The Rockies Ticketing System Overwhelmed

The Colorado Rockies have hit their first road block on the way to the World Series before the first game even gets underway.

The Rockies have had to shut down the online ticketing system due to the amount of people trying to access the system to purchase tickets. In the first hour and a half they received 8.5 million hits which far exceeded the expected number of people trying to access the system. This resulted in the system being overwhelmed and shut down.

Only 500 tickets were sold prior to the system interruption and they hope to be back online soon.

The tickets were only available through the website, and no backup plan was established for the continuity of operations in case something went wrong.

The team released a statement in which they said they are working on a solution and will announce plans once they work out the details of that solution.