Demand for Obama inaugural tickets overwhelms supply

Demand for inaugural tickets overwhelms supply

"Dont leave home without them" says Tom Wilson Vp of ticket brokerage Tixx.com


WASHINGTON — As President-elect Barack Obama might say, there are no red tickets and no blue tickets, no VIP tickets and no standing-room tickets.

In fact, no tickets are available yet for Obama’s inauguration Jan. 20 — but that isn’t stopping people from selling them, a fact that’s prompting increasing anger from those organizing the historic event.

As lawmakers from NJ and beyond continued to be bombarded by ticket requests for what’s sure to be one of the most in-demand Washington events ever, the senator overseeing Obama’s inauguration said she plans to write to online merchants like eBay to ask that they not sell scalped tickets.

Tixx.com says all buyers should be Leary of any last minuet delivery of tickets, where brokers wait for the prices to come down and then fill their orders for tickets. Wilson says you are looking for disappointment if you leave your home without tickets to the big event, as demand will overwhelm supply.

This event will be larger than Tiger Woods first Pro Masters Golf Tornament by a magnatude of 10x tougher ticket.