Step right up. The Manor’s curator loves ephemera, and this booth is where the paper ends up: concert stubs, ballpark tickets, a wall of ’90s movie stubs, a haunted castle, a bourbon tour and some club flyers. Every caption is copied off the ticket itself. Tap any one for a closer look.
Ticketmaster stubs mostly, sorted by where the show was. Prices are the ones printed on the ticket.
Rupp Arena · Lexington, KY 4 stubs
Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersSunshine Promotions · Sat Sep 23 1995 · 8:00 PM · Upper Arena · $24.50The EaglesAn Isis Fund Charity Event · Fri Mar 3 1995 · 8:00 PM · Upper Arena · $41.00BushBeaver presents · In Concert · Thur Apr 4 1996 · 7:30 PM · Festival Seating · $20.25Red Hot Chili Peppers · Foo FightersMTV presents · Sun Apr 9 2000 · 7:30 PM · Lower Arena · $32.50
Bogart’s · Cincinnati 4 stubs
A signed Bogart’s ticketAll Ages Admitted · Sat July 22 2000 · 8:30 PM · $10.00 · the act’s name is under the autographLess Than JakeAll Ages Admitted · Thu Feb 22 2001 · 8:00 PMThe Crystal MethodLimited Seating Available · Wed Aug 22 2001 · 8:00 PM · $18.00PennywiseLimited Seating Available · Thu Jan 17 2002 · 8:00 PM · $14.00
Riverbend Music Center · Cincinnati 2 stubs
Lollapalooza 1997“Take the Day Off” · Rain or Shine · Tue July 22 1997 · 2:00 PM · Lawn · $34.00Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer BandCorona Extra presents · Thu Aug 19 199_ · 8:00 PM · $24.00 · the year’s last digit is smudged (Aug 19 fell on a Thursday in 1999)
Lexington Opera House 3 stubs
Lexington Philharmonic · Unplugged & UntiedGeorge Zack, Music Director · Jean-Philippe Collard, Piano · Saturday Nov 16 1996 · 8:00 PM · 2nd Balcony · $12.50George CarlinThur April 24 2003 · 9:30 PM · Orchestra · $39.00St. Paul & The Broken BonesNS2 presents · Wed Nov 15 2017 · 8:00 PM · MEZ-RS Row B Seat 14 · $33.00 · a print-at-home ticket
Louisville 3 stubs
The Smashing PumpkinsCellar Door presents · Freedom Hall–Louisville · Tue Oct 29 1996 · 7:30 PM · $25.00An Evening with My Morning JacketLou Waterfront Park · Rain or Shine (All Ages) · Sat Aug 16 2008 · 8:00 PM · $33.50…and the seat next to itThe same show, the next ticket in the row · Sat Aug 16 2008
Around Lexington 3 stubs
Lynagh’sSpotlight/Sunshine presents · w/ special guest TBA · Lex. KY (21 & older) · Wed Aug 2 2000 · 9:00 PM · the headliner is worn offZach GalifianakisSingletary Center · SCFA Concert Hall · brought to you by the Student Activities Board · Sat Apr 10th, 2010 · 8:00 PM · $30.00My Morning JacketUK SAB presents · University of Kentucky Memorial Coliseum · Sun Apr 17 2011 · 7:00 PM · West Side Chair · $50.00
Further Afield 4 stubs
The Taft TheatreFriday Evening · Feb 4 2000 · 7:30 PM · $25.00 · the act isn’t printed on the part that showsBad ReligionBelkin Productions · WSU E.J. Nutter Center · Thu Jun 8 2000 · 7:30 PM · $23.50 · a marker stripe across the middle, as foundStompShubert Theatre · 22 West Monroe · Thu Oct 3 1996 · 7:30 PMRandy Newman’s FaustGoodman Theatre · Chicago Theatre Group · 200 S Columbus · Wed Oct 02 at 7:30 PM · $28.00
On the 2017 print-at-home ticket, the name it was issued to, the order number and the barcodes are blacked out or blurred. The Galifianakis barcode is blurred too.
Window 2
Ballpark & Arena
Twenty years of Lexington baseball, from Applebee’s Park to Counter Clocks Field, plus the indoor football, hockey and Wildcats tickets that came along with them.
Lexington Legends & Counter Clocks 7 tickets
Legends vs. Hagerstown SunsApplebee’s Park · Thu. May 1, 2003 · 7:05 PM · Thirsty Thur/Castle S Diamond Dig · Sec Lawn · $4.00Legends vs. Hagerstown SunsThu. May 30, 2013 · 7:05 PM · Thirsty Thursday · Sec 211 · $10.00Legends vs. Augusta GreenJacketsFri. Apr 18, 2014 · 7:05 PM · Mustache Poster Giveaway · Sec 210 · $0.00Legends vs. Charleston RiverDogsThu. Jun 12, 2014 · 7:05 PM · KY Ale Thirsty Thursday · Sec 210 · $10.00Legends vs. Hagerstown SunsSun. May 24, 2015 · 2:05 PM · JIF Kids Club · Sec 205 · $0.002019 Legends vs. Greenville DriveWhitaker Bank Ballpark · Sat Jun 22, 2019 · 6:35 PM · Section 105 · $13.002023 Lexington Counter Clocks vs. Gastonia Honey HuntersInaugural Season · Counter Clocks Field · Sun May 21, 2023 · 2:05 PM · Section 105 · $18.00
More ballpark paper, from graded baseball cards to Kentucky’s Finest, is in the card shop next door: the Locker Room → Barcodes and order numbers on the 2013–2023 tickets are blurred.
Rupp Arena, Wrigley & Commonwealth 7 tickets
Lexington Horsemen vs. Oklahoma Crude“Wall to Wall Football” · Rupp Arena · Saturday, April 19, 2003 · 7:30 p.m. · Section 30 Row C · $25.00 · two ticketsChicago Cubs at Wrigley Field“Wrigley Field, Home of Chicago Cubs” · the faded print shows the Houston Astros and a 7:05 PM start · two ticketsKentucky Thoroughblades vs. Hershey BearsGame # 40 · Rupp Arena/Lexington, KY · Sat Apr 12 1997 · 7:30 PM · Upper Arena · $6.00Kentucky ThoroughbladesGame #13 · a faded stub: “…Flames” and “Fri Dec 5” are what’s leftUK vs. Coppin StateSat. Nov. 20, 2004 · TBA · Row B · $27.00UK vs. Tennessee TechTue. Nov. 30, 2004 · TBA · Row B · $27.00Vanderbilt vs. KentuckyFootball · Commonwealth Stadium · Sat., Nov. 14 · Game 6 · Student Ticket, valid only with UK ID
Window 3
The Silver Screen Stub Wall
46 movie stubs, nearly all from the 1990s, from Man O’ War Movies, Wdhill Movies 10, Lexington Green, Carmike, Village Cinema 8 and the Maysville Cinema, plus one Cinemark straggler from 2017. Titles are spelled the way the ticket printer squeezed them in.
Bought a ticket, now find a seat: the Manor’s own movie is playing downstairs in the Screening Room →
Window 4
Thrills & Spills
Amusement parks, a tubing hill and one road trip to the Las Vegas Strip.
Mystery Inc. approved
Scooby-Doo! and the Haunted Castle
Paramount’s Kings Island · “New in 2003!” · Sneak Preview – Media Promo
A sneak-preview pass to a Scooby-Doo dark ride. The gang would have checked it for rubber masks. Mystery Inc. has its own wing of the Manor.
Kentucky Kingdom“Bourbon Cty Citizen” · “Freefall 15 stories on Hellevator!!!” · valid 6/15/96 to 8/25/96Perfect North SlopesTubing – Jr/Sr · Saturday Feb 28 · expires 03:45 pmZombie BurlesqueV Theater 3 · Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino · Thursday January 07 2016 · 08:30 PM · General Admission, Seating Group A · two tickets
On the Zombie Burlesque pair, the barcodes, ticket and order IDs and the names in the fine print are covered over. More of that Vegas trip: find the Las Vegas sticker on the Steamer Trunk →
Window 5
Bourbon Country
A complimentary tour ticket from Heaven Hill’s Bourbon Heritage Center.
Heaven Hill Distilleries · Bourbon Heritage Center“Enjoy the Best of the Great Kentucky Bourbons” · Heritage Center Tour · Tuesday 6/28/2005 · Tour Time 4:10 PM · Complimentary
Handbills from The Dame, 156 West Main Street, Lexington: DJ nights, a horror-movie-poster party and a myspace.com meet-up.
Nate FX · Drums of DeathThe Dame · featuring DJ Spooky, Bad Lieutenant, Kevin Cunningham · co-starring Rakadu Gypsy Dance · premiers Friday May 13 · admission only $10 · 156 W. Main St., LexingtonDJ Swamp · The DameSaturday April 30DJ Swamp + DJ Jon Doedoors 8:00 p.m. · age 21+ · full bar · admission $10 · The Dame, 156 West Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507DJ Heather · myspace.com meet up eventSaturday July 30 · The Dame, 156 West Main St. · also performing Spontu Scalem, Tryptamine, Trevor Lamont, The Lady Foursquare · admission $5
Window 7
Odds & Ends
Two pairs of plain roll tickets, still attached at the perforation. Hover (or tab to) the first one to tear it.
