Author Topic: 2012-07-18/19 - Paramount Theater - Huntington, NY (Read 59588 times)

snowdog · « **Reply #35 on:** April 19, 2012, 11:00:36 AM »

Quote from: FrostbiteZ on April 18, 2012, 11:44:16 AM

Quote from: snowdog on April 18, 2012, 09:29:18 AM
I got my tickets for both shows. On the right side. 2nd row first night, 3rd row second night.

I'll be traveling from Colorado to see this as they have skipped us on both legs of this tour.

I also got tickets for both shows and went for the GA and I will be traveling from Denmark and since I'm over there in the US I might as well make it a roadtrip and take the gigs in Boston and Chester

That's quite the distance.

I have traveled to NEARFest and a few other places for shows, so for me it isn't a big deal. This will be the furthest I've traveled to see Dream Theater though. Usually they play somewhere near where I live. And I figured if I'm travelling to see them I might as well see two shows. If something special happens at these shows, all the better. And if not I'm sure they will be great shows anyway.

I'd be game for meeting up with others prior to the show.

Lionheart1827 · « **Reply #36 on:** April 20, 2012, 08:23:06 AM »

I hope I'm not the only one waiting on ticketmaster's "working page" for 15 minutes going now. I've never ever had to wait this long to see what tickets I'm going to get. Anybody else having an issue?

EDIT-Nevermind. Finally got through. The waiting time kept fluctuating from 15 to 13 to 6 and back and forth for like 20 minutes.

Mebert78 · « **Reply #37 on:** April 20, 2012, 08:42:05 AM »

Quote from: Lionheart1827 on April 20, 2012, 08:23:06 AM

I hope I'm not the only one waiting on ticketmaster's "working page" for 15 minutes going now. I've never ever had to wait this long to see what tickets I'm going to get. Anybody else having an issue?

EDIT-Nevermind. Finally got through. The waiting time kept fluctuating from 15 to 13 to 6 and back and forth for like 20 minutes.

Me too. Ridiculous. I'm at work and i walked away because of the 15 minute wait and when i got back, the tickets they suggested expired. Ugh.

I've never seen this 15-minute thing before. Usually, ticket choices pop right up.

Lionheart1827 · « **Reply #38 on:** April 20, 2012, 09:59:12 AM »

Quote from: Mebert78 on April 20, 2012, 08:42:05 AM

Quote from: Lionheart1827 on April 20, 2012, 08:23:06 AM
I hope I'm not the only one waiting on ticketmaster's "working page" for 15 minutes going now. I've never ever had to wait this long to see what tickets I'm going to get. Anybody else having an issue?

EDIT-Nevermind. Finally got through. The waiting time kept fluctuating from 15 to 13 to 6 and back and forth for like 20 minutes.

Me too. Ridiculous. I'm at work and i walked away because of the 15 minute wait and when i got back, the tickets they suggested expired. Ugh.

I've never seen this 15-minute thing before. Usually, ticket choices pop right up.

Yeah exactly. I'm at work, too, and I had stuff to do but I didn't want to pry my eyes away from the "working" screen because I know the expiration window is like 2 minutes.

Even for small venues that weren't DT, I've always had ticket selections show up within 30 seconds. Weird.

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #39 on:** April 20, 2012, 10:05:48 AM »

That happens sometimes when there's a larger show being sold at the same time. A couple of months ago it happened when there was a Springsteen show going on sale. I was trying to tickets for another show, but the Springsteen show created so much scalper traffic that it caused problems with their system.

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #40 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:08:02 AM »

Btw - I've sent a couple of messages to the Paramount to figure out the seating situation. It makes no sense to me. Ticketmaster seems to be selling both GA floor tickets and Floor seating tickets. My suspicion is that the GA "Main Floor" tickets aren't actually on the floor. I believe they have a second, small standing room section behind the mezzanine seats. Hopefully I'll get a response. If not I might just walk down to the box office tomorrow to get an answer.

mitchgo · « **Reply #41 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:10:47 AM »

A half dozen massive Springsteen stadium shows this AM brought TM to its electronic knees. This was likely the issue.

Mebert78 · « **Reply #42 on:** April 20, 2012, 11:33:07 AM »

Quote from: ZeppelinDT on April 20, 2012, 11:08:02 AM

Btw - I've sent a couple of messages to the Paramount to figure out the seating situation. It makes no sense to me. Ticketmaster seems to be selling both GA floor tickets and Floor seating tickets. My suspicion is that the GA "Main Floor" tickets aren't actually on the floor. I believe they have a second, small standing room section behind the mezzanine seats. Hopefully I'll get a response. If not I might just walk down to the box office tomorrow to get an answer.

That would be awesome! Keep us posted!

FrostbiteZ · « **Reply #43 on:** April 20, 2012, 12:17:40 PM »

Quote from: ZeppelinDT on April 20, 2012, 11:08:02 AM

Btw - I've sent a couple of messages to the Paramount to figure out the seating situation. It makes no sense to me. Ticketmaster seems to be selling both GA floor tickets and Floor seating tickets. My suspicion is that the GA "Main Floor" tickets aren't actually on the floor. I believe they have a second, small standing room section behind the mezzanine seats. Hopefully I'll get a response. If not I might just walk down to the box office tomorrow to get an answer.

I was also a bit confused, so I mailed The Paramount and here is what they wrote back

Thank you for your email and your interest in The Paramount.
The General Admission area for this show is split. From the stage back are rows A-L. Behind those seats will be standing room only.
Please contact the box office to be clear as to what kind of ticket you purchased. Since you selected standing room only, you should be fine, GA tickets will always say there is a seat.
You can contact them directly from 12pm-6pm daily and until 9pm on show nights at 631 673 7300 ex 350.

Mebert78 · « **Reply #44 on:** April 20, 2012, 12:33:10 PM »

Thanks, FrostBite. So the first 12 rows (A-L) are seated. Behind those 12 rows is standing room. That's so weird. Why not just make it all standing? They must be filming something and want the front-area fans to be more organized or something.

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #45 on:** April 20, 2012, 01:04:05 PM »

Quote from: Mebert78 on April 20, 2012, 12:33:10 PM

Thanks, FrostBite. So the first 12 rows (A-L) are seated. Behind those 12 rows is standing room. That's so weird. Why not just make it all standing? They must be filming something and want the front-area fans to be more organized or something.

Or the Paramount Theater is just weird. Isn't it a new venue?

Thanks, Zep!

Quote from: ZeppelinDT on April 15, 2012, 10:00:18 AM

It's a brand new, BEAUTIFUL venue. Just opened up a few months ago.

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #46 on:** April 20, 2012, 01:29:40 PM »

Yeah, I've been to Paramount a few times, but it's always been a standing room only floor. I've never seen it with seats on the floor. Kinda curious about how it'll work. I guess this means they're setting up 12 rows of seats with a standing room section behind the seats. Very strange.

Mebert78 · « **Reply #47 on:** April 20, 2012, 02:12:20 PM »

Best seats available now are like row J. Some people on StubHub have tickets priced at $265. Any fan willing to pay that might as well get a VIP package for $15 more and just meet the band.

FrostbiteZ · « **Reply #48 on:** April 20, 2012, 04:50:08 PM »

Hmm. The venue has capacity of 1,500 out of them 459 are balcony/loge seats that leaves 1041 on main floor. 315 of the 1041 are seated which mean that 726 are standing on less than half the floor. Its gonna be pretty crowded back there. Had it been any other band I would have said screw the 2x66$ I'm staying in denmark, but its not. Its DreamTheater

so I have go

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #49 on:** April 21, 2012, 02:25:16 PM »

Where are you getting those numbers? I think you're missing a few sections. There's the back mezzanine, but there are also the two balconies on the side, the VIP section and the sky bar section.

FrostbiteZ · « **Reply #50 on:** April 21, 2012, 03:23:56 PM »

Quote from: ZeppelinDT on April 21, 2012, 02:25:16 PM

Where are you getting those numbers? I think you're missing a few sections. There's the back mezzanine, but there are also the two balconies on the side, the VIP section and the sky bar section.

I simply counted the seats from the plans found here https://www.paramountny.com/venue/
The numbers may not 100% accurate, but I think pretty close

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #51 on:** April 23, 2012, 10:03:52 AM »

I'm not sure how accurate that is. I don't think either of those seating charts are what's being used for the show. It also doesn't show the capacity of the Skybar, which looks like it could be at least a couple of hundred. (Although I've never actually been up to that part of the venue, so I don't know for sure.

composure77 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 30, 2012, 10:45:08 AM »

Just bought a meet and greet package for the 19th! More than ecstatic about it!!

JoiseyDTLovah · « **Reply #53 on:** May 22, 2012, 09:23:09 AM »

I have a seat for the Wednesday night show, GA for Thursday night. Really excited for these two concerts.

RaiseTheKnife · « **Reply #54 on:** May 23, 2012, 08:37:01 PM »

So will the DVD be shot here? Why is this still a mystery? It makes it difficult to plan travel arrangements from the west coast.

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #55 on:** June 21, 2012, 12:08:56 PM »

Anybody up for some pre or post show drinks for this show?

mrjazzguitar · « **Reply #56 on:** June 21, 2012, 12:50:58 PM »

Quote from: ZeppelinDT on June 21, 2012, 12:08:56 PM

Anybody up for some pre or post show drinks for this show?

I'm down for some pre -- I'll be coming from the north Bronx with a friend.

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #57 on:** June 21, 2012, 01:24:25 PM »

Awesome. There's tons of bars in the area, so it should be easy to do.

chrisbDTM · « **Reply #58 on:** June 22, 2012, 09:44:02 AM »

i think i may go to the second date. need to make a decision soon

chrisbDTM · « **Reply #59 on:** June 24, 2012, 12:19:10 PM »

EDIT: alrighty just bought my tickets for this show. 4th row center, couldnt be happier

i am excite

FrostbiteZ · « **Reply #60 on:** June 25, 2012, 03:00:45 AM »

Quote from: chrisbDTM on June 24, 2012, 12:19:10 PM

EDIT: alrighty just bought my tickets for this show. 4th row center, couldnt be happier

i am excite

wtf

I bought my 23rd april and the best I got was row 10 seat 14
thx ticketmaster

chrisbDTM · « **Reply #61 on:** June 25, 2012, 06:07:09 AM »

i was actually very surprised. i should clarify it's the second date 7/19. section 102 row D

chrisbDTM · « **Reply #62 on:** June 27, 2012, 08:06:39 AM »

so which show is everyone going to? we should get a list going

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #63 on:** June 27, 2012, 10:49:08 AM »

I'm going to both nights

MetropolisWatches · « **Reply #64 on:** June 27, 2012, 01:49:34 PM »

I'll be attending the July 19th show. Section/Aisle: 208, Row/Box: H, Seat:1.

FrostbiteZ · « **Reply #65 on:** June 28, 2012, 03:07:13 AM »

I have decided to give away my GA ticket for both Huntington dates 18-19th of july. I bought them cause I thought that GA would be in front of the stage. I later learned that they are not, so I also bought seated tickets for both dates cause I wanted to get a bit closer

I could try and sell them, but it seems that there is no high demand for DT tickets, seeing that many of the second leg dates are far from sold out.

So I rather give them away and make some fans happy

I have to collect them at the box office, so thats where I will hand them over

So if you are interested or know someone who could be. Then email me the date you are interested in + include your DTF username. If I get more requests on the same date I will let a friend draw the lucky one.

I will mail the lucky ones with details regarding the pickup

The offer runs till tuesday the 3rd of july 15:00 pm

Shadow2222 · « **Reply #66 on:** July 02, 2012, 09:05:27 AM »

Well, now that they've announced that the DVD shows are the ones in Argentina, I'm not expecting anything special for this show.

Although.... I still have a faint hope in my mind that they will do I&W on the second night and record it as a bonus feature for the upcoming DVD.

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #67 on:** July 02, 2012, 12:18:44 PM »

Unless maybe they're using this two-night stand as a sort of rehearsal for the DVD nights?

chrisbDTM · « **Reply #68 on:** July 02, 2012, 02:14:46 PM »

i dont see them doing anything special on the second night. i hope im wrong, but i dont wanna get my hopes up.

ZeppelinDT · « **Reply #69 on:** July 02, 2012, 03:30:45 PM »

I really just hope they don't play the same setlist two nights in a row.

News: Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4

Author Topic: 2012-07-18/19 - Paramount Theater - Huntington, NY (Read 59588 times)

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