Venue
I haven’t been to a Bowl Game in Shreveport since Covid hit in 2020. And that was in 2019 when I last went. I really enjoyed the Atmosphere of it from the beginning to the end. Even in the cold. I was really un decided on it being in Shreveport with the crimes, shooting. It turn out to be a Good Night ??
I think the tickets were too expensive. People were giving tickets away for practically free and you could sit anywhere in the stadium anyways. It's ridiculous that you're charging people $60-75 for tickets that other people are getting for free or cheaper. There's no reason a bowl game should have tickets be that pricey, especially since the stadium doesn't fill up as fast.
The game was great. The problem I had was something was blocking access to the internet and I could not pull up my parking pass or cell phone access in the gold parking area and it was on and off in the stands. This caused problems getting into the parking area I paid for.
Overall, purchasing a ticket was fairly routing. However, parking was another matter. i could not simply buy a parking pass and print it out. There was a complicated process that did not end up with a printed ticket. We're not all millennials. make it easier rather than face the traffic jam and confusion that ensued. That may not be Ticketmaster's fault, and if not pass it on to the Independence Bowl personnel.
This event was the worst run event I have ever attended. The mobile tickets were delivered, and I downloaded them to my digital wallet but when I got close to the stadium they disabled. There was no cell signal so they couldn’t be redownloaded. The only help the box office gave was to walk far away from the stadium until I had signal and redownload them. Or I could stand in a very long line to pay them $10 to reprint the tickets. Since everyone with mobile tickets had the same problem it was several hundred deep line. Although the box office had 7 windows open, only one could fix this problem. I asked to use the WiFi to redownload since there was one labeled “box office” but they said no WiFi existed. I had to buy an extra set of tickets to get in. Inside the concessions lines were just as long as the box office. There was no cell signal in the venue despite only being 1/3 full. I attend probably 15 different sporting events a year and this was by the worst event I have ever attended. A 1 is too high a rating for this.
Super fun night and great game. Only thing it started later than usual but I understand why.
Felt like a high school game. Sitting on aluminum bleachers. 2 ATMs, cash only concessions, only 4 options for drinks. Hope Tech doesn’t play in this bowl again.
We got to the gates to check into the bowl game and there was no Internet service throughout the whole facility. While we had screenshots of the tickets, they would not scan and they would not let us into the stadium. I tried to get online for 45 minutes with hundreds of other other people but finally went to the box office and purchased four additional tickets. Overall a really bad experience where I had to buy tickets multiple times as the venue had no WiFi.
My tickets were purchased to redeemed using the mobile app with bar codes instead of printing them out. When I get there the bar codes were gone and it said I had to print them out. I don't carry a printer around with me so I had to buy two more tickets to get in. Moral of the story is buy from Vivid. This will not happen.
There was no internet at the stadium so you couldn’t access tickets. Only one person was using internet on her personal computer with the system being down she couldn’t verify my purchase. And couldn’t look up tickets. It was horrendous planning. The parking lot area was also a disaster the stadium sits in a very confusing area so it took 45 minutes to get into the game.
