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Dan | 2:48 p.m. April 1, 2008

I have resisted going to the Stadium of Fire in years past due to my distaste for country music. It is nice to have a change. At least Hannah Montana is palatable. Throw in the Blue Man group and I may take my family of seven for the first time ever, assuming I can get tickets online.

Timj | 2:52 p.m. April 1, 2008

I guess it's nice that they're not doing a country act again...
But how about they try something a little more rock-oriented?
Billy Joel?
Elton John? (although he's gay, so that might be a problem at BYU)
U2?
Frankly, I'd be happy with anything that's not country or pure pop. But I guess you have to please the masses.

Anonymous | 2:53 p.m. April 1, 2008

Miley Cyrus? Meh... go Blue Man Group!

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Re: Elton John? | 3:10 p.m. April 1, 2008

I've already seen him in concert, AT BYU!

Blue Man Group | 3:19 p.m. April 1, 2008

Blue Man Group Tickets in Las Vegas start at like $100 a show. I will go just for them and leave afterwards.

Cashing in | 3:49 p.m. April 1, 2008

I for one, will be cashing in on my ticket scalping capabilities. This will be the fastest sellout in history, and all of the tickets will be bought by scalpers. For those who really want to see this teeny bopper act, get ready to pay big dollars, or sit up on the top row.

a nony mouse | 3:45 p.m. April 1, 2008

Didnt the Blue Man Group perform at Stadium of fire a few years ago? I'm sure they did. My daughter was a Stadium of Fire Dancer. She remembers performing with The blue Man Group. Maybe it was somebody similar.

A Scalper | 3:49 p.m. April 1, 2008

I am surprised at the number of people who are complaining about scalping. I make my livelihood off of scalping. It allows me to provide a decent life for my family by working a few nights a month and it lets me spend the rest of the time being with my chilren, helping them with homework, taking them to the park and so on. I thought you all were about good family values. If so, why pick on me just because I have a job that I love?

Anonymous | 4:17 p.m. April 1, 2008

Who?

Mr. HARR | 4:16 p.m. April 1, 2008

Mr. G, its funny that you bought tickets off the glenn beck website and are now trying to resell them when glenn specifically asked people not to do that. Nice.

Catherine | 4:21 p.m. April 1, 2008

Yet another holiday going down the tubes. No mention from any of the comments thus far about the real reason for this holiday celebration. It's all about Miley, apparently.

I'd prefer to have my kids remember picnics with the family, watching a parade, sitting on a blanket after a scorching hot day on the cool grass watching the fireworks at a local park. Soaking in all the smells, sounds, and feelings of a simple summer evening. Apparently "simpler is better" is a lost concept with the majority of people nowadays.

Sigh.

Steve - Re: A Scalper | 4:42 p.m. April 1, 2008

Are you serious? What you're doing isn't legitimate for one thing (I don't think it's even legal in many places). Do you really feel good about bilking people of their money by re-selling a ticket for 2, 3, 4 or more times it's face value?

Is this your only source of income? I'd say get a real job, a regular one like everyone else that your wife and kids can be proud of.

What you're doing is not a "job".

A Scalper | 4:49 p.m. April 1, 2008

To Steve: I do nothing different than what the grocery store does. They buy food and stuff from others, jack up the price and sell it to you when you get hungry. What I do is not illegal. It is my job. It is my livelihood.

HUH? | 4:49 p.m. April 1, 2008

Stand in line for a wristband so I can stand in line for tickets. This concert is for teens who like to camp out, not adults.

TJ | 4:50 p.m. April 1, 2008

Well from a monetary standpoint I think this is a good things cause she puts butts in the seats but I see a lot of people who normally go to the Stadium of fire not going this year because of her. I have never been and will never go cause I do not like fireworks and think they are a waste of my money but if people like them they go spend your money on them. I think the stadium will be full of 6-12 year old kids with their parents this year and a lot of the "regulars" (i have a lot of neighbors that go every year) will not be there but they will make a lot of money this year with Hannah Montana or Miley Cyrus or whatever other name she feels like going by.

lauren | 5:22 p.m. April 1, 2008

I love you miley i am afan

Skeptic | 5:40 p.m. April 1, 2008

Scalper speculates on tickets. He might loose money on some and make money on others. This is the same principal that the stock market operates on. You buy on speculation. Supply and demand is what our market economy functions on.

bridge | 5:46 p.m. April 1, 2008

i'm a little annoyed by people who are complaining that this choice of performer doesn't appeal to numerous demographics. Finally they are having someone other than a country star! She still represents family values, which is super important for byu and stadium of fire, but she can sell out a stadium as well. And blue man group?! SOF made some smart moves this year.

Re: Catherine | 6:39 p.m. April 1, 2008

The story IS about the show. If you're not interested in the show, stay home and enjoy your family picnic.

Why are you even reading about the show if you're not interested in the headline acts?

sigh

Jon | 7:02 p.m. April 1, 2008

I have no problem with scalpers. It's simple economics--if the demand is high then the price goes up. If people aren't willing to pay for what the scalper wants then they have to lower the price. It's capitalism.

Glen Beck? | 8:05 p.m. April 1, 2008

Why does Stadium of Fire ALWAYS hire political arsonists, who offend much of the population of this state.

Glen Beck is NOT an entertainer, and if HE is considered patriotic, God help us all. A true "patriot" is not a fire-stormer, right-wing, neo-con war supporter.

Dan | 8:56 p.m. April 1, 2008

Hanna Montana with Blue Man Group doing warm up? Those are both major headliners, how did this get arranged? I wonder if Disney has a plan to show it live in 3D in theaters across the country?

scubadiver | 10:20 p.m. April 1, 2008

This is going to be so fun. There is always magic on the 4th of July. Miley, plus Blue Man Group, plus Glenn Beck(my favorite. He is the best) will be high energy, very patriotic and so much fun for our birthday party for our country . Way to Go!! We are so glad it isn't another country show.We love the fireworks and music the very most. I hope we can get tickets. We haven't missed one stadium of fire since it started.

"Awesome" | 11:05 p.m. April 1, 2008

My nine year old daughter had one immediate reaction: "AWESOME"!

For those of you adults upset about this choice, I say, too bad! As far as I'm concerned, fireworks and shows like this are for kids!

I for one couldn't be happier for my daughter to be able to see a wholesome show and concert.

Ticket prices | 11:34 p.m. April 1, 2008

The ticket prices have been posted:
$35/$45/$55/$65 for the various stadium seats, and $120 down on the field.

I'm with most of you--a 25-ticket limit is like blood in the water for scalpers. It is definitely the chicken's way out for SOF, because the scalpers will now assume the risk of empty seats, and you're less likely to bury your ticketing website. But with Miley and BMG, there's no need. You could sell out no matter how low the limit. With a lower limit you make it a lot more difficult for the scalpers, but your website takes a beating with the increased number of transactions.

sellout | 11:49 p.m. April 1, 2008

someone said that the concert will be sold out in a day. I predict within a few minutes no more that an hour.

Ron | 10:24 a.m. April 2, 2008

ok so im not sure why my posts were deleted since there are many more rude people and the scalpers already posting. Im sortve looking forward to Friday since I got the last of the wristbands at 4:59 pm yesterday. Im only hoping their site crashes long enough for us in line to get what we need.

Steve - Re: Jon & scalpers | 1:30 p.m. April 2, 2008

If you ran a business that sells a unique product (one that can't be produced elsewhere) would you want some John Doe off the street buying your product and re-selling it for cheaper or more elsewhere? I doubt it. You want the public coming to you, not this scalper. That's exactly what's going on with concert tickets.

Scalping tickets is just wrong. Why should people have to pay twice as much to see a show? And normally the reason people turn to a scalper is because the event is sold out and it's the only way to go... if the scalpers didn't exist that would free up ALOT of tickets at the original price for those customers. What scalpers are doing is taking advantage of people, NOT helping them.

I wish scalpers would vanish and thus free up an extra amount of tickets at their normal price. And I wish more performers were like Garth Brooks and go to efforts to kill business for the scalpers (see my previous replies about this).

Anonymous | 3:18 p.m. April 2, 2008

The most offensive part of this line-up is not Miley, nor Blue Man Group. The most offensive part is Glenn "Idiot Fanatic" Beck!

RMR | 3:57 p.m. April 2, 2008

I want to go SO bad! She is my FAVORITE singer and I know every single one of her songs word for word and she's about the only music artist I listen to. I hope scalpers will not steal the tickets because of being heartless.

JWH | 1:48 a.m. April 3, 2008

Went to the Hannah Montana concert this year at ESA with my 3 BOYS, and they loved it. Sure they were outnumbered by girls about 10/1 and there was a lot of screaming which caused my youngest to wear earplugs, but it was energetic and probably the most wholesome pop concert I have seen. Many families will enjoy this if they can get tickets before the scalpers do, good luck and at least a Stadium has more seats available.

Scalpers heyday | 9:42 a.m. April 3, 2008

Gee...instead of ripping off crazed adults this year it's going to be like taking candy from babies for Stadium....Great last minute fill in for the supposed big show of the year...almost as good as BYU's Athletic Departments Northern Iowa fill in for Nevada in football......no thanks I'll pass this year.

Me | 1:06 p.m. April 3, 2008

The way I see it, this whole Miley Cyrus phenomenon is like the Cabbage Patch Kids craze of many years ago.

For those of you who may be too young to remember that, the Cabbage Patch Kids were the toy to have one Christmas. It all started when word got out of them selling out in some parts of the country. All of a sudden people in other parts of the country started buying them up and even hoarding them to resell just before Christmas. That created an even bigger shortage. Before you knew it, parents were lined up by the hundreds just to buy their kid a doll that they all of a sudden had to have.

While Miley Cyrus may be an excellent entertainer, the news coverage of her concerts selling out so fast (partly due to scalpers) only feeds the frenzy for her next concert and that one sells out even faster. So in a way, you could say that she owes part of her success to scalpers.

Oh Please | 2:08 p.m. April 3, 2008

Well, Glenn Beck and Miley Cyrus... have any of the rest of you ever noticed how your IQ drops 20 points or so when you go south over the Point of Mountain? It's eerie to feel suddenly stupid...

Me - Re: Steve | 2:33 p.m. April 3, 2008

"I wish scalpers would vanish and thus free up an extra amount of tickets at their normal price. And I wish more performers were like Garth Brooks and go to efforts to kill business for the scalpers (see my previous replies about this)."

You know what would kill business for scalpers even faster? If people refused to pay anything above face value for tickets. As long as people, and in this case parents, are willing to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for tickets which originally sold for a fraction of that price, scalpers will not only exist, but flourish.

Dawn :o) | 10:28 a.m. April 4, 2008

Hi, my name is Dawn and I"m a Disney-holic---yes, I"m 35 and I am hopefullly getting tickets to see this with my 6-year-old daughter (my husband is going to stay home with my baby for once so I can go). Miley Cyrus is a pretty good girl and I am looking forward to this! (And I DO know all of her lyrics---maybe sad to some of you, but true! And i like her music too!)

SeattleCougarBlue | 5:52 p.m. April 4, 2008

I would have loved to have purchased tickets. I went to the byu ticket website 15 minutes prior to when the tickets went on sale. I got a message that said there was heavy demand and that I was being placed in a queue and would receive access to the site at the next available opportunity. Well 43 minutes after the tickets went on sale, I never did get access to the site, but only a message that said there were no more available tickets.

The site said that individuals would be limited to 25 tickets. However, about 30 minutes into the wait, a message came up on the screen with a link to a sight for a charity auction for tickets. A couple had purchased 1000 tickets for the auction - so much for a 25 ticket limit.

Once again, I'll go home to my daughter and explain that I did everything that I possibly could to get her tickets to see Myley Cyrus... and once again I'll get to see the disappointment in her eyes that she won't be able to see her pop-star idol. We'll both get over it. Have fun charity ticket holders.

Insane | 6:17 p.m. April 4, 2008

I waited online 55 minutes, then finally got moved from the waiting queue to the ticket site, but when I actually went to buy tickets they were gone.

Here's the good neww: you can get tickets on eBay already!! And such a deal! The field seats that sold for $120 are available for the bargain price of avg $1,000/seat!! Thats almost a 10X markup. Above the concourse seats that sold for $45 are now $300+/seat.

The Freedom Festival wonks that made the decision to offer a 25-ticket limit played right into the hands of the scalpers. It's like handing them $880/ticket in cash! That's bad enough, but now the tickets are priced far out of the reach of most (sane) Utah families. I personally hope they get stuck with their tickets and the SOF sits noticeably empty for the performance. The scalpers can choke on their tickets for all I care.

FatherOfGirls | 6:29 p.m. April 4, 2008

I've been trying to get tickets for an hour and a half...I would at least like to see a screen and know for sure that the online tickets are gone...my browser just keeps timing out. :-(

Huh, no Osmonds? | 5:32 p.m. April 5, 2008

At least this sold out faster than the Osmond Family Re-re-Reunion XXI music show.

What | 10:21 a.m. April 6, 2008

What is wrong with Miley I think this is so silly come on people you guys are being so silly

Emma | 2:59 p.m. April 6, 2008

What? This is so silly! What's the point of getting mad about this? I think she is great but she is a sell out.

Fre | 3:05 p.m. April 6, 2008

I LOVVE MILEY I LOVE MILEY I LOVE MILEY I LOVE MILEY

Ron | 9:26 a.m. April 7, 2008

so; not sure why people thought they would be able to just jump in line on the internet and get tickets 15 minutes before the start. I at least made sure I got a wristband days before the line even started; and was lucky enough to be in the 700s; and made dang sure I got there before 4:30. My wife and I are taking our 8 yr old daughter to see her and we can't wait.

Still; don't complain and try to get sympathy when you simply didn't plan for it ahead of time. This is mostly in reaction of the drama queen talking about the "disappointment" in her daughter's eyes.

I do agree that it was dumb of them to allow 25 tickets per person. I bought what I needed and left.

Also; if youre upset about tickets being sold above face value; talk to who ever it is in Utah senate that could get the regulations passed. There are plenty of states that regulate ticket sales.

ana | 9:15 p.m. April 8, 2008

thats crazy that people do that

kas | 12:57 p.m. June 13, 2008

I wish I could go.Miley rocks!!!I went to her best of both worlds concert with my 2 nieces.One of the most action packed concerts ever!I can't wait for her new cd.If she performs fly on the wall I'll be so sad I couldn't go.

Dancer From Stadium Of Fire | 9:16 p.m. July 15, 2008

Dude! Stadium of Fire was AWESOME this year!! There were a total of 1350 dancers out on the field and I was one of them! How lucky was I?? Im not a huge Miley fan but she was pretty good at performing I LUVD the Blue Man Group!!! They did SO good They are so amazing They're very funny They look tunz different when they practice normal than when they are blue It was so great to attend SOF again this year But sadly next year will be my last year =( I love SOF All I have to say is if ANY girl, or guy, likes to dance, you so have got to perform at SOF. Yes guys can perform too. There was only one guy this year. He was so good He has such good showmanship and is a wonderful dancer

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