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  1. 07-28-2012, 09:10 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by joeking1978 View Post
    Fwiw... Events are almost always sold out now... Largely in part to stub hub. The ticket brokers buy large bulk quantities of seats for semi desirable events and leave you without an option.
    not really around here.. plenty of tix available for most tiger/ lion/ red wing games. they just arent the good seats
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    I guess I never use stub hub for a basic tigers or Red wings game...
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    Quote Originally Posted by joeking1978 View Post
    I guess I never use stub hub for a basic tigers or Red wings game...
    funny thing is, thats the best time to use it. you can get tix for under face
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    I will just scalp them or get them off craigs list in those situations. I always get them under face too. I don't want to pay an extra 25 when there are around 300 games a season between the 2 teams.

    Hell, for the last 4 tigers games that I caught in Tampa, I just bought standing room tix at the gate for $7 and then sat in the 3rd row on the first base line next to the bull pin.

    I reserve stub hub for big or exclusive events I guess...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mororvia View Post
    I'm surprised the sports venues haven't adjusted ticket prices accordingly. I'm guessing they are either being nice and keeping them reasonable for regular folks, or maybe there are some sort of rules against it. Either way, if people are willing to pay those prices I don't think they should make laws limiting what people can charge.
    They have adjusted prices. There was a story on Real Sports on HBO about the price of season tickets when the new Yankee Stadium and the Giants/Jets stadium was opening up. How those owners bumped the prices up (not just because they were new venues) but openly said, that they raised the prices because of the secondary market (Stub Hub). If someone is willing to pay 200% of the face vale for that ticket, obviously the market can then bare the price increase.

    But it was also nuts that they were doing PSL's and all that for the Giants/Jets stadium, and long time season ticket holders were not renewing their seats because of it.
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