At the request of Swift's team, the company said Monday that select fans have a “limited opportunity” to purchase a maximum of two tickets each.
, "We apologize for the difficulties you may have experienced, and have been asked by Taylor's team to create this additional opportunity for you to purchase tickets. Notified fans will receive their individual invite to submit their purchase request prior to Friday, December 23. Invitations will be staggered by tour dates in each city.
Raghav Kalra, a senior at Columbia University in New York City, said he had a "weird inkling" that the artist would do "something like this.""This is much more manageable because then they [Ticketmaster] don't have a lot of traffic on their site and they just basically send people in for tickets, who actually need the tickets," Kalra, who last month unsuccessfully waited in the virtual queue for Swift tickets for several hours, said.
He described it as a "good system," though he added things could still "go wrong" with this next attempt to score tickets. Krista Ferrara, a longtime "Swiftie" from Texas, also said she's very "appreciative" of the chance to get tickets again. Monday's email "surprised" her, and she initially thought it could be a"I cried at work when the pre-sale didn't go through before," said Ferrara, who estimated she spent two days — approximately 16 hours — trying to buy tickets to one of the Arlington, Texas, shows.
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