Garth Brooks tickets to go on sale Saturday; line starts Thursday

Garth Brooks tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for his Nov. 14 show at the Sprint Center.

Says Ticketmaster:

Sales to Garth Brooks' November 14th performance at the Sprint Center in Kansas City will be restricted to residents of Missouri and Kansas, and portions of Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Residency based on credit card billing address. Orders by residents outside specified areas will be cancelled without notice and refunds given. In the event that exceptional ticket demand warrants the scheduling of additional Kansas City concert performances, additional regions and states will be opened for ticket sales.

Tickets can be purchased any of three ways:

* On Ticketmaster.com

* By phone at one of three numbers:

Kansas City 816-931-3330;

Topeka 785-234-4545

St Joseph 816-232-3322

* Or in person at any Ticketmaster outlet. These sales are cash only.

Here's how in-person sales will go down, according to Garth's management:

Random numbered wristbands will be given out at the outlets and the Sprint Center Box Office beginning 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, through 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, or while supplies last.

The wristband does not guarantee a ticket, only a place in line. The wristband will be placed on your left wrist, and wristband holders must return to the same location they received their wristband by or before 845AM Saturday, Oct. 6th. If wristband holders show up after 8:45 a.m. then they must go to the "late line."

Everybody with a wristband has a chance to be first in line if they arrive by or before 8:45 a.m. Those fans without wristbands will be allowed to line up behind wristband holders.

You must be at least 12 years old and able to be in line unaccompanied. There will be a six ticket limit. Cash only at the Sprint Center and all outlets. You do not need a wristband to order online or to charge by phone

TICKET PRICES: PAY THE FOLLOWING AND NO MORE!:

Sprint Center Box Office: $25.00 plus $2.50 taxes and user fee: $27.50, cash only

Ticketmaster outlets: $27.50 plus $3.50 service charge: $31, cash only

Ticketmaster.com and participating charge by phone numbers: $27.50 plus $5: $32.50.

Garth Brooks wristband procedures:

Cash is the only accepted method of payment.

Ticket price, inclusive of all fees, will be $31 per ticket and there is a limit of six tickets.

Wristbands will be issued at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, through 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, or until supplies run out. If you arrive at a store after wristbands have been depleted or after 7 p.m. Friday, you will go to the “late line” on Saturday, Oct. 6, behind those with wristbands.

Wristband customers must return to the ticket center where the wristband was obtained by 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6th. At that time, wristband holders will be lined up in numerical order. If you arrive after 8:45 a.m., your wristband will be voided and you will go to the “late line.”

One wristband per customer; it will be put on by ticket center employee, on the left wrist.

You must be 12 years of age or older and able to stand in line unaccompanied to participate in the wristband procedure.

A wristband does not guarantee you a ticket, only a place in line.

Wristbands are non-transferable. If you tamper with the wristband, it will be voided and you will go to the “late Line”

The starting wristband number will be announced at each ticket center at9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6.

Once the starting wristband number is announced, the customer wearing the wristband that matches the starting number will be first in line. For example: If wristbands 1-100 where issued, and wristband No. 10 was drawn, the line would start with 10, then 11, 12 13 through 100, then 1-9.

When the starting wrist band number is announced, the line will shift accordingly.

Tickets will be sold on a best-available basis.

Customers are allowed only one transaction per event; there will be a six-ticket limit.

You must remain orderly.

“Late Line” customers can start lining up first-come/first-serve at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, in the designated area for “Late Line.” Ticket center assumes no responsibility for unforeseen technical problems.

The “Late Line” is for any customer who does not have a wristband or who has had a wristband voided.

The “Late Line” will line up behind the wristband line once the final wristband line has been formed based on the starting number announced.

Anyone who receives a wristband has a chance to be first in line. There is no need to camp out.

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone that does not abide by the policies above.

TICKET CENTERS

Ticketmaster outlets in Missouri (St. Louis outlets not eligible).

Ticketmaster outlets in Kansas.

Comments

[formerkcer]

this won't be pure mayhem. i'd be intrigued to know if they'll be requiring local ID. i'd assume not since cash only.

[Larry]

So how does this solve any of the ticket issues, if you can still buy them online?

[Goofy]

Sure it won't be mayhem until only the first two people get tickets.

[formerkcer]

meant the mayhem thing sarcastically, i'm half contemplating getting some old friends at MU to stand in line down their. you're correct in that this doesn't shed great light on how the online process works, and I can only wait for the first story of someone being assaulted at Independence center for one of these bracelets.

[Bob]

you can't steal a bracelet. Have you ever been to a bar where you get one of these? they ARE NOT REMOVABLE.

And I would assume this means a certain % would be allotted to wristbands.

[Adam]

You have to have a billing address of one of the surrounding states for your credit card to buy them online or via phone.

[Tim]

Gee, remember the good old days when you and a buddy would spend the night out in front of Caper's Corner pounding down a case of beer waiting for the door to open the next morning to buy your concert tickets?

[David Frese]

In addition to the wristbands, tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com or charged by phone
Kansas City 816-931-3330;

Topeka 785-234-4545

St Joseph 816-232-3322

[Debi]

I went through a similar process when he last toured in 1998. I was living in Las Vegas, where locals never get tickets to affordable shows because the brokers and casinos snap them all up. At that time I was really impressed at how well this complicated mess truly made it more possible to get seats. And on his part, Garth did an amazing thing: When the first show sold out, he announced another date and the line kept moving with tickets for it. When it sold out, he added a third show... then a fourth! So he ended up playing 4 sold out concerts, I believe everyone in the lines got tickets and we all got to see an amazing show for the whopping price of $15 a seat. Not saying it'll happen like that here, but I know I stood in line for a wrist band with low hopes, but it worked for me.

[Paul]

I'm hoping they go with more than one show and I'll take my chances online.

[formerkcer]

Bob, i presume they're going to use the plastic one's as I don't imagine the paper ones could survive two showers(Fri. & Sat.) not withstanding, i can recall wriggling out of the paper ones as an Undergrad to get full weekends use.

i hope this does sate the city's hunger for Garth, but this approach will prove to be the exception rather than the rule.

face facts, you have an awful lot of folks that have the means to flout the "good ole' days method," and will continue to drive the prices up. given 8 hours, would you rather work a days work or put in OT to guarantee good seats or spend that 8 hours loitering for a chance at some. I'd choose the former, but i know there will be fans of the latter.

[Beth]

Ok, though, I'm in Texas, and the TickerMaster info says if the demand is high enough from outlying areas, there may be more shows. Great, but how will they know if the demand is great enough if we can't order tickets from Texas????

[Chris]

If you go to Ticketmaster.com, it says online sales are restricted to people living in Missouri, Kansas, and parts of Iowa and Nebraska. If you try paying with a credit card with a billing address outside the region, your purchase will be declined.

[Josh P]

I guess their solution for the problem is to make it a major pain in the butt to get them.

[Beth]

So we should just clog it up for the rest of you!?! That is just not the way I like to operate! Seems rude to blog down the system when I know up front that I'll be denied!! They need another plan!!

[HelloGoodbye]

I don't know anyone willing to go through all of that for a ticket. Unbelievable.

[Bob]

Funny, nobody bitched this much when this is how he did ALL of his concerts back in 1998.

[Beth]

True, but back then he wasn't saying thanks to all his fans "everywhere" and the Walmart shoppers "everywhere" except in the following states.........

[T-Dev]

Rumor is that the wristbands are limited to around 300 per location.

I did this when he came here in '96. Stood in line got the bracelet. We lined up and I ended up with tickets 13 rows back on the floor for the 2nd show. I didn't even know we were on to a second night until I purchased the tix.

TM does say on there website that once the additional shows are added the residency restriction on credit card purchases will be dropped. Soooo, those of you who dont choose to live here will have a chance as well, so quit the whining...(Theres a five dollar fine--no wait, he's dead. Sorry Chris, we miss you too.)

[jmorris229]

give the guy a break! there is no ironclad way to please everybody, but he is at least trying to do the best he can. if only some of the other touring acts would be so appreciative of their fans rather than their pocketbooks, we might get back to more affordable concert tickets.
hooray for garth! long live the king!!!

[Beth]

presentation is everything!! a comeback concert would be one thing!! an "i miss the excitement" concert is one thing, but to make a big deal out of how this is to honor fans, shoppers, listeners--then alienate a huge chunk.......

[ticketbastard]

If online sales start at the same time as the ticket offices do, and it's possible for a show to sell out in 3 minutes (Hannah Banana), how many people standing in line will actually get to purchase tickets in 3 minutes... maybe 2? Maybe only 1 if the first person in line is a "dancer" and paying with $1 dollar bills.

[Willie]

Since they start selling tickets online at the same time as at these locations I would assume, or at least hope that a certain number of tickets are allotted to wrist band locations. Otherwise, as the poster above stated only a couple people per location will be able to get tickets.

[M]

How many tickets is Wal-Mart holding back as a special "thank you" to their stock holders? I mean, this show is all for them and all.

[Brett Mitchell]

Does anyone know where I can find information on which 'parts' of the outlying states are included. I'm from Nebraska and I can't find it anywhere.

[Mary Ferguson]

WHEN IS THE CONCERT !!!!???!!!

[Tim Finn]

If you're in southeast Nebraska, even as far north as Nebraska City, give it a shot. Or if you can get a Kansas or Missouri country radio station, you might be eligible. Otherwise: Wait. I'd be really surprised if severa; more shows aren't on the way somewhere.

[Tim Finn]

... the concert is Nov. 14.

[tknogk]

Just checked the Ticketmaster site and this has been added to the earlier message "New Rose, Inc. f/s/o Garth Brooks is hopeful that those fans in the immediate area and general region will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for the November 14th Kansas City concert. In the event that exceptional ticket demand warrants the scheduling of additional Kansas City performances, New Rose, Inc. is hopeful that ticket supplies will meet the demand of those fans in outside areas." Any ideas what this means in plain English not double speak?

[tinka777]

Nice work, Garth- only certain people can buy tickets- and the tickets are only $27.50!!!??? Those ticket scalpers in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma are gonna make a mint.

[D.D.]

I love Garth and have wanted to see him for years, I was so excited he was doing this concert until I went online and found I could not buy tickets since I dont live in the states they are available to. I'm glad he keeps the prices down for us fans I only wish it was open to all his fans not just some.

[Gail]

OMG!!! Ya'll are so lucky... I'm in NYC and have never seen Garth live... For those who get to be there: "Enjoy.. be safe and tell Garth I love him!!!"... haha

[Kris]

I thought the sales will start at 8:45 for the wristband holders (9 if you're late), and 10:00 for online and phone. Is it all at 10? I hope I get to go!!!

[Alissa]

I am not a country music fan, but I think that its cool that he would make this system so that his fans can get a ticket. Way better than them wanting to charge two or three houndred dollars for a ticket.

[Alt-Country fan]

It's cool that Garth is keeping his ticket prices at a reasonable level, especially when has-beens like Billy Joel are charging 95 bucks for fans to hear him go through the motions again. Having said that, I have always put Garth Brooks in the same category as Toby Keith (and Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Kenny Chesney, etc.), in that they are everything that is WRONG with Country music today, and frankly I wouldn't pay 25 cents to see Girth, ooops, Garth Brooks, let alone 25 bucks....but more power to y'all!!

[Dane]

Garth Brooks should not be mentioned in the same sentence as Toby Kieth, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland or Kenny Chesney. Completely different music and time.

[Alt-Country fan]

What's the difference, Dane?? It's all watered-down, schmaltzy, populist fluff, played by people who wanted so bad to be Rock Stars, but weren't cool enough. Garth Brooks BEGAT third-rate artists like Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney and that worthless rube, Toby Keith. Their music has an absolute scarcity of soul, wit, or intelligence. Not only should Garth be mentioned in the same sentence, he literally WROTE the sentence! But again, my point is that at least I respect him for keeping ticket prices low, although I'll bet his show is as exciting as a Jeff Foxworthy marathon on Comedy Central.....

[ralphralph]

Kudos to Brooks for at least trying to keep the tix affordable. He can't do that much to deter scalpers, but this method might give real people a shot. He has a history of that kind of attitude. I like him more than I like his music. :)
Predictions: #1 - it's gonna a be nuts at ticket time, and I'd give the first show about 90 seconds to sell out. #2 - he could add about as many shows as he wants, and he'll draw people from Minneapolis to Matamoros. #3 - I'm gonna need help trying to decide whether to stake out the 'suggested parking' at 7th and Wyandotte or at 8th and Charlotte ....???!!!!!!????!!! My word, that evokes images of a walk back to the car that could get so long and so interesting in so many ways ...
Maybe Clay's Choo-Choo will run past Sprint Center some day.

[Tammy]

I finally got tickets...but it is for the 9th not the 14th...they are also having a show in the 7th..don't know how many he will have...but I made 2 kids happy

[Christmas Bands]

I never heard his song. I love country music that is why I have this urge to hear his songs.

[AC Repair St. Pete]

Oh my, Nov.14 is fast approaching, I bit everyone is excited for this show. ;)

[Hermes Jypsiere]

but I made 2 kids happy

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