I feel like it ' s kinda up in the air as to what Tier 1 means . Roo used to do prelineup Cyber Monday ticket sales which they called presale tickets . Then Tier 1 started when they officially went on sale after the lineup dropped . Now they have changed it and call the presale , Tier 1 , but they ' re only available during the limited presale promotion , and you can ' t still get Tier 1 once the official tickets go on sale , it starts at Tier 2 . So . here ' s what I think will happen . WH will sell Tier 1 tickets during the Midnight Madness that will be at the lowest price they ' ve ever offered $ 189 . They can offer a steep discount because these tickets are while supplies last , so really they could only be selling 500 of them . They will sell out before noon Monday , because what ' s better from a marketing perspective , being able to say they sold out in X amount of hours , or not sell out and give people would get the impression there wasn ' t a lot of demand . THEN . when tickets DO go on sale officially after the Lineup is released , they start at Tier 2 . Now when you compare the Tier pricing year to year , everything looks legit . Tier 2 might even be the same price as it was last year . BUT . you no longer get the Tier 1 price option unless you grab some tixs during the Midnight Madness . So the optics look like there ' s no hike in Tier prices , when really there is because you really didn ' t get to start at Tier 1 when they go on sale after the lineup is out . Also , it ' ll make it look like they ' re selling more down the road because they ' ll get to Tier 3 even faster . and most people wont realize Tier 1 came and went long long ago .