Post by bobby on Sept 5, 2003 2:27:48 GMT -5
Ticket Sellers
Climb the Ladder
by Jim Brambilla
Hey, did anybody see the Giants game last Thursday? It was on in place of Smackdown, so judging by that show’s ratings lately, you didn’t- but there was a neat moment in the third quarter. Some guy came in from the stands (he was there with a bunch of his buddies), put on some football gear, and quarterbacked a few plays. It was amazing! Sure, he wasn’t a pro football player (he did play in college, though), never went to any kind of football camp, and looked terrible out there, but a couple of his buddies were cheering like crazy! Never mind that he could barely move out of the pocket, had no idea what the plays were, and stumbled all over the field- he got to play!
Why? Because he was there with a bunch of his buddies, and he sold a lot of tickets to the game.
Didn’t see the game? Well, the next night on Broadway, someone sitting in the Orchestra seats of The Producers got out of their seat and played Max Bialystock in the second act. Apparently the guy managed to sell most of the Orchestra seats to a few friends and family, so this was his “reward.” It wasn’t a reward for the audience, though- he didn’t know any of the lines, didn’t know how to sing very well, got laughed at by the rest of the audience, and clearly embarrassed the rest of the cast and crew because he never worked on Broadway in any capacity prior to running on stage, but he was ON BROADWAY.
OK- none of that happened. But are you getting the idea?
What were just described were extreme examples, of course, but when you hear the term “ticket seller” in the indys, those are just some of the initial reactions that come to mind. And they’re not all accurate.
It’s a concept that you won’t see outside of professional wrestling for the most part, but ticket sellers are increasingly becoming a part of the indy scene. Men and women left and right are getting on indy shows solely because they sold a number of tickets. It sounds very cut and dry, but in some cases, it isn’t.
Ticket sellers are not part of a new concept. They’ve been around for quite a while in the professional wrestling business. For example, Harley Lewis potatoed the lungs out of two ticket sellers at the only NWA 2000 show ever run, in Vinelands, NJ back in 1998. According to one of the referees at the show, they “sold their tickets, so now they’re going to be introduced to the world of professional wrestling.”
Ouch.
They’re a bane or a boon to the wrestling business, depending on whom you’re talking to. Promoters naturally love them, since they’re “profit” by the simple fact that they bring in money to the promotion.
Article continued here: www.wrestlingclothesline.com/BramsTS.htm
Climb the Ladder
by Jim Brambilla
Hey, did anybody see the Giants game last Thursday? It was on in place of Smackdown, so judging by that show’s ratings lately, you didn’t- but there was a neat moment in the third quarter. Some guy came in from the stands (he was there with a bunch of his buddies), put on some football gear, and quarterbacked a few plays. It was amazing! Sure, he wasn’t a pro football player (he did play in college, though), never went to any kind of football camp, and looked terrible out there, but a couple of his buddies were cheering like crazy! Never mind that he could barely move out of the pocket, had no idea what the plays were, and stumbled all over the field- he got to play!
Why? Because he was there with a bunch of his buddies, and he sold a lot of tickets to the game.
Didn’t see the game? Well, the next night on Broadway, someone sitting in the Orchestra seats of The Producers got out of their seat and played Max Bialystock in the second act. Apparently the guy managed to sell most of the Orchestra seats to a few friends and family, so this was his “reward.” It wasn’t a reward for the audience, though- he didn’t know any of the lines, didn’t know how to sing very well, got laughed at by the rest of the audience, and clearly embarrassed the rest of the cast and crew because he never worked on Broadway in any capacity prior to running on stage, but he was ON BROADWAY.
OK- none of that happened. But are you getting the idea?
What were just described were extreme examples, of course, but when you hear the term “ticket seller” in the indys, those are just some of the initial reactions that come to mind. And they’re not all accurate.
It’s a concept that you won’t see outside of professional wrestling for the most part, but ticket sellers are increasingly becoming a part of the indy scene. Men and women left and right are getting on indy shows solely because they sold a number of tickets. It sounds very cut and dry, but in some cases, it isn’t.
Ticket sellers are not part of a new concept. They’ve been around for quite a while in the professional wrestling business. For example, Harley Lewis potatoed the lungs out of two ticket sellers at the only NWA 2000 show ever run, in Vinelands, NJ back in 1998. According to one of the referees at the show, they “sold their tickets, so now they’re going to be introduced to the world of professional wrestling.”
Ouch.
They’re a bane or a boon to the wrestling business, depending on whom you’re talking to. Promoters naturally love them, since they’re “profit” by the simple fact that they bring in money to the promotion.
Article continued here: www.wrestlingclothesline.com/BramsTS.htm