2007-09-28 02:50:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Interesting question. I believe that they get them from either being season ticket holders or have a group of season ticket holders that sell their tickets to the brokers. If your a season ticket holder and you can't make a game you can sell your tickets through a broker. I have suspicion that the brokers have some sort of under the table deal with certain teams that always seem to sell out (Red Sox, Patriots for example).
Take the Red Sox for example, if you go to say StubHubs web site during the season you can find the same seats available for almost every game, i.e. section 4, row 20 seats 5,6. Section 4 is not "desirable" at Fenway because it's obstructed view (under the right field deck, with steel supports in the way). How is it that those seats are available through the broker unless - the Red Sox made them available to the broker or the broker isn't the season ticket holder for those seats? Since the tickets are selling at 3x - 4x face value plus legal broker fees - isn't that scalping? Last I knew ticket scalping was illegal in Massachusetts and yet stubhub is the official ticket agency for MLB?
By the way, those same section 4 tickets wouldn't be available through the Red Sox, yet any Red Sox fan who knows Fenway, wouldn't necessarily buy tix in section 4 unless it was their only option.
And we wonder how John Henry can afford to buy a $16M home then tear it down a new home on the same lot? Watch the Red Sox get A-Rod in the off-season, pay him $300M/10 years and then raise ticket prices by 15% to pay for him.
PS
The tickets are legit, I've purchased from brokers in the past. You get a letter with the tickets that says, if questioned, your supposed to say the tickets were provided to you by a season ticket holder. Makes the whole thing seem shady doesn't it? I've never been denied access to the park. I just feel like I've been taken.
2007-09-28 03:14:11 · answer #1 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, its like buying oranges, we devolp our contacts thru the years,, buy low sell high
2007-09-30 00:14:53 · answer #2 · answered by dale b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋