GateKeeper auction benefiting Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital and United Way of Erie County.

Details are available here:

http://pointbuzz.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=1870

I wonder why they are only auctioning off 64 seats instead of 96.

I think it should be the first ride on media day. By this time it won't even be close to the first ride.

Is the third train on site yet? Hope this isn't an indication of a delay with it.

I doubt it. They probably just wanted to keep it simple, one train for the Cleveland Clinic and one train for the United Way.

I just curious what these seats tend to go for. I did a play this summer where someone bid on a silent auction for a walk on part for charity and I couldn't believe how much he spent! I have no interest in bidding I can barely afford my bills from month to month, but just curious what seats in the past have gone for and when these seats are expecting to bring if anyone knows.

THousands per seat...
CoasterBuzz membership = 24.00
CoasterBuzz membership card Media Day ride = Free, as many times as you can stand waiting in line

Just sayin....

Thousands per seat? Really? I doubt that.

The Windseeker opening with Red Cross had some deal where you got to be on of the first riders plus got a meal at Pinks for somewhere just north of $100 or $150 maybe. My memory is foggy on the specifics but I know it wasn't "thousands".

That's because that was WindSeeker. This is a world-class roller coaster.

Back in 2009, Diamondback's first rider auction fetched $5000 for the top bid and the top five were all over $2000-$3000.

Like I said, thousands per seat.

If you guys think the point of the auction is only about getting on the ride "first" then you're looking at it wrong. The point is donating money to a good cause, the ride is just icing on the cake.

^And that's why companies will pay a lot of money to get there names out there into the public. I don't think any of the bidders on Diamondback were individuals, no one could afford it.

Oh I certainly understand that...I've done things with my own company that had no benefit at all nor interest for the item, but get my company great publicity and goodwill...
Opening Day baseball tickets in my suite, for example, are always something I use for primo customers I want to bribe to spend lots of money down the road...and they almost always do...