"Why Fans Should Care About Battle In California Assembly Between Angels, StubHub"

[Nowani]

Interesting article on this battle between Angels, TicketExchange and Stubhub.

 

 

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/daily-take/201304/why-fans-should-care-about-battle-california-assembly-between-angels-stubhub

[Vegas Halo Fan]

The Angels and Ticketmaster, which oppose the bill, contend the ticket is a license meant for the purchaser only and revocable should the buyer resell the ticket anywhere outside of their official site.

 

This is an incredibly arrogant position, one that will drive a lot of people away from purchasing tickets, particularly season ticket holders and purchasers of multi-game plans. It appalls me that the Angels and other clubs have taken the position that they retain control of what happens to each ticket even after they have been paid for it.

[The God of Runs]

Arte should worry about fixing the product rather than this ticket BS

[gotbeer]

As I posted before.  For a Ranger game earlier this week, 1 hour before gametime.  Stubhub $18.50.  Ticketmaster $90.  Difference of one row in Field MVP.

[Waybackman]

I bought some tickets on stubhub for July. Now they're saying Angels may not release them. If Arte prevails, they will be the last tickets I ever buy to an Angel's game.

[jsnpritchett]

I've only been to one game so far this season, largely because it's become more difficult to get last minute tickets at a reasonable price.  I usually got to around 15-20 games a year.  I doubt I'll go to more than 5 or 6 this year.

[gotbeer]

I bought some tickets on stubhub for July. Now they're saying Angels may not release them. If Arte prevails, they will be the last tickets I ever buy to an Angel's game.

 

 

I don't blame you.  If I bought tickets, and the Angels voided them, I probably wouldn't buy another either.  Then again, I haven't bought in bulk since 2004 when the prices started to skyrocket.  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

If the Angels/Ticketmaster monopoly prevails, the chances of me returning for another game at the Big A will dwindle to practically nothing. Because the wife is a Yankee fan, with three exceptions the games I have attended have all been Yankees-Angels, which tend to be the most in demand. Restricting resales to Ticketmaster will only serve to jack up prices further.

[FabulousFabregas]

I've been to 2 games, but I'll definitely be going to less this year with the StubHub deal gone (probably 12 instead of 20). To have to pay triple what I paid last year/no more last minute cheap ticket option in this economy is the reason.

[Eric]

I'm immediately suspicious of TicketMaster and any organization the aligns themselves with them.

The last 3 concerts I've attended, TicketMaster has charged fees between 40-over 50% of the face value of the tickets, and that was even purchasing the tickets at the venue's box office where TicketMaster shouldn't have been involved. In fact, the last tickets I bought with their involvement were $16 face value with $17.50 in TicketMaster fees tacked on, coming to a total cost $37.50 per ticket!

How is it that TicketMaster can justify making more on ticket sales than both the artist AND the venue combined?

[Docwaukee]

If the halos had their own internal method for ticket resale then I would say they could mildly justify their thought process.  The fact that they are using ticketmaster as an intermediary yet trying to justify things as they are is completely ridiculous.

 

If the halos prevail on this it's only because they have a good team of lawyers.  I will never buy anything from ticketmaster.  Ever.