Hi Mark,

This is anecdotal, but here are my thoughts regarding the pre-sales. In my experience, the best tickets that go on sale to the general public are not in the pre-sale. The reason being that the promoter wants to sell out the stadium so naturally the toughest ticket to sell is the one in the less desirable sections. So during the pre-sale there will be some decent tickets, but there will also be plenty of crappy seats.

Some people panic figuring that they should take what they can get since it's a presale, but in reality if they had waited for the regular sale they'd have a crack at the best seats in the house.

One venue that this hold true at is Gillette Stadium just outside of Boston. I had a pre-sale code for Springsteen tickets and the best seats I could pull up were at the far end of the stadium opposite the stage. I waited for the general ticket sale and I landed a pair of seats on the field in the 11th row.

Hope that helps.

Mike