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Friday, March 19, 2010
News / Jeff Hahne Kings of Leon go paperless for Charlotte concert
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:32 PM
For their Sept. 10 concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Charlotte and the Sept. 13 concert at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion in Raleigh, Kings of Leon have announced that they will use Ticketmaster's Paperless Ticketing technology for the best seats.
What does that mean? It means fans won't use an actual ticket to get into the show if they have purchased one of those selected seats. Instead, "fans just need to bring the credit card they used for the ticket purchase and their government-issued photo ID to the concert. All members of the ticket purchaser's party must be present at the same time to enter the venue. An amphitheatre ticket taker will swipe their credit card upon entry and present each person in their party with seat locator slips for quick access into the show."
There are some basic hurdles though when you consider if you should buy tickets this way or not.
1) You can't use gift cards to purchase the tickets — this includes Visa/American Express gift cards, etc.
2) Don't accept the tickets as a gift or have someone out of state buy them. If your mom in Wisconsin says she got you front row tickets for the show, mom's going to need to be there at the gate with her ID and credit card or you and your friends aren't getting in. In the same way, if your friend buys the tickets and then decides he can't go, he still needs to walk you to the gate, show his credit card and ID before you can get in.
The reason this is being done is to prevent scalpers from buying a bunch of great seats and selling them at ridiculous prices. Makes sense - it always kills me when you try to get great seats and the first ones available are in the nosebleed section.
At the same time, how many times do you go to a concert and decide to meet friends inside or someone gets sick and can't go. As long as the person who bought the tickets isn't the one getting sick or lagging behind, you should be ok. Just think twice about how you are going about your purchase...
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