One Direction concert: Get will call tickets, replace damaged tickets ASAP; beware of scams

UTEP officials want Directioners to have their ticket situation figured out and handled long before Friday.

If you have tickets waiting for you at Will Call, pick them up as soon as possible and not wait until Friday, advised Jorge Vazquez, director of UTEP’s Office of Special Events.

Tickets can be damaged by heat, sunlight, and even water – and those are just the regular, hard tickets.

Vazquez said Ticketmaster tickets bought at Walmart stores are printed on receipt paper and especially susceptible to being damaged.

Vazquez said if you have a damaged ticket or lost it to call the University Ticket Center (915-747-5234) as soon as possible and not wait until day of show to take care of it.

If you haven’t bought your tickets yet, what are you waiting for? Buy them at the University Ticket Center, other Ticketmaster locations, or online athttp://bit.ly/Wkcu7V

Ticket prices range from $19.50 to $99.50, not including service charges.

Getting Tickets On Friday

Due to updated production logistics for the upcoming One Direction concert at Sun Bowl stadium, patrons will only be able to pick up or purchase tickets at the stadium’s North Ticket Booth. The South Ticket Booth will be closed the day of the concert.

Tickets also will be available for purchase or will call pick-up at the University Ticket Center at 2901 N. Mesa. The University Ticket Center will open at 8 a.m. on Friday and the North Ticket Booth will be open at 4 p.m. that afternoon.

The credit card used to purchase the tickets and ID matching the name on the credit card are required for will call pick-up.

Beware Of Ticket Scams

El Paso Police want to warn Directioners about possible ticket scams due to Friday’s highly anticipated One Direction concert at the Sun Bowl.

There’s one in particular where scammers print multiple copies of the same ticket and sell them to several people.

The first one to get the tickets scanned at the gates gets into the concert, while others who bought the same ticket are turned away.

“So what we want to do is we want to get out here a week prior, a couple of days prior and we want to make sure that the public is sure that if they are going to be purchasing resale tickets from anybody that they don’t know or anybody that they meet online, that it’s a ‘buyer beware’ type of situation,” El Paso Police spokesman Mike Baranyay told ABC-7. “And just make sure that you’re cognizant and take the necessary precautions to make sure you have valid tickets.”

This is not to say everyone selling tickets second-hand are scammers but buyers should be aware what could happen.