When playing Giants Stadium in the past, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band had fairly large general admission sections in front of the stage, but also filled the remainder of the field with seats. This time, for their September 30 and October 2-3 shows, the entire field will be general admission.
A venue executive told TicketNews that they are still working on some production specs and could not say what the field capacity would be or how the field tickets would be dispensed, whether by lottery or on a first-come, first-served basis. Whatever is decided, there will be a huge number of fans to control.
Tickets go on sale on June 1 and priced at $98, $65 and $33, plus applicable facility and service charges. There is a limit of eight tickets per person, per show. They must be either all reserved or all general admission — no mixing it up.
Tickets are only being sold via Ticketmaster. There will be no box office sales. The special $33 ticket represents the 33-year history of Giants Stadium, which is being demolished following the 2009 NFL football season to make way for a new $1.3 billion football stadium. As a result, Springsteen is the final musical artist scheduled to perform in the old venue.
The Boss’s early fall performances won’t be the only ones at the old stadium featuring general admission ticketing this year. When U2 plays Giant Stadium on September 24-25, the field will also be general admission, and 10,000 tickets will be priced at $30 for all the stadiums on the tour.
Springsteen and company have been on the road since March 23 when the North American tour launched with two nights in Asbury Park, NJ. From the stage on the first night, Springsteen told the sold out crowd that he and the band would be coming back in the fall to play the last shows of the storied Giants Stadium.
Before returning to play Giants Stadium’s final concerts, Springsteen and the band will be on the road in Europe and the UK from May 30 through August 2.
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I am tired of no box office sales in the new york city area on first day of on-sales . it makes it too easy for ice to develop and tm gets a fee on EVERY ticket sold ! i was told that NJSEA has it stated in their ticketmaster contract not to allow box office sales on fist day of ticket on-sales . i assume MSG has the same language in their contract . this needs to end .
Its really interesting that The Boss was the major whiner about ticketmaster issuing his tickets to reseller market. If you look at the actual selling prices for most of his east coast tour, the secondary market had MUCH better prices for most of his shows – the tickets were going for like $20 or 1/3 of the face value price. just goes to show, a free market often benefits the fan and speculators aka scalpers can lose money.
It is obvious that Bruce either priced his tickets too high or played venues too big (outside of the northeast). If it wasn’t for us, these shows WOULD NOT HAVE SOLD OUT (again, outside of the NE and major markets). When tickets are being sold for $5-15 on the secondary sites, fans still want to bash us.
The truth is that both Bruce and TM/LN love the secondary market because it puts $$$ in their pockets.