WHO: Jason Mraz
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: John R. Emens Auditorium
*PRICE LEVEL 1: *$15 for students, $30 for public
*PRICE LEVEL 2: *$10 for students, $25 for public
About one sixth of the seats in John R. Emens Auditorium are still available for Jason Mraz’s performance tonight.
Kristi Chambers, Emens marketing assistant, said about 600 tickets were available as of Monday night, despite some students camping out to buy tickets in September and opening sales to the public.
“The reason he isn’t selling out, based on what we’ve heard from people, is that they thought the show was already sold out because it went on sale for students first and that so many camped out for it,” Chambers said. “The reason why it’s opened to the public is there are tickets left — students get priority.”
Abby Johnson, a freshman dietetics major, camped out for tickets in September.
“People see the waiting line and think, ‘Oh look at all these people, all the tickets will be gone by the time I go to buy a ticket,’” she said. “It really doesn’t surprise me there are tickets left, but it does surprise me that there are so many left.”
Chambers said tickets not being available online sooner is another factor.
“Florida Georgia Line was available at the office and online, and [the show] sold out in two hours,” she said. “The thing is — since Jason Mraz wasn’t online at that point — if you wanted to get a ticket, you had to come to the box office, and that actually weeds out a lot of people.”
Tickets opened to the public Oct. 4 at $30 at price level one and $25 at price level two. Ball State students can buy tickets for $15 at price level one and $10 at price level two.
“I haven’t heard of a ton of advertising for the concert, even from students because I heard [some] saying they didn’t know he was coming,” Johnson said. “I don’t feel there was enough advertising,”
Alesia Struewing, a freshman speech pathology major, said she didn’t buy her ticket until Monday because she didn’t know there were any available.
“The only reason I heard of there being tickets available was because of a post on Twitter,” she said.
Chambers said spreading the word is difficult.
“I can put up as much advertising as I want, but if people don’t pay attention or just hear what they want to hear, they aren’t going to realize it’s open to the public and that we have tickets left,” she said.
She said Emens doesn’t typically sell out its shows.
“More often than not, most of our shows don’t sell out because we want shows that can get as many people to come as possible and still not fill the auditorium,” Chambers said. “If we sold out every show, then our venue isn’t big enough for the shows we’re bringing.”
She said they are still selling tickets for the show at 7:30 p.m.
“We are praying to get as close as possible to selling out,” she said.
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