UPDATED: Feb. 11, 12:33 a.m.

Student presale general admission floor seating for the March 21 J. Cole show at the Carrier Dome sold out within two hours of going on sale Monday morning.

Student ticket presale for the show started at 10 a.m. Monday and floor tickets sold out between 11 a.m. and noon, Pete Sala, Carrier Dome managing director, said in an email. Student ticket sales for other areas of the Dome will continue until Wednesday at midnight, he said.

Public ticket sales begin Thursday at 10 a.m., and students can purchase tickets at the student rate in any section after sales become public, Sala said. SU and SUNY-ESF students can purchase tickets for $15, while tickets for the general public cost $30.

The rate of student ticket sales is comparable to the annual Block Party show in the Dome, Sala said.

The Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma at Syracuse University is presenting the show. The chapter organizes a concert every spring semester and hoped to host a large show in the Dome this spring to commemorate its 100th anniversary, which was Jan. 9.

Ayinde Emers-George, vice president and public relations chair for Phi Beta Sigma, said the interest in the show has impressed him. The number of calls and emails he received about ticket sales was surprising, he said.

When Emers-George last checked ticketmaster.com Monday afternoon, he saw that about 1,900 tickets had been sold, he said.

Doors for the concert will open at 6:30 p.m. and the show is expected to start at 7:30 p.m. R&B singer Elle Varner will open for J. Cole.

Published on February 10, 2014 at 3:51 pm

Contact Jacob: jspramuk@syr.edu