there were about 1,500 tickets available for the game. Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. and students began lining up around 8 a.m., Wesner said.
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Good. At least the tickets went to those who (in general) wanted them the most. Not this stupid online system in which some people who don’t even care about the event get tickets.
Diese
April 27, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Why the hell can students buy 5 tickets (bring 5 wildcards) per person? I was near the front of the line when they announced “50 tickets left.” Everyone started freaking out and asking people ahead in line to buy their ticket. That’s not fair for the people who waited 2 hours +.
wtf
April 27, 2009 at 5:45 pm
duhhh some people are in class
anonymous 3
April 27, 2009 at 6:25 pm
i guess you should have asked someone then!
c
April 27, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Amen.
RE: Diese
April 28, 2009 at 12:27 am
agreed
k
April 28, 2009 at 3:18 pm
“Good. At least the tickets went to those who (in general) wanted them the most. Not this stupid online system in which some people who don’t even care about the event get tickets.”
So having hundreds of people have to wait for hours in line and then having a lot of them leave disappointed is worth artificially separating who “wants them the most?” We all pay the SAF…
Jesse Jane
April 28, 2009 at 3:40 pm
“So having hundreds of people have to wait for hours in line and then having a lot of them leave disappointed is worth artificially separating who “wants them the most?” We all pay the SAF…”
In a perfect world, everyone who wanted a ticket would get one because there would be infinite capacity and space. Unfortunately there is a limited amount of tickets and thus the best way to distribute them is a system which provides a disincentive, waiting in line, that allows for tickets to go to those who (in most cases) want them the most. The person who waits 2 hours before the box office even opens probably wants a ticket more than the person who shows up 2 hours after, but not definitely. Both of these people, however, probably want tickets more than someone in class or sitting at a computer just getting a ticket on a whim, because it is convenient, or because they know they can sell it off.
Diese
April 28, 2009 at 4:10 pm