Reeses P

Review of SMG/CenturyLink Center

While I agree that the CenturyLink Center is a goo...

While I agree that the CenturyLink Center is a good venue. Decent size, without being too big. My problem is with the "lottery". I arrived at the center HOURS early to get tickets to an event. I was the first person to arrive, and a while later other people joined me. We all stood in line patiently. Then approx 60 mins prior to the time tix were to go on sale a lady walks out to tell us they were doing a "lottery" so that it would be fair. Excuse me, fair? Now, why didn't they come outside to tell us that 3 maybe 4 hours prior? We could have left, had breakfast, and returned! I'm the person that took off work, woke up early, and came to their facility instead of using Ticketmaster. Well turns out, that doesn't matter. I went from being first to being 30th. And you can't choose your seat nor section. You HAVE to choose whatever is next best available seats. Were they using Ticketmaster? If your event is a big event, you can get better seats using Ticketmaster and their fee is worth it for better seats. I got out of line and got better seats from Ticketmaster than the people who were in front of me in line. The lottery should only be used for crowds that are too big to manage, or crowds that are hard to control. We were civilized and standing in line like adults, but were treated like children.