January 8th, 2013
05:46 PM ET
7 years ago
All dressed up and nowhere to go: The date night that Ticketmaster messed up
Washington (CNN) - Sharon Ilstrup was looking forward to a very special date night with her husband, Blake - a chance to attend one of the Inaugural balls with the president and the first lady.
But a mistake by Ticketmaster - the online sales agent tasked with managing the ticketing process - led to the early release of all of tickets to the Inaugural balls and the Inaugural parade, derailing the plans for Ilstrup and thousands of other couples.
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The important thing is the inauguration is for Barack H. Obama and NOT Willard M. Romney and for that, I am TRULY thankful.
Thanks for mentioning me and my petition!
This is Bush's fault.
Sounds like the same tactics they used to win the election.