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Cross-Event Search

19 points by dungwiz 13y ago

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james33 13y ago
I've been using SeatGeek for my ticket searching for years now, glad to see they are still rolling out innovative new features like this. Their web app really puts all other ticketing sites to shame (I'm talking to you StubHub and Ticketmaster).
escapekey 13y ago
This looks alarmingly useful. Can't believe it didn't already exist.
- iaskwhy 13y ago
  Can you explain why it's that useful? I'm honestly trying to understand the problem this might solve. (I'm not in anyway saying this doesn't solve any problem!)
  - Qworg 13y ago
    Let's say you want to see a particular event that happens multiple times (like a play) in your area. This allows you to search for the best seats in every instance of that event so you can make the best single selection.
    - iaskwhy 13y ago
      Oh, that's a good example, thanks! I followed the article but it had an example with sports and, unlike a play, I believe not every game is exactly the same. So, yes, it does indeed sound like something that solves a problem, I've had it before myself a couple of times with plays with short runs.
      - pbreit 13y ago
        The same thing happens in baseball where the team might play 4 consecutive games against the same team.
        iaskwhy 13y ago
        I also didn't know about this, my lack of knowledge of American sports is showing. :)
      - zackkitzmiller 13y ago
        It also works well with sports, imagine a family trying to catch a Nets game. They probably don't care who the Nets are playing, they just want to get in the door as inexpensively as possible. Full disclosure, I work at SeatGeek.
smackfu 13y ago
I wanted to check this out for UConn Women's Basketball games (which are the most popular sport in this state) and got this bizarre search result back: http://seatgeek.com/university-of-connecticut-vollyball-at-boston-college-womens-hockey-tickets/hockey/2014-02-01-3-pm/1809101/ http://seatgeek.com/university-of-connecticut-vollyball-at-b...
- ericwaller 13y ago
  Eric from SeatGeek here. Do you happen to remember what you searched for? I'd be happy to take a look at why you got that odd result. "uconn women's basketball" seems to work for me (I get http://seatgeek.com/connecticut-huskies-womens-basketball-tickets?oq=uconn+women%27s+basketball http://seatgeek.com/connecticut-huskies-womens-basketball-ti...), but I can imagine there are plenty of queries which are less well-behaved.
  - smackfu 13y ago
    I searched for "uconn women." It looks like someone fixed the event I posted, which was the top hit. It now says it's a hockey game, while before it said it was UConn volleyball vs. Boston College hockey.

19 points by dungwiz 13y ago

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I've been using SeatGeek for my ticket searching for years now, glad to see they are still rolling out innovative new features like this. Their web app really puts all other ticketing sites to shame (I'm talking to you StubHub and Ticketmaster).

escapekey 13y ago

This looks alarmingly useful. Can't believe it didn't already exist.

iaskwhy 13y ago
Can you explain why it's that useful? I'm honestly trying to understand the problem this might solve. (I'm not in anyway saying this doesn't solve any problem!)
- Qworg 13y ago
  Let's say you want to see a particular event that happens multiple times (like a play) in your area. This allows you to search for the best seats in every instance of that event so you can make the best single selection.
  - iaskwhy 13y ago
    Oh, that's a good example, thanks! I followed the article but it had an example with sports and, unlike a play, I believe not every game is exactly the same. So, yes, it does indeed sound like something that solves a problem, I've had it before myself a couple of times with plays with short runs.
    - pbreit 13y ago
      The same thing happens in baseball where the team might play 4 consecutive games against the same team.
      - iaskwhy 13y ago
        I also didn't know about this, my lack of knowledge of American sports is showing. :)
    - zackkitzmiller 13y ago
      It also works well with sports, imagine a family trying to catch a Nets game. They probably don't care who the Nets are playing, they just want to get in the door as inexpensively as possible. Full disclosure, I work at SeatGeek.

smackfu 13y ago

I wanted to check this out for UConn Women's Basketball games (which are the most popular sport in this state) and got this bizarre search result back: http://seatgeek.com/university-of-connecticut-vollyball-at-boston-college-womens-hockey-tickets/hockey/2014-02-01-3-pm/1809101/ http://seatgeek.com/university-of-connecticut-vollyball-at-b...

ericwaller 13y ago
Eric from SeatGeek here. Do you happen to remember what you searched for? I'd be happy to take a look at why you got that odd result. "uconn women's basketball" seems to work for me (I get http://seatgeek.com/connecticut-huskies-womens-basketball-tickets?oq=uconn+women%27s+basketball http://seatgeek.com/connecticut-huskies-womens-basketball-ti...), but I can imagine there are plenty of queries which are less well-behaved.
- smackfu 13y ago
  I searched for "uconn women." It looks like someone fixed the event I posted, which was the top hit. It now says it's a hockey game, while before it said it was UConn volleyball vs. Boston College hockey.