The GABF sells out how fast?!

I had the same problem as anyone else but was able to secure my Saturday Afternoon tickets after several attempts. Also, may have an extra ticket for that session too because my buddy is on the fence about going to Denver this year...if he doesn't go, I will post his ticket up in the proper forum (for a substantial financial gain....muhahahahahaha.)

 

If he doesn't plan on going I would be interested.

 

oddly enough, there is still a public sale for sat afternoon tomorrow. guess ill try again. hopefully they allocated some for tomorrow.

 

Tix in hand by 10:05 for Sat afternoon. My first GABF. I think a little pee came out in excitement.

 

Are you sure you don't have tickets in one hand and your shlanger in the other getting excited?!?!

 

I got in a few times, only 2 tickets per session but was able to get a total of 3 sessions. Flying out from CT and plan to take it slow and do different areas each day. Might end up selling the third session if we can cover what we want to taste in 2. No issues with any of the purchases

 

I didn't realize this, but the ticket fees are substantially less for AHA members. The savings can add up...

For example, if you purchase four tickets to one session, AHA members are charged $6 in fees while non-AHA members are charged an insane $21.50 in fees (difference: $15.50). You've paid for about 40% of your AHA membership just in Ticketmaster fees savings. Not bad considering you still get other benefits like participation in the presale, discounts at local bars/breweries, etc. I'm not shilling or anything, I just didnt realize I was getting this benefit.

 

I tried to copy and paste my member number and it wouldn't take it. When I typed it in it worked fine. Had me worried for a minute. Purchased Thur 1st and Saturday afternoon 2nd.

 

#broke

 

Anyone buy an extra member's ticket let me know.

 

You can't go saturday.

 

Haha, yeah I know. I was trying to get them for some friends. Hence why I'm not horribly upset I got shutout.

 

Craft beer's success is now showing. From the sheer number of breweries in the US compared to venue and judging space available to how quickly the public session sells out. The World Beer Cup needs to be advanced in size and maybe add public events as well.

 

next year wbc will be in denver and coincide with gabf

 

Is there a difference between regular session member tickets and public ones? I know the fees were lower for members, so I'm kicking myself for not moving faster.

I had to buy tickets for 6 people today and definitely didn't get them all bought in time (spent a lot of time refreshing for Farm to Table ).

 

No difference

 

Thanks!

I didn't realize that the Pre-sale has just about sold out EVERYTHING. Wow.

Edit: nevermind
"The Member Pre-Sale sold out. The public sale will have tickets for Thurs, Fri & Sat eve. sessions starting at 10 AM MDT tomorrow"

 

Last year there was the whole "members line" thing (which WAS worth it), but this year it seems like we just got a chance to get tickets early.
Not to shill for the AHA, but in Denver alone you'll find that membership pays for itself VERY quickly. This pre-sale is just one other benefit.

 

Isnt WBC in the spring? Lot of the same judges do both events and they'd be some fatigued palettes trying to do both events.