Obama Fever Grips The Land
The ticket scramble this morning reminds me of trying to snag concert tickets in the 1970s, only this is presidential candidate Barack Obama, not KISS, Led Zeppelin or Bruce Springsteen we're talking about here.
The Enterprise this morning carried a breakout box giving readers information on where and when they could score tickets to Obama's rally here Thursday.
However, despite the box clearly stating that tickets would be available no earlier than 9 a.m., people before that began pounding places such as Rio Rita's, Novrosky's and other establishments that the national Democratic Party headquarters had targeted for ticket distribution.
Communication problems within at least one of these establishments resulted in an owner not even knowing that his place was a ticket center, and he began forwarding callers to The Beaumont Enterprise - which IS NOT a place to get an Obama ticket.
After an hour or so of madness, we've determined that the information in this morning's newspaper and online was correct as far as we can tell, and all the confusion has been cleared.
However, if you want to see Obama, you better get a ticket fast, because I sense there is a frenzy out there that is going to escalate as the ticket well runs dry, perhaps before day's end or even in a matter of hours.
Stay tuned!
The Enterprise this morning carried a breakout box giving readers information on where and when they could score tickets to Obama's rally here Thursday.
However, despite the box clearly stating that tickets would be available no earlier than 9 a.m., people before that began pounding places such as Rio Rita's, Novrosky's and other establishments that the national Democratic Party headquarters had targeted for ticket distribution.
Communication problems within at least one of these establishments resulted in an owner not even knowing that his place was a ticket center, and he began forwarding callers to The Beaumont Enterprise - which IS NOT a place to get an Obama ticket.
After an hour or so of madness, we've determined that the information in this morning's newspaper and online was correct as far as we can tell, and all the confusion has been cleared.
However, if you want to see Obama, you better get a ticket fast, because I sense there is a frenzy out there that is going to escalate as the ticket well runs dry, perhaps before day's end or even in a matter of hours.
Stay tuned!
posted by Brian Pearson at 10:24 AM
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