Everyone has that one must-see show. For some, it's Bruce Springsteen at the Meadowlands (guilty!) for others it's the likes of Celine Dion or Wayne Newton in Las Vegas. Whether or not those are your cup of tea, at one point or another you will want to see a show in Vegas, and it will simply be sold out. As a result, one of the best places to turn is the Las Vegas ticket broker, who sells tickets to sold-out shows up and down the strip.
Las Vegas ticket brokers are plentiful. You almost wonder how it is they actually have enough seats in these arenas to keep them in business. The way a ticket broker works is they buy up tickets just as they go on sale, as many as they are allowed, so they can then control the flow and prices as opposed to the box office. It doesn't sound fair, but it's business. The danger for the ticket broker is they have to eat the tickets they can't re-sell.
Basically, there are two types of LV ticket brokers: the national chain that buys and sells tickets to lots of different events in any venue, and the local brokers who focus on just Vegas. The pricing is fairly similar, and it just matters if you are in or out of town, and which is more convenient. Some of the national brokers are:
- Coast to Coast Tickets (www.coasttocoasttickets.com)
- Onlineseats.com (www.onlineseats.com)
- Show Me Tickets.com (www.showmetickets.com)
As for local brokers, VIP Tickets has a website, as well as a local office in Las Vegas . That's convenient, in case you get a mix-up with your tickets, your LV ticket broker is right there in Clark County, Nevada, not in a back room in New York. Their website is www.viptickets.com .
In all, be careful of rip-offs. The only sure thing is to buy them from the box office, where the mark-up is non-existent, and you can be sure the tickets are real.
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