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Tuesday, August 02, 2005 |
MLBAM's New Business: Scalping
Bleed Cubbie Blue has a good piece up about how MLB Advanced Media is working to grab Ticketmaster's sinecure in certain areas and become a monopoly scalper. As Al says,
And who owns MLB Advanced Media? Well, one guess. Oh yes, they've jumped through the same sort of legal hoops to "separate" themselves from MLB, but this is the first step toward getting a stranglehold on all ticket sales, and probably boosting the prices beyond where anyone who doesn't live in a gated community can afford them.This comes in the context of the Los Angeles Times' parent, the Tribune Company, acting as a scalper for its own product, Cubs tickets.
Comments:
MLB bought Tickts.com for 70 million, effective next season all internet sales will be through their now in-house ticketing service - it can't be worse than ticketmaster, just CAN'T. (fingers crossed)
# posted by 
: 8/02/2005 11:39:00 AM
: 8/02/2005 11:39:00 AM
Those facing no competition have no incentive to be better than the alternative.
True story: about 15 years ago, I went to the Wiltern to buy tickets for a show, only to find out they were a TicketMaster-only venue, meaning there's no such thing as a boxoffice discount. That's what really burns here: the reality is that these guys not only can charge whatever's on the face value of the ticket, but I have the sneaking suspicion that, even at the park, you'll have no choice but to kick in to Bud's little slush fund. Which is to say, no doubt but that some portion of your ticket sales -- much more than before -- is going to make the A's a better team.
Screw you, Bud Selig.
True story: about 15 years ago, I went to the Wiltern to buy tickets for a show, only to find out they were a TicketMaster-only venue, meaning there's no such thing as a boxoffice discount. That's what really burns here: the reality is that these guys not only can charge whatever's on the face value of the ticket, but I have the sneaking suspicion that, even at the park, you'll have no choice but to kick in to Bud's little slush fund. Which is to say, no doubt but that some portion of your ticket sales -- much more than before -- is going to make the A's a better team.
Screw you, Bud Selig.
I haven't bought walk-up tickets at Angel Stadium in forever, but I seem to remember the Ticketmaster charges apply there as well.
Trust me. Tickets.com is way worse than ticketmaster. This is likely to be a disaster. Yes, I can see "handling charges" on box-office tickets. What, for the ticket seller to take the ticket out of the machine and hand it to you?
You can still get Cub tickets at Wrigley Field without service charges. For now.
You can still get Cub tickets at Wrigley Field without service charges. For now.
# posted by : 8/02/2005 06:06:00 PM
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