Concert ticket numbers limited

Admission to Thursday’s Homecoming concert was free for those lucky enough to get a ticket.

All Georgia College students with a valid Bobcat card were admitted to the concert featuring B.o.B, Stokeswood and Playboy Tre.

Georgia College alumni were also guaranteed a spot in the Centennial Center for the show, and could sign up online to save their place.

Members of the community were not, however, that fortunate. A total of 200 tickets were set aside for their use and could be picked up in The Den. Tickets were free, but only two were allowed to be picked up per household.

Georgia College students could acquire one additional ticket in The Den. Six hundred of these tickets were available.

“The tickets are going a lot faster now that word has gotten out that they are free,” senior exercise science major Lindsay White said on Wednesday.

Georgia College disseminated the new pricing information in several places according to Director of Campus Life, Tom Miles.

“University Communications placed information in the Union Recorder, our local newspaper and on our social media sites, regarding the availability of a limited number of tickets for community members,” Miles said.

It was projected that there would not be any community tickets left to get at the door the day of the concert.

“The additional tickets are limited. If there is still some room at Centennial the day of the concert we are going to let additional people in, but that is a day of kind of decision,” SGA President Zach Mullins said.

In the past, entrance to the Homecoming concert was free to all Georgia College students and community members could pay for tickets to enter. The Homecoming committee was also planning on selling tickets for $20 up until the week of the concert. This year the contract, which is negotiated between Georgia College’s agent and the performer’s representative, contained a clause that made it questionable to charge for admittance.

“We reviewed the contract a number of times, but sometimes clauses within contracts can be interpreted differently by each entity. We and our agent felt that one clause was questionable, so we leaned on the side of caution and decided not to charge,” Miles said.

Offering free tickets had no impact on the concert itself Miles said. Revenue generated in the past for the Homecoming concert was returned to the student activity fee account. The Student Activity Budget Committee then allocated the funds during the next budget cycle.

“We are happy with the option of getting to offer everything for free,” Mullins said.

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