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Teams scalping their own tickets – fast becoming the norm
A report in Wednesday’s St. Louis Post Dispatch suggested the State of Missouri is set to legalize ticket scalping. According to the report once the state’s politicians change the law, the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Rams will both create ticket reselling sites offering Cardinals and Rams fans the opportunity to resell tickets they have at whatever price the market determines with both franchises collecting a percentage of the price. In the ever increasing secondary ticket marketplace not only are sports teams seizing the opportunity, but more teams are following the example the Detroit Tigers established during the 2006 World Series – creating their own ticketing websites …show more content…
"This is in the best interest of Cards fans," Lamping added.

Ironically while the Kansas City Royals plan to look at their options once the Governor signs the bill, the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs told the Post Dispatch they have no immediate plans to allow their tickets (at least with their blessing) through the secondary ticket marketplace. The same can’t be said for the Buffalo Bills who earlier this week announced a partnership with Ticketmaster to sell tickets above face value or the Detroit Lions who announced a similar agreement with Ticketmaster late last month.

“We want to ensure that our fans have the best event experience possible and this includes providing them with an authorized site to buy and resell tickets and avoid potentially fraudulent online resellers,” said Russ Brandon, Buffalo Bills Executive Vice President of Business Operations. “With Ticketmaster, we are receiving the very best ticketing technology and the very best team of professionals to help us grow our ticketing business and better serve our patrons and the team’s …show more content…
Heath reminded readers the Post, which had Washington Redskins season tickets, lost their tickets a year ago amid reports the tickets were being resold. The Post’s season ticket contract with the Redskins dictated the tickets had to be used by Post carriers.

"We had the Redskins a couple of years ago taking tickets from people who had big accounts," said Jeff Greenberg, owner of ASC Ticket.com, a ticket broker in Rockville in the Washington Post report. "We had them last year going on eBay to see that people were listing their tickets on eBay and taking them right away from people. But this story is a 180-degree switch. . . . They have teamed up with these people just to get a piece of this pie."

Karl Swanson, a spokesman for Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, made it clear to Heath the Redskins has no issues with their secondary ticket partner,
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