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Yankees Ticket Prices Soar as Jeter Nears 3,000 Hits

Tim Karan — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:17:05 CDT

It would probably be fine with Yankees brass if Derek Jeter takes all season to reach 3,000 hits. Ticket sales and prices on the secondary market have skyrocketed in anticipation of the shortstop reaching the milestone, which he should do any day now. Tickets that fetched $80 last week...

Thanks, LeBron: Heat Fires Season Ticket Salespeople

M. Morris — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:55:00 CDT

The Heat's season tickets sold out even before LeBron James officially announced he was leaving Cleveland for Miami, so the next step feels inevitable: The team has fired the 30 people hired to sell season tickets, the Miami Herald reports. "They let us go because there was really nothing left...

Feds Bust $25M Ticket-Scalping Ring

Rob Quinn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:23:45 CST

Four men who formed a company called "Wiseguy Tickets" have been charged with running a massive ticket-scalping scheme. Federal prosecutors say the Californians employed a team of Bulgarian computer programmers to help them access the systems of vendors like Ticketmaster and corner the market on tickets for some of the...

New Moon Eclipses Ticket Records

John Johnson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:53 CST

It doesn't open until tomorrow, but the latest Twilight movie already is breaking records. Fandango, AMC, and MovieTickets.com all say that fans are scooping up advance tickets to The Twilight Saga: New Moon in unprecedented numbers. Thousands of shows are sold out around the country, leaving pre-sale records held...

Foul-Mouthed Ticket Scalper Talks Crime, Punishment

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:58:08 CDT

Adrian Chen found the ticket scalper with possibly the dirtiest mouth on the New York circuit and convinced him to do an interview for Gawker . He expounds on would-be sex-trading ticket buyer Susan Finkelstein, New York sports fans, and more: On Finkelstein: "Every one of those cops should be fired...

New Kids Scrap Aussie Tour, Blaming Recession

Harry Kimball — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:50:19 CDT

The New Kids on the Block have canceled a planned tour of Australia because of weak ticket sales amid the recession, Reuters reports. “We are, in fact, in the middle of a worldwide recession and we just cannot make it work,” said Donnie Wahlberg. He said the group was “saddened”...

Outraged Taxpayers Not Going Out to Ball Game

Kevin Spak — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:23:00 CDT

New Yorkers would like to go out to the ball game, but the Wipons and Steinbrenners “have let their unfettered greed keep the fans at bay,” writes Allen Barra in the Wall Street Journal . Fans are outraged that their tax dollars have gone to fund stadiums they can’t afford to...

Yankees Slash Luxury Ticket Prices to Fill Empty Seats

Rob Quinn — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:41:21 CDT

The New York Yankees are cutting top-end ticket prices up to 50% after the best seats in the team's new stadium proved too pricey even for big spenders, AP reports. The team hopes the reductions—on seats costing up to $2500 for front-row seats near home plate—will fill the...

Economy Tanking, Americans Race to Movies

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:17:04 CST

Americans are dealing with the recession by hiding in dark rooms with a band of brothers, a gun-toting grandma, and a bumbling mall cop, the New York Times says. Hollywood’s ticket sales have jumped 17.5% this year. Ticket prices rose, but so did attendance, by nearly 16%. “It’s not...