Regina fan among those planning to travel to Winnipeg for Bruce Springsteen's November show

While many Winnipeggers were gripped Wednesday in their quest to purchase ticketsfor Bruce Springsteen's upcoming show his first in the city promoters said Thursday some tickets werestill available for the November concert.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are set to play the Canada Life Centreon Nov. 10, as part of Springsteen's first worldwide tour since 2017.

While a few tickets were still up for grabs Thursday, someout of town fans have decided commuting to Winnipeg is their best chance to see the Boss in person.

Saskatchewan Springsteen fan Rick Gallinger will be driving from Regina,after buying a single ticket for the Nov. 10 show.

"[My] wife just said, 'OK, you know, go over the budget if you have to to get a ticket and go by yourself,'" he said.

Gallinger said fortunately, Ticketmaster'sverified fan ticket distribution process which let fansregister to access presales wasn't too complicated for him, but there was a lot of waiting around.

"They let you know the night before if you're gonna have a chance to buy tickets or if you're on a wait list,"he said.

After making that wait list, "I spent all day yesterday waiting for my phone to go 'ding,'" he said.

Gallinger also received a notification message Thursday that he was also eligible to buy tickets to Springsteen's Nov. 6 Edmonton concert, but saidhe prefers the commute to Winnipeg because the show will be on the weekend.

When his turn came up in the queue, he said he looked around "for an OKprice" for a Winnipeg ticket.

"But it was [for the] back of the stage I didn't know if I'd be able to see anything," Gallinger said.

"And since I only needed one I took a look and I bought one on the floor for it was expensive, but it's the floor so I jumped all over it."

As of publishing time Thursday evening,there were still tickets available on Ticketmaster's website, ranging from around $700 to over $2,200.

Kevin Donnelly, the senior vice-president forTrue North Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates Canada Life Centre, saida limited number of tickets remained on Thursday.

"We're selling a few seats that are behind the stage," Donnelly says.

For people wondering what behind the stage seats entail, Donnelly said that the stage will be set up on one end of the Canada Life Centre so that fans who choose to sit there will be "quite close to the action," and should have a good view of the show.