Jody Powell, 35, spent six days hanging on to a twelve foot statue of "Hannah Montana" in the parking lot of radio station WFLZ-FM, the contest's sponsor to win the tickets to the sold out Hannah Montana concert starring the Disney Channel's Miley Cyrus. The concert will be held this week in Tampa, Florida.
The contest started Nov. 8. They were allowed 12-minute breaks every three hours and got catered meals, but weren't allowed books, cell phones or iPods according to the Associated Press.
Powell was declared the winner Wednesday afternoon when the other remaining contestant, Lara Padgett, became distracted and let go.
ear-old daughter.You could purchase tickets at resale prices.
"Hannah Montana tickets are obviously the hottest tickets around. The resale value is stagging.
According to Star reporter David Lidquist "the asking price for a second-row ticket is $1,840, with individual balcony seats in the neighborhood of $150. These tickets originally were sold for $56 and $26." It's quite a resale frenzy.
Parents who are desperate to make their children's dreams a reality are driven to tears by the high prices.
“Her initial response was to hold back tears, I think,” Messang said of her daughter's response to the sellout. “Then it was, ‘That's OK, Mom. It’s not the end of the world.’ ”
Ticket broker Harrison said “Hannah Montana” tickets will stay hot on the resale market as long as parents want their youngsters to attend.
Parents are being blamed for the tickets being so high because they are willing to shell out the cash for the tickets. Kids don't buy tickets parents do. It is quite unusual for a family event to be so extremely popular.
Anyone hoping to get tickets to the sold-out “Hannah Montana” concert Dec. 9 at Conseco Fieldhouse faces the prospect of paying big bucks to a broker.
You can bid for tickets.
Some of the money procured from the outrageously priced 'Hannah Montana' tickets is going toward more philantropic endeavors. Tickets are being auctioned off by radio stations for worthy causes. I guess this is to soothe guilty consciences about asking so much for a kid concert. Just making your child happy may not be enough to keep consciences at bay.
The Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent was the lucky recipient of some of this "Hannah Montana" Money. Proceeds will be used for educational and entertainment technology to help children and their families pass time together during chemotherapy sessions.
According to Renny Harrison of local brokerage company Circle City Tickets, consumer demand and prices set by his company are higher for the “Hannah Montana” show than for any other concert in Conseco Fieldhouse history.
Now to shed a little more light on the "Hannah Montana" ticket frenzy!
A limited number of tickets will for sale Tuesday for the Nov. 25 "Hannah Montana" concert at the Greensboro Coliseum,
Grab your credit cards and photo ID. And be prepared to type. Quickly.
Extra Hannah Montana tickets go on sale at noon Tuesday. But only by phone or online.
When: Noon, Tuesday
Where:Only available by phone and online.
By phone: 852-1100
Online: http://www.ticketmaster.com
Cost: $26, $40.50 and $56
Limit: 4
Details: All tickets must be picked up the night of the show at the will call box office. You must have the credit card you bought the tickets with and a matching photo ID.
Source: Greensboro Coliseum
Fewer than 8,000 tickets sold out within minutes in September when the Nov. 25 Greensboro show went on sale at the box office and Ticketmaster. Another 5,000 went to fan clubs. Tickets at much higher prices almost immediately appeared for sale at online broker sites.
Coliseum officials didn't know late Friday how many of the new tickets would be available. They had been asking promoters for more seats because of the local demand, coliseum Managing Director Matt Brown said.
And most, like Greensboro, are requiring the matching credit card and ID to fend off online brokers.
Greensboro attorney Jeffrey Peraldo represents his wife and another family who are suing online brokers. The extra tickets is "awesome" news, he said.
"I think that's fabulous," Peraldo said. "Because now it allows families to attend the concert at face value ... without paying these prices that these online scalpers are charging."
The only problem, he said, is that the online scalping continues. He hopes the courts will step in and demand online scalpers stop operating in North Carolina.
jfernandez@news-record.com
2 comments:
Cool blog you got here. It would be great to read something more concerning this theme. The only thing I would like to see here is some pictures of any gizmos.
John Trider
Phone Blocker
It's great to be able to call anyone at anytime. Unfortunately, restaurants, movie theaters, concerts, shopping malls and churches all suffer from the spread of cell phones because not all cell-phone users know when to stop talking.
Nicole Ziegler
Handy Stoersender
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