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Old 11-01-2020, 07:19 PM
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I have been looking at tickets available for the squares and notice they are almost always gone. Looking at the webcams it appears the crowds are very lite. Are people getting tickets and not going??
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Old 11-01-2020, 07:22 PM
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The crowds sure do look light. Maybe just go and see if they let you in.
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Old 11-01-2020, 07:29 PM
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I have been looking at tickets available for the squares and notice they are almost always gone. Looking at the webcams it appears the crowds are very lite. Are people getting tickets and not going??
I've heard some people order tickets and then rip them up. It's their little way of imposing their will on you...
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Old 11-01-2020, 07:32 PM
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Suspect people go and leave say by 7 so as the evening goes on less and less people there.
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Old 11-01-2020, 07:51 PM
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So from all the answers you probably get the idea that no one here can possibly know the answer to your question and should not surprise you unless you actually think someone goes to the squares and asks people why they come and somehow ask those that don't come....why not????
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Old 11-01-2020, 07:53 PM
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Even if there were 300 tickets, they're not for a set specific time. Some people will come early, and stay for an hour and leave. Some will come early and stay for a couple of hours - and then a different group will show up the 2nd hour, stay for an hour, and leave.

And so on and so forth. No one is obligated to show up at the earliest moment, and stay all the way to the end. And some got tickets thinking "hey I might want to go to this, but not sure, so just in case, I'll get tickets." And some will say "ohh - something free! Who cares if I go or not, it's free, so I'll get tickets."

Doesn't matter though, after 6 you can get in without a ticket anyway.
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Old 11-01-2020, 08:35 PM
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There is another thread about this. According to the ticket takers who I asked at LSL, after 6PM you do not need a ticket as long as the capacity has not been met and from the looks of it with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions it is not met. If you wait until later (after 7) it's likely you won't have an issue. If you wait until 8 (the last set) it's virtually empty. Wit the exception of The Hoooooooligans a week or so ago and Clark Barios last night it looks pretty empty. Not sure why they bother with tickets they should just do the count then cut it off when met.
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Old 11-02-2020, 06:09 AM
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My wife and I went to lake Sumter for early dinner, after dinner they let us in without tickets, no problem
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Old 11-02-2020, 06:29 AM
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I have been looking at tickets available for the squares and notice they are almost always gone. Looking at the webcams it appears the crowds are very lite. Are people getting tickets and not going??
After 6 if they have not let in their quota they let you in without a ticket.

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Old 11-02-2020, 06:33 AM
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I was there last weekend and ordered tickets. When we got there, my sister-in-law wanted to shop because she said she could still hear the music. We then went and ate and then went over around 8. By then the barriers were down and there were 20 people left. The crowds are in the bars! We are from NH and were surprised that Florida doesn't have a mandatory mask law. NH does. But, I'm still coming back and I'll wear mine!
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I've heard some people order tickets and
then rip them up. It's their little way of imposing their will on you...
Oh please! “I heard” translates to “I got my info from the town gossipers”
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I read either on the entertainment website or in The Daily Sun in the last couple of days that after 6 PM those without tickets will be allowed into the square if space permits...so just go after 6 and see what happens...
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There is another thread about this. According to the ticket takers who I asked at LSL, after 6PM you do not need a ticket as long as the capacity has not been met and from the looks of it with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions it is not met. If you wait until later (after 7) it's likely you won't have an issue. If you wait until 8 (the last set) it's virtually empty. Wit the exception of The Hoooooooligans a week or so ago and Clark Barios last night it looks pretty empty. Not sure why they bother with tickets they should just do the count then cut it off when met.
That is way too logical. One way in one way out. XX total. One leaves one gets in. Etc.
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Yes
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Old 11-02-2020, 07:28 AM
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...Not sure why they bother with tickets they should just do the count then cut it off when met.
I think it’s reasonable to have a ticket in advance and not feel like you have to go early to get in without waiting.
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