Instead, many who had bought ticket packages stayed home, and there were maybe 5,000 fans in the stands.
Geoffrey Gilmore, the festival's co-director, said that sales of ticket packages were down about 5 percent from last year.
Private ticket packages for the concert will go on sale on December 12.
There will be no such restraint in the $40 million, four-day extravaganza planned this time, with its top ticket package priced at $250,000.
Your ticket package will show the planned departure time; turn up for this.
While some classes of tickets are no longer available, there are ticket packages for every game, including the finals.
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The Atlanta organizers warned last year that those who did not buy an expensive ticket package would be stuck at home.
The ticket packages let guests opt for the hayride, the haunted house and the maze, or any event separately.
First, Lochmann's staff began concentrating on the holiday crowd - tourists, shoppers and students home from school - offering a number of special ticket packages.
