hey folks, i got a quick question

basically my issue is this. the main site is mysite.com

so

location / { works great

but then i have a.mysite.com/boxoffice

when there is /boxoffice the A variable can be a large number of things and each has its own redirect path (damn i love legacy crap)

so when i do something like

location ~ a.mysite.com
or Location ^ a.mystie.com

it does not see it and just sends me the location /
what am i doing wrong, also what is the most efficient way of doing this, since i have about 50 different redirects?