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.
But be sure to read the caveat that shows up, in fine print, at the bottom of the screen during the purchasing process:
"Tickets typically ship within 72 hours, BUT MAY NOT SHIP FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. Your choice of a shipping method does not determine when sellers ship tickets. Please keep this in mind when you select your shipping address. TICKETS WILL ARRIVE AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT (emphasis added)."
In other words: No one is holding tickets yet; those who feel fairly certain they'll get some (legally or unscrupulously) are trying to see how much they might get. They're setting the scale.
You can buy World Series tickets right now, too, if you want, and we don't even know who's playing yet.