January 05, 2008
Seller Beware!
WasWatching breaks down the new Yankees ticket resale rules.
These two policies, as a combination, concerned me a bit. So, I contacted a high ranking party in the Yankees Ticket Operations department and asked them:
If a Yankee season ticket holder were to sell their tickets on StubHub and then the person who buys them sells them "within one thousand five hundred feet from the physical structure of the Stadium," would the season ticket holder then lose their license? Or, would the Yankees work with StubHub to verify that the tickets were sold by the season ticket holder and then they (the season holder) would be relieved of what happens with the ticket after the sale?
And, this was their answer to me:
The Licensee is absolutely responsible for any violation of the License and should safeguard the Ticket(s) so that the License is not violated.
Thanks to Anton for the link, who asks for my opinion. Scalping should be legal, plain and simple, and teams should take advantage of the possible run up in prices for big games.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Thank you! I wholeheartedly agree that scalping should be legal. Name one other product that if you own it you are not allowed to resell. The free market does a perfectly fine job of regulating ticket prices. If the teams want to jump on and charge more for premium games or premium seats, I have no problem with that.
I live in Wisconsin. Suppose I wanted to fly out to New York this summer with my son to see a Yankees game. Paying $250 a seat would be only a fraction of the total cost of the trip and would be well worth it to me. If teams restrict scalping, they are turning away potential customers.
Well, since you asked, your second paragraph answers your question...you can't resell a plane ticket.
On the other hand, the team doesn't get any additional revenue from scalpers, and may actually suffer if someone buys a counterfeit.
I'm fine with the way the Brewers (don't know about other teams?) do it - there's a place right in the parking lot where people can resell their tickets legally.
I'm not fine with the "legal" scalping places that scoop up all the tickets as soon as they go on sale, costing real fans many times face value to see games.
