I joined the group. Friggin excited when I found out they released the dates for US tours. I know it's pretty early, Any plans on getting together around those dates?

The concert is in conjunction with an anime convention in a major city suburb. There should be plenty of cool things to do as a group before or after the concert, assuming people are interested.

saldiven wrote:The concert is in conjunction with an anime convention in a major city suburb. There should be plenty of cool things to do as a group before or after the concert, assuming people are interested.

Heck yeah, I'm so down for that. I personally don't like anime conventions myself, so we can do other things.

@TGE: Would it be alright if I got some of my friends (they are not in the forum) to join the anime convention group on? They may be tagging along with me for the concert as well. I'll let you know asap as possible if they're joining. (The deadline is April 1st yeah?)

So stoked and excited. Gods, I'm counting down the days. 122 left!

somechineseguy wrote:

So stoked and excited. Gods, I'm counting down the days. 122 left!

Haha. I had not gotten so far as to start counting days.

Plenty of stuff to do in Chicago. If you're a baseball fan, the Cubs are hosting the Pirates that weekend.

saldiven wrote:

somechineseguy wrote:

So stoked and excited. Gods, I'm counting down the days. 122 left!

Haha. I had not gotten so far as to start counting days.

Plenty of stuff to do in Chicago. If you're a baseball fan, the Cubs are hosting the Pirates that weekend.

As a huge baseball fan, I need to see a game at Wrigley. I'm not 100% sure that I can make it the Chicago show, but I think I will. If anyone else wants to go, let's form a group!

Fortunately, the L runs from O'Hare to Rosemont into downtown Chicago, so it'll be pretty easy for us to get around for sightseeing.

somechineseguy wrote:@TGE: Would it be alright if I got some of my friends (they are not in the forum) to join the anime convention group on? They may be tagging along with me for the concert as well. I'll let you know asap as possible if they're joining. (The deadline is April 1st yeah?)

Yeah, that's fine! But, as we have 13 people in the group right now, I think we should make the cutoff date as early as possible, so please have them decide soon. As soon as we get around 20 or so people, I think it would be a good idea to get the passes ASAP.

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:We can get a $5 group discount if we can sign up with 20+ people by April 1st. If anyone wants to join our group, please make sure to let me know. I will be removing anyone who joins but does not inform me.

First you need to sign up for an account (please make sure your username on there is your SH username so I know who you are), then you can join the group. Once we get enough people, we can all pay for our badges individually.

http://www.acen.org/group/join

Group key: HELLO WORLD

Is this where I inform you that I'd like to join the group or do I send you a message? If it's here, I'd like to join the group. Thanks

silkdog44 wrote:Is this where I inform you that I'd like to join the group or do I send you a message? If it's here, I'd like to join the group. Thanks

Yes, replying here is fine. And cool~

My bad, I just seen the message after your original that replying here is fine. Thanks @thoseguiltyeyes just joined

In case people don't see it in the thread on the Hello World tour, the House of Blues in LA has tickets going on sale later today through Live Nation and to general public tomorrow.

http://www.houseofblues.com/losangeles/events/eventdetail/?viewNav=/event-detail&eventId=09004E2EDE763AAA&c=LNSM_CT_LASunset_Scandal_fb_ss_011415

More people for Chicago is always good - up to 16 I think when we signed up.

Even though I'm a fan of anime I'm not super interested in the con - maybe it's because my tastes in anime aren't the mega popular ones

We're already planning on doing something else on Saturday afternoon / evening.  But it would be good to have a plan for Friday once we know more about the schedule.  If it's not too bad to get priority seating that would lesson the waiting in a line.

What do tickets to Scandal concerts normally cost?  We're of the mind that $50 USD just for a concert isn't too bad - so if we don't do much at the con no biggie.  And Chicago is a lot cheaper then LA to travel to and spend time in (for us anyway)  -- and we're going to view it as a practice run for Dragon Con - since we're headed there in September.  They have the 3-2-1 rule - 3 hours of sleep - 2 meals - 1 shower per day..... at acen it's just "got soap"...  .scared.

Alxa wrote:What do tickets to Scandal concerts normally cost?  We're of the mind that $50 USD just for a concert isn't too bad - so if we don't do much at the con no biggie.

In Japan they do cost around $50 at face value, although you're likely to pay much more if you're coming to see them from out of the country since you cannot buy tickets on your own; you usually have to have a shopping service get them for you and their fees are pretty steep. But yeah, the tickets for the lives in Japan for this tour are 5,400 yen with service fees = around $50 USD.

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:

Alxa wrote:What do tickets to Scandal concerts normally cost?  We're of the mind that $50 USD just for a concert isn't too bad - so if we don't do much at the con no biggie.

They do cost around $50. The tickets for the lives in Japan for this tour are 5,400 yen with service fees = around $50 USD.

Nice - and way easier then try to by a ticket to see them in Japan when you don't live there is a bonus.

5400 Yen was more then $50 last time I was in Japan - gotta love floating exchange rate.

The other question I guess I've got - how early are folks planning on getting to Chicago on Friday, we've not bought tickets yet - but once we buy the con passes we're committed so will likely book airfare.  And if anyone hasn't booked a hotel yet - I suggest doing that sooner rather then later - all the super close ones are booked.

@Alxa: You'll enjoy DragonCon; it's a pretty crazy four days here in Atlanta. People that aren't even interested in attending the convention still go downtown to watch the costume parade. The event is so huge that I hope that one day Scandal will play there; last year, roughly 63,000 people came to the convention. That's actually twice as many as Anime Central had last year ("In attendance this year we had 29,675 unique individuals at our event...").

As for pricing, it doesn't appear that I can view the pricing for the House of Blues date yet. Apparently, the pricing won't be visible on the Live Nation site until ticket sales start.

saldiven wrote:As for pricing, it doesn't appear that I can view the pricing for the House of Blues date yet. Apparently, the pricing won't be visible on the Live Nation site until ticket sales start.

No, you can see the prices right now on the Live Nation page by clicking on "Price Range." Here's the breakdown.

US $39.50
(US $39.50 Ticket + US $11.50 Fees =
US $51.00

I totally missed that link. Sorry for the confusion.

Apparently, to purchase tickets now, there is a requirement for an "offer code." Anyone have any idea where that comes from?

The code is HEADLINER.

My group and I just bought around 20 tickets! haha

Thanks for the code!

Tickets obtained! Its happening!

Thanks for the info; just picked up a ticket for myself. I may end up having to sell it 'cuz I'd prefer to go to the Chicago show (it'll be $200+ cheaper for me to go there than LA), but I'd rather hedge my bets in case my boss decides to not give me the 15th off. Apparently, some family member of hers is graduating college/high school that day....bah!

Edit: BTW, assuming I actually end up going to the LA show (which is becoming more appealing the more I think about it), how many people might be interested in the "Dinner Before" option advertised by HoB? They don't have anything listed that far out, so no telling if it's even an option yet, but it sounds interesting.

Booked airfare for Chicago.  Early means exit row seating!  And it's only a 90 min flight which is nice.

We're coming in around noon on Friday and leaving late on Sunday.

Hotel is already booked - so we just need to see if we can get to 20 in the group and then buy passes - and wait for the upgrade options.

I watched the entire bluray on my big screen and better audio then I have in my office.  That's what cemented it for me.  It looks like their live shows are amazing which is why you're all so excited who have seen them before.  Am I traveling down a path with no return?  .boom.

saldiven wrote:Thanks for the info; just picked up a ticket for myself. I may end up having to sell it 'cuz I'd prefer to go to the Chicago show (it'll be $200+ cheaper for me to go there than LA), but I'd rather hedge my bets in case my boss decides to not give me the 15th off. Apparently, some family member of hers is graduating college/high school that day....bah!

Edit: BTW, assuming I actually end up going to the LA show (which is becoming more appealing the more I think about it), how many people might be interested in the "Dinner Before" option advertised by HoB? They don't have anything listed that far out, so no telling if it's even an option yet, but it sounds interesting.

We will be taking advantage of anything that will allow us to get inside as early as possible, I think we discussed this option at the One OK rock in Anaheim but we ended up not using it so I have no experience with it, I know TGE does so I'll wait for her to reply to confirm.

Noodles wrote:

saldiven wrote:BTW, assuming I actually end up going to the LA show (which is becoming more appealing the more I think about it), how many people might be interested in the "Dinner Before" option advertised by HoB? They don't have anything listed that far out, so no telling if it's even an option yet, but it sounds interesting.

We will be taking advantage of anything that will allow us to get inside as early as possible, I think we discussed this option at the One OK rock in Anaheim but we ended up not using it so I have no experience with it, I know TGE does so I'll wait for her to reply to confirm.

So the dinner thing is known as Pass the Line where you can "pass the line" by buying an entree at their restaurant or buy $20 worth of HOB merch, AKA those who buy overpriced food or merch from them get to go inside the venue first. I don't think anyone needs to do it if they have a VIP ticket; this would probably only work out for those with regular tickets.

If anyone has an extra VIP ticket for the LA show please let me know ASAP, I will probably need to buy one from someone soon.

Thank you!