GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – If you are buying tickets to the 3-week run of the musical “Hamilton” at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, beware of bad actors casting about counterfeits.
That potential scam prompted Tanger Center officials this week to employ a somewhat rare but not unknown tactic: to issue a public warning that the highly coveted tickets could be worthless if you aren’t careful.
The show runs April 6-24, and tickets have been on sale at the Tanger Center box office and at TangerCenter.com and Ticketmaster.com. But the alert noted that there are numerous outlets that will market tickets at inflated prices, tickets they don’t even have.
“The press release was part of our ongoing efforts to help raise awareness of best ticket-buying practices,” Andrew Brown, public relations manager for the Greensboro Coliseum Complex (which oversees Tanger), wrote in an email response to questions. “We try and communicate this information several ways – social media, website, ads, etc. and have posted before for ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Lion King,’ etc. (we also do the same on the Coliseum side).
“But especially with a big show like ‘Hamilton,’ we wanted to emphasize the importance of purchasing official Tanger Center tickets and avoiding third-party ticket sellers, which may sell fraudulent tickets.”
