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The tickets went on sale this morning @ 10:00 for the Houston show. @ 10:08, I had my 6 tickets!
They were selling pretty fast. More so than the last two shows here.

I did manage to get pretty close to the seats I wanted. The last two shows, I got center stage seats, in the orchestra pit.
First show ('05), I was 5 rows from the stage. Second show ('06) I was 7 rows from the stage. Both dead center.
It was cool to be able to be close enough to make eye contact with the band, but for the best overall effect of the show, we were too close to the stage. Sitting that close, I was continually scanning back and forth across the stage, just trying to take it all in. It was kind of distracting. Plus, the show is designed to focus on the center of the arena, which for us, was behind our section.

This time, I backed off a bit, buying tickets on the front row, in the center section, just behind the orchestra pit. For those in Houston, It's the Verizon Theatre, Section 105, Row "A", seats 1 through 4. I wanted to get closer to the center of the front row, but 8 minutes after the tickets went on sale, there weren't four consecutive seats available in that area.

I'm happy with the seats we bought. Just two short months to wait now to use them... ;D



It's going to be great!

It certainly is.

I know what ya mean.  When I saw them last year in Fort Worth, I was two rows in front of the "front" row (in the front row of folding chairs in the little security buffer zone).  By the end of the night, I seemed to have a kink in my nick from looking almost straight up.  However, when I saw them in Houston the next night, I was sitting in the center of the lower level, right next to the soundboard.  I much preferred that seat, as I considered it to be one of the best in the house (the best seat, of course, was occupied by the security guard who was sitting directly in front of the soundboard).  The sound was fantastic, the lights were incredible, and the crew member sitting in the seat to the left of me had the official setlist in hand for me to jot down on my way out at the end of the night (I posted it here the next day, when I arrived home).  The funny thing is that at both shows, I had people around me asking how I got my seat... "Dude, are you friends with the band or something?"  I was like, "no, I'm just incredibly lucky!"   

Yes, that center section on the lower level is section 105 I beleive. That's where my tickets are this year. I'll probably be sitting in section 105, row "A", seat 3. Come by and say hi if you make the Houston show this year.
You know, I never really thought about it, but I'm sure you are right about the best seats being around the sound board. The show is basically controlled from there. It's all focused on that little rectangle. I'll remember that next time...