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#1 twentieth

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Posted 07 September 2011 - 01:41 PM

Every time I try and buy a "W" ticket with companion tickets to a football game I am confronted with a different story. Half the time they are "sold out" or I am getting the "last" ticket. My most recent experience I got "lucky" because someone cancelled at the last second and a "W" ticket became available, but with "only one" companion ticket. (I had to leave my two sons at home).
When I arrived at the event there were at least 12 empty "W" and companion seats in the Wheelchair section. They stayed empty through the entire game. What bullshit! Anyone have similar experiences?
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#2 allis53ca

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Posted 07 September 2011 - 08:32 PM

month ago tics for concert in cheyenne...1pm, 2 w tics left and one had no comp seat...call back 1:20 and 8 w tics all with a comp...get to concert, 4 w/c in whole arena and a/b's in fold up chairs in all the w spots...

#3 tomsov

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Posted 09 September 2011 - 08:58 PM

seeing the bulls play at the united center was actually fairly easy. i got one "w" ticket with 7 companion seats with no problem. i dealt directly with the united center though

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Posted 10 September 2011 - 02:59 AM

Were you going through the box office at the stadium or were you going through something like "Ticketmaster"? We've had issues when going through "Ticketmaster" but not with the venue itself. :dunno:
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Posted 11 September 2011 - 04:38 PM

My husband and I just attended a Cleveland Indians evening game and had no problems at all. We bought our tickets online thru the CI website. Before we could actually buy the tickets, we were contacted via phone almost immediately by an accessibility staff member to help us choose the best seats. The attendants in our section were super helpful. Hope this helps.




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