McCartney concert sells out in four minutes, frustrating many fans
There was more disappointment than joy Monday morning when tickets to Paul McCartney’s Oct. 22 concert in Buffalo sold out in minutes.
The announcement was made inside First Niagara Center four minutes after the box office opened and tickets became available on-line at 10 a.m. About 10 of the 100 people who had handbills giving them first shot at buying tickets were able to purchase them. Nearly 100 more fans waited outside, some for more than three hours, hoping that there would be some left for them.
Noreen Burke of Hamburg was the first to walk away from the ticket counter with her four tickets, Section 204, for $168 apiece. “Well worth it,” she said with a huge smile.
But Janet Harrison, who said she got up at 3 a.m. to take the bus and train from Kenmore to the arena, was out of luck since she didn’t have a handbill. She said when she got there last Thursday, they didn’t have any left. But she came to wait in line, ever hopeful. “I was thinking of telling them I was related to George, because my name is Harrison,” she said. “My father always said I had a famous cousin in London.”
Confusion reigned Monday morning as fans eager to snare tickets to Paul McCartney’s Oct. 22 concert arrived at First Niagara Center only to be greeted by a sign that said they had to have a handbill in order to be admitted to the arena lobby.
None of the fans who arrived hours before doors were scheduled to open at 10 a.m. had been aware of the procedure.
By: Lou Michel
Source: The Buffalo News
