The Colorado Rockies got a chance Sunday to test their online sales operation in advance of the flood of fans logging in this morning to try to get World Series tickets.
On Sunday, season-ticket holders who had previously registered were able to log in with a special password to buy extra tickets.
Spokesman Jay Alves reported no problems with the presale. But some people found glitches, such as being told to “enable cookies” and to set their computer security to the “lowest level.” And some fans couldn’t log in at all.
Alves explained that people who saw a “page cannot be displayed” message “were IP addresses that we blocked due to suspicious/malicious activity to our website during the last 24 to 48 hours. As an example, if several inquiries came from a single IP address … they were blocked.”
It was unclear how this might affect people using the same IP address this morning – for example, if several fans who work at the same business all log on at one time.
Alves wouldn’t say how many tickets were sold Sunday.
Season-ticket holders reported that $250 seats were available when the presale opened at 1 p.m. but that a search for best available at 2:15 brought up tickets in the third deck. Season-ticket holders also reported they were charged an $8 fee per ticket and a $10 transaction fee.
Alves said last week that 17,000 to 18,000 tickets to each game would be available today.
