Students raced online to the Norris Box Office website to buy tickets for “A&O Presents: Tracy Morgan” on Friday January 29th at 10:30 AM, only to find it sold out 30 minutes later. The star of “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live” will perform on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.
While A&O did not release the exact number of tickets sold, Sierra Tishgart, Medill sophomore and co-director of promotions and public relations for A&O, said that Pick-Staiger had reached its capacity of 989 seats.
The student reaction was positive to Morgan’s show. “I’m a pretty dedicated ‘30 Rock’ fan. I love him and I really wanted to get tickets, but they sold out extremely fast,” said Weinberg freshman Moira Ryan.
Many students complained about Norris Box Office technical issues. Tishgart responded with: “It’s not our system. It’s not perfect, but there weren’t any huge issues or problems [in selling the Tracy Morgan tickets.]”
Tishgart was apologetic to the students who did not receive tickets.
“We’d like it so all the students who want to go could, but we have limited venues. Hopefully students still want to come to A&O events,” Tishgart said.
Tracy Morgan’s stand-up show is the third A&O performance in recent memory to sell out, joining the ranks of Demetri Martin and Ludacris.