My Long Washington Nationals Virtual Waiting Room Nightmare...

by Patrick Reddington on Mar 4, 2008 9:38 AM EST in News

So far it's been 29 minutes in the Nationals Virtual Waiting Room waiting for a chance to purchase tickets to Opening Night on March 30th against Atlanta.

Thirty minutes of busy signals by phone and a browser that refreshes at 15 second intervals but never actually lets you purchase tickets...

Actually that's not completely true...I actually got through once, put in my request for the 3 - Best Available Tickets...and then entered their coded password..."Sorry Unable to Process Order" because it couldn't determine which "Team's" Home site I was attempting to order from...

...And now at the 35 minute mark, "TICKETS FOR THE GAME YOU REQUESTED ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE..."

SOLD OUT in 35 Minutes...

Without even a chance to purchase tickets...

Thanks washington.nationals.mlb.com!!!

Thankfully there's always Ticket City or Stubhub...

Anyone actually get tickets?

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Same thing happened to me

Pretty frustrating. I won't pay the scalpers a dime, though. I wonder how early one will have to get there on game day?

by hb on Mar 4, 2008 11:16 AM EST reply actions

I gave in, hb...

...I hate the scalpers and their prices too. I really want to be there and coming down from 3 hrs. north, I can't take the chance of hoping to find a ticket when I get there. So I bit the bullet...and then bit my thumb as I accepted Stub Hub's exorbitant prices...

I plan on getting there a few hours in advance, something tells me the shuttle/train service is gonna have a hard time handling 50,000 fans...the only saving grace might be the Sunday night start time...can't imagine what the first few 7:00 pm starts will be like.

Good luck getting there...

by Patrick Reddington on Mar 4, 2008 6:38 PM EST reply actions