Spring Break
Tickets on sale today for Lupe Fiasco concert
Heather Holm / Activities Editor
Issue date: 3/2/09 Section: News
Student tickets for the Lupe Fiasco concert go on sale today in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union's box office.
Ceci Brinker, director of Student Life, said about 800 floor seats and 3,500 total seats are available for the April 4 concert.
The student price is $10, while the general public price is $20. Tickets for the general public go on sale March 9.
Students can only purchase a limit of four tickets at the student discount price. There is no limit at the general public price.
Brinker suggested that if in a group, students should get their tickets together, otherwise they would not sit together.
"They come first-come, first-serve," Brinker said. "The student's best bet is to try to get those tickets early."
Brinker said students must remember to bring their student ID card to get the student price.
There are two types of tickets, floor seats and balcony seats. There are no actual seats in the floor setting though — it's standing room only.
"We're optimistic that the tickets will sell well among students," Brinker said.
She said advertising for the seats includes posts on campus and in surrounding communities.
"We don't want marketing too high because demand will be high this week," Brinker said. "We will advertise to the community and in other schools if sales are good, but not a lot."
She said the University Board wants to give students an opportunity to buy tickets before letting the surrounding communities know.
Sheila Hurley, chair of the UB concerts committee, said posters and ads in The Daily Eastern News, Facebook and word of mouth have been used to advertise for the concert.
"I have been talking about it with my friends, and our committee has been doing the same thing," Hurley said.
Heather Holm can be reached at 581-7942 or haholm@eiu.edu.
Ceci Brinker, director of Student Life, said about 800 floor seats and 3,500 total seats are available for the April 4 concert.
The student price is $10, while the general public price is $20. Tickets for the general public go on sale March 9.
Students can only purchase a limit of four tickets at the student discount price. There is no limit at the general public price.
Brinker suggested that if in a group, students should get their tickets together, otherwise they would not sit together.
"They come first-come, first-serve," Brinker said. "The student's best bet is to try to get those tickets early."
Brinker said students must remember to bring their student ID card to get the student price.
There are two types of tickets, floor seats and balcony seats. There are no actual seats in the floor setting though — it's standing room only.
"We're optimistic that the tickets will sell well among students," Brinker said.
She said advertising for the seats includes posts on campus and in surrounding communities.
"We don't want marketing too high because demand will be high this week," Brinker said. "We will advertise to the community and in other schools if sales are good, but not a lot."
She said the University Board wants to give students an opportunity to buy tickets before letting the surrounding communities know.
Sheila Hurley, chair of the UB concerts committee, said posters and ads in The Daily Eastern News, Facebook and word of mouth have been used to advertise for the concert.
"I have been talking about it with my friends, and our committee has been doing the same thing," Hurley said.
Heather Holm can be reached at 581-7942 or haholm@eiu.edu.
The Daily Eastern News encourages on-topic, civil discussion on its articles posted online. It is our policy not to screen comments before they are posted or edit them after they are posted. However, we reserve the right to remove comments that are off-topic, malicious, libelous or include excessive foul language. The DEN also reserves the right to turn off all comments on any story it deems necessary.
Comments violating copyright law will also be removed.
Users who repeatedly violate this policy will be banned from commenting.
If you have any questions on our comment policy or wish to report a comment that you feel violates these standards, please e-mail a link to the article to our Online Editor at DENNews.com@gmail.com.
Be the first to comment on this story