Chicagoist: No More Obamapalooza Tickets

garlic

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:49:56 -0600

I like the idea of getting together with someone who doesn't have a guest and using their spare entry. I'm on the wait list, but I can't see how I'll ever get a ticket unless they move it to soldier field.

Ed Knittel

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:28:53 -0600

Dude, tickets were gone in less than an hour yesterday. I didn't stand a chance as my fellow employees snatched them up while I was in a meeting.

Chris_60614

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:18:46 -0600

let's be honest here, do you really think some hipster in a greenpeace t-shirt is going to be able to collect tickets and hold a crowd of 500,000+ at bay? Get real, it's going to be Obama in some sort of 'Pope-mobile' surrounded by the secret service, while the rest of us (tickets/or not) hang out in the wild-wild-west. Even if the Union thugs that usually show up to these things to make sure everybody is cheering for the home team come out, the numbers are just too big. I havent heard back from the Democratic Party yet, but supposedly i have a ticket. And with it i think it might be safe to bring: flask of bushmills table leg brass knuckles photocopies of those tickets to sell (if they were gullible enough to vote for the messiah, they're used to not looking to close to what they're buying). I didnt vote for either candidate, but this is going to be history, whether a race riot or love fest.....im not going to miss it!

sfrazer_chicago

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:54:40 -0600

Note that each ticket holder is allowed to bring one guest. So you could hang around the gate looking for people without guests to bring in as well.