Record-breaking crowd at Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan show frustrated by ticketing and traffic snafus

An electronic billboard near the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans announces that a show headlined by comics Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan on Thursday, Oct.

New Orleans Saints defensive end Cam Jordan, left, waits in a security line outside the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans before a sold-out show by Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan, Tom Segura, Donnell Rawlings and Jeff Ross on Thursday, Oct.

Workers dismantle the stage at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans following a sold-out show by Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan, Tom Segura, Donnell Rawlings and Jeff Ross on Thursday, Oct.

28, 2021, is sold out.

28, 2021.

More than 17,000 tickets had been sold, the most ever for a single event at the Smoothie King Center.

Jordan found himself blocked at the arena entrance, and not by an opposing offensive tackle.

When tickets were first purchased via Ticketmaster, buyers were told of the paper ticket requirement.

But buyers who bought tickets through third-party vendors such as Stubhub, VividSeats and Seatgeek would not have received the Ticketmaster reminders directly.

Because Chappelle and Rogan use a small, square stage set in the middle of the arena floor, tickets can be sold around the entire upper and lower bowls, as well as on the floor.

When fans can’t have their phones inside, they can’t access their tickets on those phones.

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