Every year, people from La Salle and Ateneo students and alumni sacrifice their time, energy and effort just to secure tickets to the Philippines’ biggest sports rivalry. Some people line up 24 hours prior to the ticket-selling day, in desperate hopes that they will be also rewarded with passes to one of the most important social events in the country. I’ve seen some of them take their portable sleeping gear, bringing some food to the ticket-selling venue and spending their night in high hopes. And then they realize the morning after, their sacrifices have been all put to naught by the scalpers who are just as willing to take those tickets away from them.

Certainly, these legitimate fans deserve much better.

I mean, it seems the scalpers only have to show up and they get their ticket allocation. The real fans who have been spent have been relegated to spectators who wander how much these scalpers will sell the tickets that they have “stolen” from them. Okay, I have no right in saying that these people have no right to buy the tickets just because they are not from La Salle or Ateneo. Sure, they can watch the games and enjoy it; IT IS their right anyway because they have the necessary document. It’s just that they have no right to sell it at a higher price to us, they have completely no right to scalp the tickets.

I’ve heard several people complain about the way they lined up almost a day before the ticket-selling and how they ended up with nothing. It’s the most frustrating feeling for a fan who exerts effort - to see scalpers who just need to show up get away with the tickets. What’s worse is that the people who have the nerve to do this are people who are poor. I’ve been hearing stories that they are doing a lot of tricks to cheat other people to gaining access to tickets. Scalpers will be there but the I think that the Araneta Coliseum Management have a lot of explaining to do. This is an account that I have gathered from a user in one La Salle support site.

i thought i’ll not be posting this..
but i dont think it fits to be placed in the thread of DLSU vs ADMU game..

last night on my way home, (because i just live near araneta) i saw that there was already a line for the tickets.i cant blame them if they were na, so they will sure tix. so, i decided to be early. i ws in araneta at 4am..there was no line at the red gate because there was a rope and a guard was trying to remove the people near the vicinity..so, i was waiting at the streets.. thank god, i met someone.. a lasallian too..
then, around past 5am..there was a commotion..people just line up near the red ticket booth even if the guard were saying that the ticket will be sold at 9am and the line will start at 7am pa.. then sa line, i met two more lasallians.. we didnt get out of the line..
even if someone in front,back and side of the line, really smells bad.. like the one at the back of me was drunk..he really smells..i thought he will blow up..damn..buti na lang, napunta siya sa likod pa..

there was so much tulak,apak ng paa..hinila ng guard yung ibang nakpila..they cant control the people..then, the guard jsut said to make 2 lines..1 line..the 2 lines..everybody cant understand which is which.. everyone can fill being sandwich.. mad.gif

then before 9am, there were officials from araneta and some police who were present to make the line in proper..so that it can start the selling of tickets.. but because the security arrange the people on their own way, napalayo kami ng konti.. it really sucks.. ang daming tao sa unahan na asa likod talaga namin sila..

there were 10 patron and lowerbox tickets..50 upera and 579 uperb.. oh my god, s***..we got just upperb..we can’t believe it.. there were only around 15 persons in front of us who was the last one who got uppera tix.. ahhhh..it hurts so much!

whats worst, when we were about to have our time to buy the tix..we saw photocopy papers, which had ids and the letters..the one needed by araneta so they can sell tickets.. damn, there were fake ids..
fake photocopied ids of CSB..

oh my god..we were so speechless when we got our 2 upperb tix..the four of us can’t believe it..

what an experience..this was my worst experience of buying tickets in araneta after so many years!

i hope that the host team which is up and the araneta officials, will be strict about the id policy..i hope its not just simple sss id..or if they have admu or dlsu id, it should be verify! better check if its fake! maybe they can distinguish students and alumni from not..

there were only 5-10% of dlsu and admu students and alumni on the line..but i don’t think that percentage got tickets!

where can we get help about this!
share your experience..

10 Patron, 10 Lower Box, 50 Upper Box A? Is the Araneta Coliseum Management fucking serious? Where are the other tickets? We, La Salle and Ateneo fans, need a lengthy explanation from you, madams and sirs. For a coliseum that seats 14,775 at the least, this situation alone is fucking inane and insane! And how did the scalpers gain access to photocopied IDs? They should have been very strict about it. There is a way to verify the ID numbers of students in UAAP schools, even if they don’t use the high-tech scanners. There is no excuse for this petulant behavior from the scalpers and the Araneta Coliseum management. Scalpers have the right to earn money, yes, but they are crossing the line by trying to earn it at the expense of students.

The fall does not squarely fall on the scalpers’ shoulders though, as students or alumni also sell their tickets at prices that are as high as the heavens. Way to denounce corruption and then crucify the government officials for their corrupt nature with these acts of pang-gugulang and trying to get one over the neighbor or the opposing team’s fans.

We deserve much better. We need an explanation about where the fuck are the other tickets.