2012-07-18/19 - Paramount Theater - Huntington, NY

[snowdog]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Mebert78]

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]

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]

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]

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!

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

[ZeppelinDT]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[JoiseyDTLovah]

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

[RaiseTheKnife]

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]

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

[mrjazzguitar]

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]

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

[chrisbDTM]

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

[chrisbDTM]

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


i am excite

[FrostbiteZ]

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]

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

[chrisbDTM]

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

[ZeppelinDT]

I'm going to both nights

[MetropolisWatches]

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

[FrostbiteZ]

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]

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]

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

[chrisbDTM]

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

[ZeppelinDT]

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