Coachella tickets: How to buy them

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Ticket sales begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday for the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

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The Desert Sun staff remembers their favorite Coachella festival moments. (April 14, 2016) Ashley Hopkinson/The Desert Sun

Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. for the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. More than 100,000 people are expected to be in attendance for each of the two weekends in April.(Photo: The Desert Sun file photo)Buy Photo

The advance tickets sale for the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivalsold out in less than fourhours.

The Goldenvoice promoters of the music and arts festival cut off passes for the two-weekend event at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday.Tickets went on sale at 11 a.m. for the festivalsApril 14-16 and April 21-23 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.By 1:30 p.m.,general admission passes for weekend onewere listed as "no longer available."

General admission passes are priced the same as last year at $399.Additional tickets are expected to go on sale in January after the lineup is announced. The lineups are traditionally almost identical from one weekend to the next.

A locals sale also is offered for Coachella Valley residents with proof of residency a few days before the each festival weekend. But this advance tickets sale was the only one to offer a layaway plan.

Roughly 100,000 people purchased passes for each of the 2016 Coachella festivals in April, but that number could be increased by up to 25,000 wristbands for 2017 after the Indio City Council amended its agreement with Goldenvoice to allow for growth. Goldenvoice has purchased additional property along the Coachella venue to accommodate that growth.

Goldenvoice gave the following suggestions for preparing for the next ticket sale.

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But before you rush to the event"s website, take a moment to brush up on the process and prepare for a wait that could last several hours.

Know your ticket.If attending with a group, cement plans for camping and hospitality ahead of time so everything can be purchased in one fell swoop. For the 2017fest, prices are as follows (for a more complete list including Outstanding in the Field dinners, Safari Tents, companion car camping and more, visitCoachella"s website): - General admission festival pass: $399 - General admission festival pass with shuttle pass: $459 - VIP festival pass: $899 - VIP parking: $150 - Car camping: $99 - Tent camping: $99

A new purchasingprocess This is all the general information organizers have laid out. The process is a little different from last year and everyone is encouraged to read through the steps to make sure everything goes well. The steps are here.

Get your card ready.You can use debit cards, but if you exceed your daily withdrawal limit, the card may be rejected and the order may be lost. Coachella recommends using an actual credit card to purchase tickets.

Know the payment plan. This is the only opportunity to purchase tickets with a payment plan, but the plan requires a $57 down payment minimum required for purchase. For those hoping to buy tickets with the payment plan, make sure you know the details by going tothepayment plan page.

Order online.Passes can be ordered via phone, but once the sale starts at 11 a.m., it may be difficult to get through. (Call 855-771-3667 to purchase over the phone).

For the nitty gritty, read through Coachella"s FAQ. What if you"re buying tickets with your roommate and you have the same billing address? Or what if you"re traveling from abroad and are worried you won"t get your passes in the mail? For more complicated situations, theirFrequently Asked Questions websitehas the answers.

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Colin Atagi contributed to this story.

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