Sprint Giving Away Pokemon Go Fest Tickets

Pokemon Go Fest is next weekend and tickets are hard to come by. After Pokemon Go ran out of tickets just minutes after they went on sale, secondary re-sale prices immediately jumped to astronomical levels.

If you don't want to pay $350 or more for a Pokemon Go Fest, there is one other option for fans in the Chicago area. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Sprint is giving away "dozens" of wristbands for Pokemon Go Fest at four Chicago stores.

There's only two requirements to win one of the Pokemon Go Fest tickets. Players will need a Trainers Reward account, and they'll need to physically enter one of the store locations to win. The Trainers Reward program is a free Pokemon Go group run by Sprint that's open to all players, even those who don't have a Sprint phone account.

Sprint plans to raffle off tickets every 15-30 minutes at the following locations and times:

• 4800 W. Irving Park Road, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 15.

• 100 W. Randolph St., noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 20.

• 239 S. Halsted St., noon to 4 p.m. Friday, July 21.

• 24 E. Randolph St., 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 21.

It's unclear whether players have to be physically present to win, or if they can just enter the raffle and then leave.

Sprint will also give out early access passes to any player that can prove they already have a Pokemon Go Fest.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Niantic stated there were no other planned ticket giveaways, so this might be your last chance to get in to the tickets to the event.

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