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Alberta Ballet website crashes with demand for Elton show
Monday, March 1 2010

Alberta Ballet fans looking to buy tickets to their new show featuring the music of Elton John got a scare March 1, 2010 morning.

No sooner did tickets go on sale March 1, 2010 for "Love Lies Bleeding," the new ballet inspired by the songs of Elton John, than they went off again.

It turns out that so many buyers logged on at the same moment, they crashed the Alberta Ballet’s website. “We were quite confident for it, that the system was going to work,” said Robin Wortman, the ballet’s interim director of marketing and sales. “(But) you never know until the gates open, what it’s going to be like.”

If you weren’t able to access the Alberta Ballet website, you’re not too late. There are still tickets available for the shows, which open May 6, 2010 in Calgary and May 11, 2010 in Edmonton.

While the ticket-buying surge temporarily crashed the website, tickets were always available over the phone (780-428-6830) or in person at box offices in Calgary and Edmonton (11120 82nd Ave.). By midday March 1, 2010, the website was up and running.

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