Carver
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Summary:
150-200 in queue this a.m 1st thing . (1-1.5 hr wait). Cat 2 should sell out today, guess about 50% of allocation sold, should go down to 200 points.
Detail:
I was no. 10 on the queue this morning, got there just before 6am, car park was open- park in car park 2 off Alan Turing way, the one at the end of Joe Mercer Way i.e. the bridge going over canal to the back of the city store.
You go in entrance W which is on the right at the end of JMW where you fill in a form, you need SC no, date of birth, postcode and meet the relevant criteria on the day. It asks what tickets you want but still had cat 1 there which I knew was not available. The form is then numbered so you can leave the queue and get back in your designated position afterwards. You queue inside the North stand before coming back out to go to the stadium box office (Not the one in the store just to clear up).
I was no. 10 in the queue and there looked to be a wad of about 50 cat 2 tickets- 10 booths so probably about 500 cat 2 tickets left, the saleswoman said the only cat 2 left were by the corner flag.
Don't panic! I was offered row 2 3rd tier straight behind the goal, so as this is an optimum cat 3 ticket I can't see that many 3rd tier tickets behind the goal or cat 4 tickets behind the goal or at the sides (at the back) have been sold.
One of the security guards reckoned it should go down to about 2000 points.
There were about 150 to 200 in the queue at 9am, that's all, I was told it was chaos yesterday (Weds) with quite a few angry people. One bloke in the queue today got shirty with security bloke for letting someone walk up to window and make a 1 minute enquiry (after they had politely asked) as he thought he was pushing in to buy but eventually relented when security guard explained it to him (Good full timer professional blokes on security and very helpful ticket office staff).
So, Cat 2 should sell out today and I would guess, and only guess, that 50% have gone.
A guy next to me asked how many tickets were left, security said everyone keeps asking but the ticket office can't put a figure on it because telephone sales the night before go on untill 11pm and they don't know how many have been sold outside ticket office times when they arrive in the morning. A bit lame as everything goes on a ledger sheet and also on computer so I'm still baffled why they don't update the OS- it's probably to stop people panicking but, I don't know if it's having the desired effect.
Summary:
150-200 in queue this a.m 1st thing . (1-1.5 hr wait). Cat 2 should sell out today, guess about 50% of allocation sold, should go down to 200 points.
Detail:
I was no. 10 on the queue this morning, got there just before 6am, car park was open- park in car park 2 off Alan Turing way, the one at the end of Joe Mercer Way i.e. the bridge going over canal to the back of the city store.
You go in entrance W which is on the right at the end of JMW where you fill in a form, you need SC no, date of birth, postcode and meet the relevant criteria on the day. It asks what tickets you want but still had cat 1 there which I knew was not available. The form is then numbered so you can leave the queue and get back in your designated position afterwards. You queue inside the North stand before coming back out to go to the stadium box office (Not the one in the store just to clear up).
I was no. 10 in the queue and there looked to be a wad of about 50 cat 2 tickets- 10 booths so probably about 500 cat 2 tickets left, the saleswoman said the only cat 2 left were by the corner flag.
Don't panic! I was offered row 2 3rd tier straight behind the goal, so as this is an optimum cat 3 ticket I can't see that many 3rd tier tickets behind the goal or cat 4 tickets behind the goal or at the sides (at the back) have been sold.
One of the security guards reckoned it should go down to about 2000 points.
There were about 150 to 200 in the queue at 9am, that's all, I was told it was chaos yesterday (Weds) with quite a few angry people. One bloke in the queue today got shirty with security bloke for letting someone walk up to window and make a 1 minute enquiry (after they had politely asked) as he thought he was pushing in to buy but eventually relented when security guard explained it to him (Good full timer professional blokes on security and very helpful ticket office staff).
So, Cat 2 should sell out today and I would guess, and only guess, that 50% have gone.
A guy next to me asked how many tickets were left, security said everyone keeps asking but the ticket office can't put a figure on it because telephone sales the night before go on untill 11pm and they don't know how many have been sold outside ticket office times when they arrive in the morning. A bit lame as everything goes on a ledger sheet and also on computer so I'm still baffled why they don't update the OS- it's probably to stop people panicking but, I don't know if it's having the desired effect.