I think that post and a couple a bucks will get you a cup of coffee LOL.

All fans seem to have a similar sort of numbering system for the die hards that want to be up front in the pit. It got so out of hand in the Bruce bunch that someone official finally got involved. Now whoever gets there first gets #1 etc. However, at 5 pm before showtime, that official someone pulls a number out of a hat (why is it always a hat?) and that number then becomes #1 and the people line up and enter in order behind them. Sometimes # 551 is pulled, so that 552 is next right until the end and then it goes back to #1 again to finish.

They did this as so many people bitched (and had parking lot fights) about having jobs and not being able to arrive early ever - and of the course the deadbeats without jobs could get there 2 days ahead of time.

Keep in mind that the Bruce bunch is way older than the Bon Jovi bunch LOL - and they're still squabbling like little kids