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The Wachovia Center in Pittsburg, PA has gone through a name change as a result of  the aquisition of Wachovia Bank by Wells Fargo Bank earlier in the year. There’s always a little bit of confusion when a venue changes names, but usually it is because the naming rights have been sold.

Nothing else at the now Wells Fargo Center will be changing because of the ownership changes,including the upcoming concerts by Paul McCartney this weekend and Lady Gaga next month. Tickets for the Wells Fargo Center are still available from the same outlets and the best seats for the Wells Fargo Center are available at Preferred Seating Tickets.

The Chicago Sun Times is warning Chicago Blackhawk fans to beware of Stanley Cup Ticket scams now after the first game produced a few problems with bad tickets. The Flyers beat the Blackhawks Friday night to even up the series. The Stanley Cup Finals will be back at the United Center on Sunday, followed by a game at the Wachovia Center on Wednesday and back to Chicago Friday June 11. if the series goes that far.

Most of the scams for Stanley Cup Finals tickets are from the internet, and many of those come from Craiglist. For big tickets items like the Stanley Cup Finals you are taking a big chance when you deal with a private party. The safest place to buy a Blackhawks ticket will be from a reputable sports ticket broker who specializes in tickets for the Stanley Cup Finals. Make sure they know what they are selling you, and you know what you are buying.

When you buy Stanley Cup tickets for the Blackhawks vs Flyers game be sure to check with the Better Business Bureau and see if they have an A+ rating which will give you some assurance they are a legitimate company that responds to any problems that may occur. And these days it doesn’t hurt to compare prices and avoid those ticket brokers that add hidden service charges.

And to be sure your getting the tickets you are ordering, it may be best with the limited time between playoff games to call and order your tickets by phone. That way you can get both a verbal and hopefully an email response in the form of an invoice to guarantee your seat location and the total cost you are paying.  Be careful with your money!

Tickets for the Chicago Blackhawks vs Flyers games are still available, from a reputable sports ticket broker with an A+ Better Business Bureau rating.

Lady Gaga has added another date to her Monster Ball tour with another date at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia for Wednesday September 15. The Lady Gaga tour has added extra concerts in many of her stops on the tour including TD Banknorth,  Madison Square Garden and the HP Pavilion in San Jose.

She’s come a long way since November when she was charging $55 per ticket and playing small venues like the Bill Graham Civic in San Francisco, which seats about 3200. Now at $175 a pop and 17,000 seat venues, sold out 6 months in advance, Lady Gaga should be rolling in the $$.

But she’s being managed by Frontline Management and they take their toll on the artist $$ for putting them into those 17,000 seat venues at $175 a pop. But you have to wonder how long Lady Gaga can sustain that revenue stream from concert ticket sales. I mean, just how many times can a fan afford to go to a $175 per seat concert.

Lady Gaga has to hope you can do it at least once every two years. Because that’s what most artist may have to do to keep up the lifestyle and pay the corporate stiffs that run the machine. And for how many years will you pay more and more to see Lady Gaga live in concert? Maybe she’s just taking it while she can, and running all the way to the bank.

Lady Gaga tickets are on sale now with no hidden fees or service charges. If you have to pay big bucks for a Lady Gaga concert ticket, you might as well save a few and buy them from the best place to buy Lady Gaga tickets.