Doug Fisher Review of Koger Center for the Arts
A decent venue, but avoid buying tickets online he...
A decent venue, but avoid buying tickets online here if at all possible. In addition to the normal expected fee for these services (though it is a little steep), they apparently think we still are in the 1990s because they then tack on a $16 "internet fee" (through their provider Choice Entertainment Technologies, now part of The Shubert Organization). The response from the Koger Center was a) We don't have any control. Yes, you do. You negotiate the contract and it's done under your name; b) Come to the box office (no fee except for the $2 restoration fee to help preserve the place; but two trips in my vehicle, one for the tickets, one for the show -- guess they don't care about carbon footprint); or c) Use the phone option (other fees but at least no internet fee -- I'm unsure if there's a phone fee; you know, that's pretty cutting-edge tech). Sure, you open at 6 pm, 8 am? Yeah, didn't think so. Same "conform to our business hours" attitude. But, you see, it's 2020, and the world doesn't work that way anymore. So those in the arts note -- treating your patrons like a piggy bank is not a winning strategy.
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