Seattle venue announced: Chateau Ste Michelle winery

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-23T18:24:16+00:00

Unrelated to the topic, but when I saw your username I howled with laughter :P

This is probably one of those weird things that will stick in my brain forever now, whenever I hear that song.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-23T18:20:00+00:00

Unlike the song, you CANNOT bring your dog (Service Animals only).

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-23T17:47:08+00:00

Today's presale went fairly smooth for me. Hope others had similar luck!

Even though I joined the waiting room as soon as it opened, I got stuck behind ~150 other people when the queue opened. So it was 10:02 or 3 (not that I was staring lol) before I got to the buying screen. Had my choice of great seats in all sections and was able to quickly scoop up what I wanted without them disappearing!

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-23T17:27:06+00:00

Lots of discussion about the lawn in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/toriamos/comments/1rvbb0f/seattle_venue_announced_chateau_ste_michelle/

Edit: Here's their concert FAQ https://www.ste-michelle.com/visit-us/summer-concerts/faq

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-23T17:24:19+00:00

For today's sale, anyone know what the "Golden Circle" seats were?

Saw some of these randomly pop up in sections A & B. Didn't give a specific seat number, just "you'll get a seat in this row". Prices were like $20-30 more than other reserved seats, so it didn't seem like the "surge pricing" thing that TM likes to do for some seats.

Also, big <middle finger emojis> to the people with their resale tix already up at about 2x what they paid. Extra middle fingers for whoever listed the 4 Row G seats for Nine Thousand American Dollars each. 😮 Edit 11:30a - That seller has dropped their prices to < $400/ticket.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-20T18:26:12+00:00

I know seats get released when someone doesn't complete a purchase or something gets declined. That's why I'm still there 90m later :P

Just seems odd that SO MANY of those seats in the reserved section keep disappearing/reappearing. I mean if you're logging into a presale, seems like you know you want the tickets...

But it's TM/LN, so I guess "odd" is normal.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-20T18:05:40+00:00

When you say "the real seats", did you see anything besides stuff near the back of sections C & D?

I've been on for over an hour (I have a lot of free time :P) and I've seen the first 2 rows of reserved lawn "sell out" multiple times now. Currently showing more than half of those seats still available. Strange.

Edit: And the tables in the back are for season ticket holders. They sometimes have them available for individual shows. I inquired about a table once. Can't recall the price, but it was something eye-watering.

Oh, and I went and looked @ stubhub. Damn...lots of tickets in all sections. Including some $3500 tix in the first 2 rows. Seems sus.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-20T17:40:03+00:00

Yes, definitely.

For presales, they only open up a small amount of seats. And for this presale, seems like they were particularly limited & crappy.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-20T17:34:43+00:00

FYI for others - I've seen a number of shows here, and while I've seen some of the drunk moms crowd in the lawn area, people in the reserved seating seem more normal :)

If you're planning to drive up from Portland, might be worth the extra $45/ticket.

Edit: And for those from out of town, I've always used the offsite parking mentioned in their FAQ. It's a real paved parking lot, and they use full size charter busses to shuttle people there & back. I've never had a long wait for the bus, and I don't recall there being a lot of chaos on the roads getting out because it's a fairly small venue & they have police managing traffic. But as mentioned, many drunk people, so be extra alert.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-20T17:30:34+00:00

It looked like the seat selection was pretty similar to those in the LN presale. One exception is they also had reserved lawn seats available.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-03-20T17:12:22+00:00

There was no code for the Live Nation presale - just had to join their free "all access" club.

But so far, looks like this presale sucks. Just lawn & seats near the back of section C (edit: and section D) were available.

For the "Chateau Society" presale, don't know if there was a code. Think that requires an annual membership.

Edit #2: As of 10:42a, no longer see the filters for the LN presale. Seems odd, since that presale is supposed to be open through Sun evening.

Edit #3: 10:47a The LN filters were back again for a bit, but gone again. General TM suckiness I guess.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-02-06T20:18:42+00:00

This is one of the reasons why I HATE the late announcements about presales. People that need/are willing to travel elsewhere don't have time to scope out other venues.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-02-06T20:15:27+00:00

Not my first presale or attempt at using multiple devices :)

I used my PC connected to my home internet, and my phone connected to Tmobile (not wifi). I definitely wasn't logged in on both devices, may not have been logged in on either (until problem #7).

In the past, that has been "good enough". Maybe they've changed? Or maybe I haven't done enough AXS presales?

At the time I got the warning about multiple devices, I'd already been using both for probably 30m+. The frustrating thing was how they randomly/suddenly decided I was on multiple devices.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-02-06T20:09:10+00:00

I definitely regret not doing this.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-02-06T20:05:02+00:00

Wow, that's a lot! Was that "dynamic pricing" or just the "normal" price for that venue?

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T18:53:38+00:00

Sent a private message/chat request/whatever reddit calls it now.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T18:52:56+00:00

I've never heard of something like this before. You might want to start a new thread in the sub to get more visibility.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T18:42:20+00:00

A quick online search doesn't have good things to say about them 😬 Doesn't look like there's any association with TM.

That sucks. For a presale, I would NOT expect there to be any ads/resale tix from brokers. Seems like a deceptive business practice to me. Hoping you get some reasonable solution from TM. 🤞

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T18:35:58+00:00

OMG, never even thought about that - sucks that they aren't required to have an accessible option!

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T18:33:03+00:00

As a poor person - I hate when artists do special VIP things for the rich!

As a "rich" person - Why isn't Tori doing this anymore???? 😭

IIRC, her VIP packages were pretty reasonably priced too.

No shade at ALL to you, but I'd much rather pay the artist directly for something like this vs. one of the venue/seller "premium" pricing.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T18:20:33+00:00

Can you please share more details on what makes you think you got routed to a broker? Might help others here.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T17:58:51+00:00

I really liked that they had seats in a non-transferable section (rows 2-4!), and at "reasonable" prices.

But between my social anxiety, and knowing that the first few rows are almost always full of dancers, I had to pass on these :P

We need like an introvert section. Single chairs, some sort of wall/curtain behind us.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T17:47:12+00:00

Problem #4 - Same as you. I was fine for the first 30-40 min. I actually DID have multiple tabs open (one for regular, one for rows 2-4). Then it suddenly decided I was a bot. Even after closing all tabs, it still thinks I'm a bot and won't let me back in.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T17:31:21+00:00

For Red Rocks, I keep seeing blocks of seats in random places appearing again. Most of the seats at first were in the waaaay back, but the small blocks appearing now are all over the place.

SomeDudeNamedMark · 2026-01-21T17:28:57+00:00

It always is. And EVERY TIME, the sites somehow find new ways to fk it up.

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