Why Is Scalping Tickets Illegal?
(PRWEB) November 4, 2004 It’s not in most states. Reselling tickets in some states is illegal because of an attempt to control the selling of tickets by the major ticket agencies, promoters or sports teams in those states. The excuses they use are that scalpers buy up all the seats and then mark them up to make money from unsuspecting customers. The truth lies much deeper than that. Ticket agencies such as Ticketmaster and Tickets.com have a grip on the industry that gives them total control over distribution of tickets to live events. They have spent millions in both local and federal government to get ticket reselling stopped by everyone but themselves. Both companies even had some success in New York for a while, which allowed them to mark up their service charge as they see fit and making it illegal for anyone else to do so without their permission. This did not last long since every union and organization in the ticket business fought back and got it changed. Fighting for Control:
