Monday, October 22, 2007 |
Scalpers Rockies Fans Overwhelm Online Ticket Sales
Like DIA in a huge snowstorm, Colorado's sales of World Series tickets were shut down Monday after fans overwhelmed the computer system with a blizzard of requests.Team officials had said earlier their computers were ready to handle the expected crush of traffic.
Operations were suspended a few hours after sales started, according to a Rockies spokesman who was booed by fans who had gathered at Coors Field after not being able to buy tickets online.
"We're shutting the system down, we're going to suspend it," said Jay Alves. "We're as frustrated as our fans are."
The spokesman made his comments as dozens of fans chanted and continued booing throughout his brief news conference.
Alves said several hundred tickets were sold before the system was shut down.
"Our ticket vendor, Paciolan and Major League Baseball, were overwhelmed -- 8.5 million hits in an hour-and-a-half is a phenomenal total. Paciolan services more than 700 college and professional level teams. And they are amazed and overwhelmed by what’s happened here this morning."
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