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Oh no...
I just got the response back from the U.S. Nationals figure skating website. The ticket sales people couldn't tell me the price for the practice session tickets, and I just needed to budget for those.
My reservations are set. I was disappointed at the crappy seats I have, but I figured I'd be closer and get a good feel for the sport during the practice sessions. Those were my main goal, as research for Out Of Bounds.
I've now been informed that only the people who buy the $500 week-long All-Event package are allowed into the practice sessions.
I'm now trying to figure out if that's just what they're telling people who want to buy tickets in advance (because you can't buy them in advance) or if they're really locking people out of the practice sessions unless they come wearing minks. It sounds like the latter.
My entire reason for going has gone up in smoke.
Dismal ETA: We already bought the men's Freeskate ticket and it's non-refundable. We can't get a ticket for WG at the last minute because the seating is assigned and he'd be far away. Basically the whole trip's ruined. I would have done this very differently if the people I asked two weeks ago had known anything about the practice sessions.
So much for my Christmas present.
My reservations are set. I was disappointed at the crappy seats I have, but I figured I'd be closer and get a good feel for the sport during the practice sessions. Those were my main goal, as research for Out Of Bounds.
I've now been informed that only the people who buy the $500 week-long All-Event package are allowed into the practice sessions.
I'm now trying to figure out if that's just what they're telling people who want to buy tickets in advance (because you can't buy them in advance) or if they're really locking people out of the practice sessions unless they come wearing minks. It sounds like the latter.
My entire reason for going has gone up in smoke.
Dismal ETA: We already bought the men's Freeskate ticket and it's non-refundable. We can't get a ticket for WG at the last minute because the seating is assigned and he'd be far away. Basically the whole trip's ruined. I would have done this very differently if the people I asked two weeks ago had known anything about the practice sessions.
So much for my Christmas present.
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Is it possible that you could put out a want ad type thing on a website specifically requesting practice session tickets. Someone above mentioned craigslist which you can sell and buy stuff on.
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a want ad type thing on a website specifically requesting practice session tickets.
What they're telling me is that the people who buy a $500 "all session ticket" are the only ones who can get into the practice sessions. If I have $500, I can buy an all session ticket, yeah.
People who've done this before tell me that they were able to buy practice tickets at the door for $10, so even when they couldn't afford more than one or two big events they could at least go to the practice sessions.
I'm floored. I was just asking for the price. I never thought they'd close them to all but the mink coats.
Icarus