This article would be on point if you were actually in the ballroom instead of the overflow room, the comments talk about how shitty it was if you weren't... comments on part 2 of the article mentions something I've told people in person. how 7500 tickets were sold for an event that could really only hold 3000 people.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/01/youth_ball.html?wprss=reliable-source This article reflect our experience to the T.
http://www.futuremajority.com/node/4925 On the other hand, Matt went to the staff ball on Wednesday, Jay-Z played and Obama did show up. Good for him.