I used tap with my Google Wallet for 4 tickets. Each ticket is a tap. So 4 ticket 4 taps. My only issue was with the first ticket figuring out where to tap. After that it was quick.
FYI - Screen shots will no longer work for ticket entry at games
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CW also made the bizarre point that "nobody meant for this to happen...It wasn't like Jamie and the staff were like, 'hey, let's keep 30,000 people outside for opening kickoff.'"
Weird strawman there...who actually believes anyone *wanted* this to happen?
I just put together this morning that the John Walters video talks about using google wallet with NFC, but when using the bar code reader it is not using google wallet. Well we are not going to move tickets back to our Cyclone accounts if the NFC reader is not working. So I don’t know if the bar code reader is a very good backup action.
Gotta tread very lightly when taking any perceived shots at the fan base.
Keep telling us we're a bunch of drunks who can't figure out the ticketing and the mood could change pretty quickly.
So, failing to get half the fans in by kick off is your definition of success????? Getting there early doesn't mean you had it figured out any more than anyone else. It just means you decided to go earlier than the majority when the system could handle the extremely light load. When it had a normal load, it entirely broke down. I don't expect to get in my seat with 6 minutes left in the first quarter when I arrive at the gate 30 minutes before kick, even with a new system. I cannot emphasize enough to you that the line did not move but a few steps for a very, very long time. The normal depth of a 10-minute line was in excess of 30-40 minutes. I say in excess because at that point, only half-way to the gate, I got out of the north gate and walked to the east gate which had more like a 5-minute line midway into the 1st quarter.
This is true for some, others did exactly what you did, with the employees also attempted without success. I also had no problems other than the employees directed me to just go to the barcode method before even getting to the kiosk. My guess is that the tap worked so poorly it was faster to tell everyone to scan the barcode to save time.
That was part of the hold up at the north gate as well when a medical golf cart had to bust through the crowd to get someone with heat exhaustion.
Hard to get drunk on water. Chris is making assumptions here.
I helped part the crowd so we could get a older guy who passed out twice up to the south gate for medical attention. It was beyond depressing to be that close to the front, then make my way back to where I started to continue waiting in line.
If all 60000 were as wise as you, would all 60000 have been able to hang out in the shade in the concourse for an hour, or would they have been packed like sardines in the concourses with eternal lines to vending or sitting out in the sun? The water lines were excessive most the game, the bathroom sink water is just as wet, but it was hot water,
I eyed that east gate line at about the same time. Eventually went over there as it ended up shorter. Good to know it would have been 50 minutes that way too as I regretted not going there initially.
There is a blue bar at the bottom when you have it set for tap I believe you swipe up. This is what the worker had me do before we even got to the reader. If you use the tap, do you have to swipe to your next ticket to tap it? I had to with the bar code.
Nope to your questions above, but there will never be 60,000 fans in the stadium an hour prior to kickoff.
Look, there's a percentage of fans who come primarily for the tailgating, a percentage who come primarily for the game, and a percentage who come for both.
While I fall in the 3rd category, there's no way I'm ever gonna be late for the kickoff. That's why after reading the warnings about likely delays, I chose to enter the stadium an hour before kickoff. I wasn't going to take the risk, and I'm glad I made that decision.
You talk like they were broadcasting major warnings that it was going to be a complete cluster ****.
That is not even close to the truth.
I honestly dont think I saw any kind of warning from the Athletic Department that it was going to be a huge mess to get in, or even that it was going to be slower. They advertised this as being better, easier, faster, and necessary. But not that it was going to be a complete **** show.
People on here speculated that it might be slower to get in, or there might be problems, but there were never any WARNINGS of such. At least not that I saw anywhere.
I agree. I’ve been around plenty of drunk ISU crowds and that was honestly one of the most sober ones I’ve ever been a part of (sans maybe the ‘Rona year games when they allowed fans).
If I am following what you are asking, the feedback I have been getting is yes you have to do each ticket individually. I think your swipe up for the barcode reader is to bring the barcode on screenview.
I’d like to hear from someone who went through the piloting of this last year. What was it like? Did everyone at that gate need to enter with the same style of ticket and we’re there turnstiles for everyone? Did anything change from game to game? Did you ever use a different gate to avoid this? Did you have problems? Do you remember others - attendees or staff - having problems?
Very few were drunk- There are always some but none of that came into play from what I observed.
That is a lazy take but not surprising.
That is a lazy take but not surprising.
The self-righteousness of some people on this is hilarious. Folks need to be the heroes of their own stories.
"If everyone had only done what I did, they would have been fine." No, if everyone had done what you did, the bottleneck just would have started 20 minutes earlier and you'd still be standing there when someone else showed up 30 minutes later.
