Official Discussion: "Celine" Las Vegas show

[takeachance]

Ya , I also think alot of people in countries outside US have not got a clue about her going back to Vegas, or that her tickets are on sale! For example, most people in Ireland would not know this!. My sister is a pretty big fan of Celine (not as big as me!!) but she would have no idea that this was going on , only for me telling her, and I only found out through this forum and obviously alot of people are not joined forums etc!!!! Also Oprah has not been on here or anything......so ya I feel sorry for those people who may of bought tickets, but had not a clue that they were going on sale, or for those who didnt get great seats and would of liked to , had they known in time. its a bit of a shame, but anyway.......

[mirage]

I just heard from celinedion.nl that the sign in Vegas already been changed!!!

 

Under the Cher logo, it has her new show logo the D'elles pic and her name...

 

Welcome home Celine...

returning march 15 2011

Vinny posted that on Feb 10.

 

owh didn't read that, they only sent me a picture of it

[ThisTime]

Is there anyway to tell what row or seat you would be buying on vegas.com

I think I'm gonna get some tickets, but I'd like to know which row and what not before I buy the more expensive ones compared to some that might be a little less.

[eszcd30]

Is there anyway to tell what row or seat you would be buying on vegas.com

I think I'm gonna get some tickets, but I'd like to know which row and what not before I buy the more expensive ones compared to some that might be a little less.

Not until after you buy them, then you have to call the theater and get the actual seats. Or least that's what Vegas.com told my sister when she called.

[Cheerfuljane]

Is there anyway to tell what row or seat you would be buying on vegas.com

I think I'm gonna get some tickets, but I'd like to know which row and what not before I buy the more expensive ones compared to some that might be a little less.

Not until after you buy them, then you have to call the theater and get the actual seats. Or least that's what Vegas.com told my sister when she called.

 

Yeah. It's true. I tried to get a seat number before hand but they just refuse. Well, they just say that it's not possible... blah blah blah..... Very annoying. But it worked out well.

 

I'm gonna use them again.

[CelineDionFan710]

im so excited that celine is coming back. hoping that i get to go on my birthday. im going to try to get tickets soon.

[ThisTime]

Is there anyway to tell what row or seat you would be buying on vegas.com

I think I'm gonna get some tickets, but I'd like to know which row and what not before I buy the more expensive ones compared to some that might be a little less.

Not until after you buy them, then you have to call the theater and get the actual seats. Or least that's what Vegas.com told my sister when she called.

 

Yeah. It's true. I tried to get a seat number before hand but they just refuse. Well, they just say that it's not possible... blah blah blah..... Very annoying. But it worked out well.

 

I'm gonna use them again.

Darn. Cause I'd go for front of Section B rather than back of Section A to save some money, but I guess that won't work out.

thanks for the help from the two of you though!

 

 

 

Now the ultimate question: Which ones to buy

[Cheerfuljane]

Is there anyway to tell what row or seat you would be buying on vegas.com

I think I'm gonna get some tickets, but I'd like to know which row and what not before I buy the more expensive ones compared to some that might be a little less.

Not until after you buy them, then you have to call the theater and get the actual seats. Or least that's what Vegas.com told my sister when she called.

 

Yeah. It's true. I tried to get a seat number before hand but they just refuse. Well, they just say that it's not possible... blah blah blah..... Very annoying. But it worked out well.

 

I'm gonna use them again.

Darn. Cause I'd go for front of Section B rather than back of Section A to save some money, but I guess that won't work out.

thanks for the help from the two of you though!

 

 

 

Now the ultimate question: Which ones to buy

 

Pay more If you can wait a bit to save more money then go for it.

[ashleylovesceline]

Don't forget, guys, that this is a business. It's all about the money and everyone wants a piece of the action.

The box office has agreements with different companies to ensure that all those seats are occupied.

Ticketmaster/Ticketsnow get the largest amount as the "official" ticket sellers.

Then they allocate seats to other sites like stubhub and vegas.com. They are gaurenteed those (or better) seats.

Then they keep the best seats for the whales and other so-called VIPs to ensure that they come back to Vegas and spend money.

 

This way, they get to advertise a "sold out" show, eventhough it is not actually sold out. It may be screwed up but it doesn't make it any less true.

There are still plenty of tickets available. We just need to pay an arm and a leg to get them because these sites have a huge mark-up price.

Those scalpers are not sitting at their computers, like us, waiting for tickets to go on sale so they can buy a bulk of them to sell at a higher price. Those tickets are GIVEN to them by the box office.

 

Of course, it sucks for us because we are the minority here. Only a small amount of the audience will be true fans. That's Vegas. They don't call it Sin City for nothing.

I like to think that Celine is in denial about all of this or just plain doesn't have a clue.

I guess I just feel so bad for the fans that can't afford to travel all the way there and pay these ridiculous prices

 

I don't know why I went on that rant, but there you have it

Can I just say how much I hate that, that is true? It’s one of the only bad things about her performing there. I love going to Las Vegas, and I love being able to plan a time that works for me to go see her... and I love that you can see her more than once while you're there. I also love that Céline gets to have a “normal” life while still being able to perform for us. But I hate the Vegas politics of it. Once while trying to get front row, I was beat out by two millionaires who showed up about 15-10 minutes before showtime who probably got them for free. It really isn’t fair, but it IS the way it works there. And don't even get me started on the fact that the box office actually gives the scalpers tickets... I feel bad for the fans who can't afford it too...lol, I'm one of them at the moment. Hopefully everything will work out, and airfare rates will go down a bit.

 

Ya , I also think alot of people in countries outside US have not got a clue about her going back to Vegas, or that her tickets are on sale! For example, most people in Ireland would not know this!. My sister is a pretty big fan of Celine (not as big as me!!) but she would have no idea that this was going on , only for me telling her, and I only found out through this forum and obviously alot of people are not joined forums etc!!!! Also Oprah has not been on here or anything......so ya I feel sorry for those people who may of bought tickets, but had not a clue that they were going on sale, or for those who didnt get great seats and would of liked to , had they known in time. its a bit of a shame, but anyway.......

I know. I'm sure there are still A LOT of fans who don't know about it, and how could they? Such a shame.

[ladylindsey]

You'd think Céline would never allow as much of this to go on as does. Wonder if she has anyyyyy idea the extent of it? I'm sure she knows a bit, but she always says she stays out of the business aspect of it to a point. Looks like there would at least be a half section reserved for actual fans with money waiting their whole lives to see Céline from the front row?

 

Please René? have you heard of the celinedionforum? Allo? Help us out here?

[Claudette]

Ya , I also think alot of people in countries outside US have not got a clue about her going back to Vegas, or that her tickets are on sale! For example, most people in Ireland would not know this!. My sister is a pretty big fan of Celine (not as big as me!!) but she would have no idea that this was going on , only for me telling her, and I only found out through this forum and obviously alot of people are not joined forums etc!!!! Also Oprah has not been on here or anything......so ya I feel sorry for those people who may of bought tickets, but had not a clue that they were going on sale, or for those who didnt get great seats and would of liked to , had they known in time. its a bit of a shame, but anyway.......

 

They actually spoke about it on one of our radio stations yesterday. So I think as the word starts spreading, other countries will soon hear about it. I also think they did an insert on TV about it on Friday. They showed some footage of AND. I couldn't hear, because my sound was off, but I assume it was about the new Vegas show. But yeah I guess the premier is out for people living in other countries...

[ashleylovesceline]

You'd think Céline would never allow as much of this to go on as does. Wonder if she has anyyyyy idea the extent of it? I'm sure she knows a bit, but she always says she stays out of the business aspect of it to a point. Looks like there would at least be a half section reserved for actual fans with money waiting their whole lives to see Céline from the front row?

 

Please René? have you heard of the celinedionforum? Allo? Help us out here?

Well, when she was in Vegas the first time around - at first the first two rows were reserved for VIPs. Fans could not get closer than the third row. Céline, of course, noticed this. You think the napping people gave it away? LOL. Apparently she complained she wanted her fans to be able to be closer to her, and they freed up the second row for us FINALLY. Front row... I guess, there's nothing even Céline can do about it. All Vegas shows are like that, and the Vegas world revolves around VIP "whales". Because without them Vegas would be broke! I think if she knew what was going on, she would do A LOT more. I like to think she would be pretty upset with the way were are treated at times. But she leaves it up to René... and I think in this case he leaves it up to Caesars... so we're screwed! Unless of course, Céline realizes what's going on when all five rows are filled with bored out of their minds/sleeping VIPs.

Edited February 14, 2010 at 09:25 AM by ashleylovesceline

[whineupemily]

Darn. Cause I'd go for front of Section B rather than back of Section A to save some money, but I guess that won't work out.

thanks for the help from the two of you though!

 

 

 

Now the ultimate question: Which ones to buy

Well wouldn't the back section of Section A be basically the same as the front section of Section B?

I'm ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the way back in Section P

Edited February 14, 2010 at 09:40 AM by whineupemily

[ThisTime]

Darn. Cause I'd go for front of Section B rather than back of Section A to save some money, but I guess that won't work out.

thanks for the help from the two of you though!

 

 

 

Now the ultimate question: Which ones to buy

Well wouldn't the back section of Section A be basically the same as the front section of Section B?

I'm ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the way back in Section P

Exactalactly! which is why I'd rather buy front of B if all they had of A was the back

[angelil78]

Ofcourse we all want the front row.

 

I'm all the way in the second last row in the Rear Orchestra and I don't mind at all.

It's all about what you decide you are going to feel about it.

I am going to love every second of the show and STARE at Céline the entire time, might even bring some binoculars so that I will feel like in the front row

[Tweedster]

I graduate in 2011 so I am I can go to Vegas as a graduation gift! It would be a lot cheaper than flying to England, which was the original plan

[Bralo20]

Don't forget, guys, that this is a business. It's all about the money and everyone wants a piece of the action.

The box office has agreements with different companies to ensure that all those seats are occupied.

Ticketmaster/Ticketsnow get the largest amount as the "official" ticket sellers.

Then they allocate seats to other sites like stubhub and vegas.com. They are gaurenteed those (or better) seats.

Then they keep the best seats for the whales and other so-called VIPs to ensure that they come back to Vegas and spend money.

 

This way, they get to advertise a "sold out" show, eventhough it is not actually sold out. It may be screwed up but it doesn't make it any less true.

There are still plenty of tickets available. We just need to pay an arm and a leg to get them because these sites have a huge mark-up price.

Those scalpers are not sitting at their computers, like us, waiting for tickets to go on sale so they can buy a bulk of them to sell at a higher price. Those tickets are GIVEN to them by the box office.

 

Of course, it sucks for us because we are the minority here. Only a small amount of the audience will be true fans. That's Vegas. They don't call it Sin City for nothing.

I like to think that Celine is in denial about all of this or just plain doesn't have a clue.

I guess I just feel so bad for the fans that can't afford to travel all the way there and pay these ridiculous prices

 

I don't know why I went on that rant, but there you have it

 

That's something I really hate about the USA/Canada and many other countries without regulations regarding ticketsales... Oh, in most of the countries without a decent regulation Ticketmaster is active, in other countries less

Like for example her in Belgium. The re-sale of tickets is officialy prohibited by an agreement (soon to be a law) to prevent tickets being sold on the black market against way to high prices... Unofficialy they let sales go through if they don't exceed facevalue +10% or less. Every single day, the internet is actively searched for tickets that are for sale on third party sites or foreign sites. If they can find out which tickets they are (a lot of people are stupid enough to take a picture of the ticket and put it online or they can track the tickets by other methods) they will be instantly blocked, from that moment the tickets are void, so if you bought a tickets and you come at the venue you'll have a risk being denied entrance. If they can find the seller, they will get a decent fine also. The agreement (which was asked for by the biggest promotors, the ticketdesks, and even the artists and ofcourse the government) is now in use for a couple of years now and it works fine, it will even become a law and not an agreement anymore to be sure that new parties can't get away with it because they didn't sign the agreement. The day that Ticketmaster want's to start a business in Belgium they can't offer platinum seats, they can't do something like ticketexchange, etc... And that's probably also one of the reasons why Ticketmaster didn't start a Belgian business or bought Belgian ticketcompanies (like teleticketservice, sherpa, etc...) For example. VIP packages for any artist (including Céline Dion during the TC tour) are only costing about 200 to 300 USD, even for the biggest artist... Just because it's all regulated. And yet the Belgian ticketcompanies, the tourpromotors, etc... are making decent (even huge) amounts of money.

 

Fortunately I was fast enough to buy a decent ticket against a decent price through the presale...

Edited February 14, 2010 at 07:34 PM by Bralo20

[whineupemily]

Darn. Cause I'd go for front of Section B rather than back of Section A to save some money, but I guess that won't work out.

thanks for the help from the two of you though!

 

 

 

Now the ultimate question: Which ones to buy

Well wouldn't the back section of Section A be basically the same as the front section of Section B?

I'm ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the way back in Section P

Exactalactly! which is why I'd rather buy front of B if all they had of A was the back

That's like the name "Anna", it can be spelled backwards and forwards :sofunny:

[BLM]

I just heard from celinedion.nl that the sign in Vegas already been changed!!!

 

Under the Cher logo, it has her new show logo the D'elles pic and her name...

 

Welcome home Celine...

returning march 15 2011

 

:clap:

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/bubbawawa/WelcomeHome.jpg

[whineupemily]

I just heard from celinedion.nl that the sign in Vegas already been changed!!!

 

Under the Cher logo, it has her new show logo the D'elles pic and her name...

 

Welcome home Celine...

returning march 15 2011

 

:clap:

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/bubbawawa/WelcomeHome.jpg

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

It needs to be BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGERRRR!! I know for AND, there was HUGE billboards for Celine!! I still have pictures of them

[Prince Whiskers]

Ya , I also think alot of people in countries outside US have not got a clue about her going back to Vegas, or that her tickets are on sale! For example, most people in Ireland would not know this!. My sister is a pretty big fan of Celine (not as big as me!!) but she would have no idea that this was going on , only for me telling her, and I only found out through this forum and obviously alot of people are not joined forums etc!!!! Also Oprah has not been on here or anything......so ya I feel sorry for those people who may of bought tickets, but had not a clue that they were going on sale, or for those who didnt get great seats and would of liked to , had they known in time. its a bit of a shame, but anyway.......

I think they will intensify the promo in conjunction with the release of a new English album.

[Celinex]

I've just been offered on ticketmaster for the june the 14'th show FORCH2.Are these any good?

DD

204 - 203

Price Level 1

ORCHESTRA LEVEL SEATING

[Dion1st]

I just heard from celinedion.nl that the sign in Vegas already been changed!!!

 

Under the Cher logo, it has her new show logo the D'elles pic and her name...

 

Welcome home Celine...

returning march 15 2011

 

:clap:

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/bubbawawa/WelcomeHome.jpg

 

 

Although, I don't care for the fact that Mariah Carey is performing at the colosseum on February 27th, ...I LOVE the fact that she has to drive by that beautiful "Welcome Home, Celine" sign to get on the property.

 

Toni

[Crystal2042]

I just heard from celinedion.nl that the sign in Vegas already been changed!!!

 

Under the Cher logo, it has her new show logo the D'elles pic and her name...

 

Welcome home Celine...

returning march 15 2011

 

:clap:

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/bubbawawa/WelcomeHome.jpg

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

It needs to be BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGERRRR!! I know for AND, there was HUGE billboards for Celine!! I still have pictures of them

 

This just made me so happy! haha

I never made it to see AND so I'm so excited to see this show! They better have some huge billboards and signs for this show too! I'm sure my friends and I will be taking a million pictures in front of them!

[Cheerfuljane]

I've just been offered on ticketmaster for the june the 14'th show FORCH2.Are these any good?

DD

204 - 203

Price Level 1

ORCHESTRA LEVEL SEATING

 

 

That's the second row If I remember correctly, orch2 starts with CC. That was right in front of the back-up singers during AND.

It's to the right of the stage but still a great view.

[Celinex]

I've just been offered on ticketmaster for the june the 14'th show FORCH2.Are these any good?

DD

204 - 203

Price Level 1

ORCHESTRA LEVEL SEATING

 

 

That's the second row If I remember correctly, orch2 starts with CC. That was right in front of the back-up singers during AND.

It's to the right of the stage but still a great view.

 

Thanks for letting me know.

[whineupemily]

I've just been offered on ticketmaster for the june the 14'th show FORCH2.Are these any good?

DD

204 - 203

Price Level 1

ORCHESTRA LEVEL SEATING

 

 

That's the second row If I remember correctly, orch2 starts with CC. That was right in front of the back-up singers during AND.

It's to the right of the stage but still a great view.

 

Thanks for letting me know.

Price level ONE?!

[max24]

Why do you think the show is called "Celine"?

On the posters that's just her name, and in the press release there's no word about the title of the show.

[Acacia]

I remember reading a few pages ago that someone or some people purchased insurance, but it didn't go through (as was the case with me). I just contacted them and was able to do it over the phone. I'm a little confused because it doesn't even sound like they care what event I'm going to. They asked for the dates, and then she casually asked what event I'm going to. I said "Celine Dion...in Vegas" and she causally said "oh, okay". Though maybe it's registered in their computer. Anyway, I have the policy. If anyone else needs to set up an insurance policy (you can get a refund for your ticket if you can't make it to the show. Cost is $7 per ticket), their number is 1-866-456-3102

[maceta_biloxi]

Anyway we all that for opening night it was going to be very hard to get good tickets, just a few people were able to get tickets in the 6th row, but the show will be in Vegas for 3 years so you can always come back and get better tickets than rear orchestra or mezzanine, same thing happened for AND opening night and besides that the tickets from the first rows that weren't sold were auctioned, so it's not the only show there are 209 shows more than we can get very nice tickets to.

 

Go to the opening night and seat in Mezzanine and come back next year or 2013 (if the world doesn't end) and get great tickets, there is no reason to go mad or crazy about this, as long as you have a seat for opening it doesn't really matters where you seat, any seat at the coliseum has a great view, so you won't miss anything.