Miley Cyrus goes paperless to thwart scalpers
By CURTIS ROSS | The Tampa Tribune
Published: November 24, 2009
Miley Cyrus will perform Dec. 1 at the Forum in Tampa.
Scalpers got their hands on so many tickets for Miley Cyrus’ 2007 tour — e-selling some for as much as $2,500 — that many fans were left empty-handed.
Cyrus’ current tour is using paperless ticketing exclusively. To enter the show, purchasers must present a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license, and the credit card used to buy the tickets.
Cyrus could have been swapping one ticket fiasco for another. Paperless ticketing sounds like a logjam waiting to happen. But reports from the tour’s early dates say things have run smoothly with few glitches.
It’s pretty straightforward if the ticket purchaser is attending the show. Once the card is scanned, a slip of paper with the seat locations is printed and you’re in. All members of the party must be present when the card is scanned in order to be seated.
Parents who bought tickets to the Dec. 1 show in Tampa but don’t want to attend will have to accompany their children to the entry point. Free temporary parking will be available for pick-up/drop-off located in the St. Pete Times Forum North Lot on the corner of Channelside Drive and Caesar Street.
Parents have the option of spending the concert at the Forum’s Shots at Channelside, a restaurant that will serve as a waiting room.
Buyers who purchased from secondary sources will have to be creative. A story on the Kansas City Star’s Web site told of a woman who bought tickets on eBay, then had to meet the seller, whom she didn’t know, outside the venue in order to get seated.
For information, consult Ticketmaster’s Web site, www.ticketmaster.com/mileycyrus.
Music critic Curtis Ross can be reached at (813) 259-7568.
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