Anyone try to get student tickets today?

by mjs2103 on Dec 13, 2008 10:52 AM EST

I got my tickets but jesus that place was a complete mess. I can't believe that is what the school actually came up with to deal with the crowd. If you weren't there basically after they announced where the tickets would be sold at 6:30 AM online there was a mass rush across campus to the BJC where a huge line formed. The tickets were supposed to go on sale at 8 AM and then for some reason around 7 they decided to let all of the students then go inside the BJC instead of just stand outside. Well since the school set up no line system at all when people started to go inside the back of the line rushed the front and it formed just a huge mob of people. I wouldn't be suprised if someone got trampled. No one from the BJC did anyhting to stop this nor did the 5 campus police that were there, they all just kind of stood there. Then when we were inside the back of the line started to push foward and until I got my tickets at 9 i was basically squshed between random people. I just really can't believe that this was the master plan of the school.

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Disaster

It was easily the worst planned, most disorganized, unprofessional ticket distribution I’ve ever seen in my life. I shouldn’t be surprised, ‘cause it is the Penn State Athletic Ticket Office. Students are an afterthought to them, but honestly they’ve hit a new low. I thought it couldn’t get worse after the Ohio State game ticket fiasco this year. When I heard how they were setting things up, I thought that maybe they had finally figured out a way to fairly distribute tickets without making people camp out. Which they had – the setup was brilliant. And then they decided to cause a riot. Genius. I’m just thankful that I escaped with tickets and without serious injury, but I was very close to being trampled myself.

by PSUMark2008 on Dec 13, 2008 11:21 AM EST reply actions

yes

Personally I am embarrassed about how disorganized this was. Btw i have 2 tickets available for any BSD’er that needs 4 the game.

by Rockin on Dec 13, 2008 11:22 AM EST reply actions

Can you shoot me an email?

dbm153 (at) psu (dot) edu

by NittanyCub on Dec 13, 2008 12:28 PM EST up reply actions

I was in the hospital, unfortunately

Fucking bronchitis.

by NittanyCub on Dec 13, 2008 12:28 PM EST up reply actions

There are still several hundred tickets left.

I think they go on sale monday morning to the general public

by Rockin on Dec 13, 2008 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

The orange bowl

Why not do what they did for the orange bowl a few years back. Students could show up at the BJC anytime over the course of the day to receive a bracelet with a specific number on it and then at the end of the day everyone went back to the BJC and they randomly selected a number. The “line” then started from the person who held that number and the 6000 (i think that was the number) or so students after him all got the chance to purchase tickets. It seemed pretty fair to me at the time and didnt force anyone to camp out. Or over course they could have simply done an online lottery like they did for the outback bowl.

by VVeRPennState on Dec 13, 2008 1:36 PM EST reply actions

because that would make complete sense

but would also require effort and planning by the student athletic ticket office

by The JuggerNitt on Dec 13, 2008 3:58 PM EST up reply actions

Personally I think the way they set it up was better...

It was when they got the idea to move the line inside that everything went to hell.

First come, first serve is preferable to random distribution IMHO, because the people who want it the most get it. If you’re dedicated enough to wake up at 6am to get in line early to get tickets, you deserve tickets. If you’re not willing to go through that, you don’t deserve tickets. And they took care of the “we don’t want students camping out in sub-freezing temperatures” factor perfectly by not releasing the location. It would’ve been great, if they hadn’t decided to turn the orderly line into a mob…

Or they could’ve just done what they do for home student season tickets. Sell them first-come first-serve online. No pushing, shoving, rioting, injuries or mobs. That’s the system that always seems to work best and they’ve never had a problem with.

by PSUMark2008 on Dec 13, 2008 6:47 PM EST up reply actions