Here to expose ticket offices manipulation tactics to make people pay more. I don’t attack fanbases. Former MLB season ticket holder from 2001-2019.
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MLB Attendance Problems retweeted
"new stadiums and arenas built since 2000 have actually lowered overall capacity by nearly 90,000 seats, while those venues have been running up the score on the percentage of those seats reserved for clubs, boxes and suites." cbsnews.com/news/sports-aren…
When the market is being manipulated, it’s hard to guess where price is headed unless you know how much inventory is being withheld.
I just watched @SeatGeek go from having 85 listings of 2+ tickets to 102 listings
Amazing job slow ticketing this game to make you pay more
Teams obsession with pricing entire venues at secondary prices has led to this. They sucked the atmosphere out of live events overpricing the entire market. People finally said, enough is enough. Teams think this is a win because they got rid of “scalpers”, but they created this.
This is my section at the @EdmontonOilers at puck drop. Some other massive gaps too. Not good if you own the Oilers…
No one is complaining about the prices that MLB helped set. People are complaining about the dynamic prices that the team chose for individual games. Plus the manipulation of the market to hide supply to keep prices from dropping.
Team (or dedicated broker) controlling secondary
The problem has been growing slowly for a decade. Obsessing over the secondary market and setting prices above what the market will bear. Raise prices on season ticket holders every year. Eventually you hit the tipping point. We are there. And it’s going to be hard to repair.
My sons are using my seats while I am away and they say this has been the norm since the home opener….
Have the Oilers finally out priced “the tier 2” fans?? (Said with a grain of salt, so relax!)
Reality finally hit this organization??
#LetsGoOilers
MLB Attendance Problems retweeted
In ticket markets, the most important variable is the supply you haven't seen yet.
Final get in price for the 76ers home opener??
$186 after a surge from $130
Box offices (like the clown defending pricing below) overcharge dynamic pricing based on secondary prices that almost always drop. LeBron or not…This was never going to hold.
ticketdata.com/events/172153…
Box office employee tells everyone $300+ is a steal for 76ers home opener bc LeBron. I told him no way that price will hold and box office shouldn’t be charging that. Can’t use secondary market to price tickets
It #paystowait
Live look at the market 👇🏻
ticketdata.com/events/172153…
MLB Attendance Problems retweeted
Major inventory dump relative to the low supply. Pays to wait?
Ticket prices for Brewers World Series Game 1 finally coming back down to reality.
After peaking above $3,000 and holding there for much of the week, the get-in price has sharply reversed, falling over 35% to $1,968.
Where does this one end up?
The all-time record for a baseball game is $1,809, set at Indians at Cubs Game 4 of the 2016 World Series (measured ~90 minutes before first pitch).
At this rate, it looks there is a chance that record could stand?
Live Chart:
ticketdata.com/events/160553…
SeatGeek manipulated market update.
Last night at 11pm - 210 listings of 2 or more tickets.
Today at 3:50pm - 241 listings of 2 or more tickets.
Get in price down 37% in last 3 days via ticketdata @kapkap42
Manipulation and games are coming to a close. True market coming
Tickets just dropped at the box office in 6 different sections.
Supply manipulation. 28 hours until first pitch.
Market manipulation 101.
They are causing you to pay more on the secondary markets because they are slowly listing inventory to prop up prices.
Be mad at the @Brewers and/or the firm they hired to sell the bulk of theit inventory on the “secondary” market.
Well, I guess we got someone’s attention who has decided they were being WAY too obvious. There is now only 1 listing of 6 or more tickets. Many locations are still there, but supply has been reduced to 4 tickets. It’s possible some were purchased, but unlikely in all locations
AND …. AND.
The 8 packs are moving around the stadium. Artificial Scarcity.
Market Manipulation 101
This needs to stop. They need to show how many tickets are available for sale. They are propping up prices slow dripping the market.
#Brewers
Presale access to anything if one of the few perks left that is offered to season ticket holders. It’s about the only value proposition left. Outside of these scenarios, STHs overpay for just about everything else.
Opening the Watch Parties up to Season Seat Holders first was such a poor move by the Brewers. SSH’s already have purchased WS tickets at reasonable prices, now they own all the watch party tickets too.
It’s pretty clear the Milwaukee Brewers don’t give af about their out of city “Wisco” fans who can’t logistically purchase 20+ tickets a summer.
This week has ruined a lot of good vibes. I’m gonna bitch about this stuff all day today, but drop it tomorrow and focus on the actual moment fully.
AND …. AND.
The 8 packs are moving around the stadium. Artificial Scarcity.
Market Manipulation 101
This needs to stop. They need to show how many tickets are available for sale. They are propping up prices slow dripping the market.
#Brewers
…..AND …..
Now there are 18 listings of 8+ tickets on @SeatGeek
And number of listings of 2+ tickets has remained unchanged today. Still 210. They are reloading as things sell to create artificial scarcity. @Brewers are Manipulating the “secondary” to make you pay more
MLB Attendance Problems retweeted
Nothing exposes the problem with the Live Nation–Ticketmaster monopoly more clearly than this Calvin Harris tour. Shows sold outside Ticketmaster, using randomized waiting rooms, have resale tickets starting around $110~. Ticketmaster shows, using its selection process, have get-in prices of $400 or more. How is that a win for fans? This system helps 2% of them at the expense of the other 98%. What do you want to bet they all show up on Ticketmaster Resale in blocks of 20, and TM looks the other way because it makes a fortune on resale fees? #Ticketmaster #Monopoly #CalvinHarrisTickets
@ScottFriedman3 @forcemm
Toronto and Hamilton prohibit resale above face value. St. Paul, Salt Lake City, and Houston all used platforms other than Ticketmaster. From there down, it’s ALL Ticketmaster venues—with absurd resale prices. That’s what this system gets you. The common denominator problem: Ticketmaster
