University Union’s decision to change to the ticket sales policy for Block Party 2015 properly addresses the needs of the students it is tasked to entertain.

On Tuesday, UU announced that it would feature 50 Cent with G-Unit, Kygo and Rae Sremmurd as the headlining acts for its annual Block Party concert. In addition to this announcement, UU also revealed a change in its ticket sales plan.

Rather than allowing students to purchase four student presale tickets, as has been customary in the past, students are limited to only purchasing two presale tickets. This limit does not apply to the tickets that will go on sale to the general public.

Capping the student presale at only two tickets should give people twice the amount of time to buy hot tickets and limit the number of students who are upset that they can’t get the tickets they want.

According to University Union Vice President Jeremy Martin, last year’s General Admission tickets to Block Party sold out in just two minutes. Many students were buying more tickets than necessary, so they could resell them for a profit. This caused the general admission tickets to sell out faster than necessary, and frustrated students who wanted to buy General Admission tickets, but because of those who were playing the system, were relegated to first tier or higher.

It’s reasonable that the number of tickets is being limited. The tickets will have a specified level, but not have a specific seat number. Having general admission tickets allows students to sit with a large group and not worry about ordering tickets together.

Some students also voiced their displeasure that the floor tickets would cost $25 — $5 more than the first, second and third level tickets. This is the first time UU has charged more for tickets on the floor. But this practice is common for other concerts and it makes sense to charge students more for the tickets closer to the stage.

UU should continue these price and ticket limit policies in place for future concerts at the Carrier Dome, as they give students a fair chance to get the tickets they want.

Published on April 1, 2015 at 12:40 am