SweetCaroline wrote: FreddieCat wrote:
SAP is not sold out.
If the seats are being held for sale by other ticket outlets besides Ticketmaster, I believe they are still considered to be sold out. Don't know about San Jose but in many cities such as Auburn Hills they are adding more sections for sale because of demand.
Not everyone understands what second-sellers are.
Second sellers buy tickets from the primary seller. At this point they are SOLD. Second sellers try to resell, but it doesn't matter if they do or do not, or at what price - the primary selling price has already been collected and counts toward the venue. The only question left - which doesn't matter to the venue or the artists - is who will be sitting in that seat and at what additional price. SOLD OUT means the primary seller has sold all tickets.
Since the artists' revenues only depend on the primary seller, it doesn't matter to them what the secondary seller does, except as a matter of philosophy on reselling. It doesn't affect their revenues one way or another. This is why you can sometimes get tickets to sold out events - either they're available from a reseller (or scalper) or the primary seller has held some tickets in reserve to sell at high prices late in the game. If the venue is listed as sold out, it doesn't matter how many tickets still reside in a secondary sellers hands - it's sold out.
And here's the great news (if there is such a thing about secondary sellers); when secondary sellers snatch up a bunch of tickets fast it's because they think they'll be able to sell them at well above the primary selling price they put out originally, and thereby make good profit. The other sign of high demand is the addition of new sections/seats by the venue and primary seller. Adding those additional seats only happens when demand exceeds supply - they have no tickets left but lots of folks who still want tickets. Both of these things - reseller tickets and additional seats added, are a sign of high demand, which clearly is the status of the QAL tour this summer - very high demand.
I lolol at the determination of some so-called Queen fans to try and make them seem like a failure on this tour. It's a done deal now - a huge success. Brian May himself confirmed this, and between him and the venue stats, you can take that to the bank.
