Scalp Free Zone is no more.
by spike2131 on Apr 11, 2010 8:58 PM EDT
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They got rid of the Scalp Free Zone down at Camden Yards. The Orioles guy I talked to claimed it was because there was "not enough activity to justify it anymore". A more likely reason is that the Orioles didn't like it competing with the deal they have with Stub Hub.
It used to be you could go down the the Scalp Free Zone before a late-August midweek-game against a team like the Royals, and for $20 you could score tickets three rows behind home plate. More recently, they watered down the Scalp Free Zone by making ticket agents act as middlemen between the buyer and the seller. It made shopping around and bargaining less possible and less enjoyable. If they really felt there wasn't enough activity in the Scalp Free Zone lately, they could have fixed that.
Instead, they went with Stub Hub so they could get their cut of the exorbitant transaction fees. If this is the way its going to be, I think the Baltimore City Council needs to go ahead and legalize ticket scalping.
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Is reselling tickets illegal in Baltimore?
I mean, if you wanted to sell tickets at face value or less beofre a game, is that really illegal? I know some areas only consider it scalping and illegal if they are sold at over a certain % of face value.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
who knows
i have never seen anyone ever be arrested or even questioned in baltimore about the purchase or resale of tickets. The Scalp Free zone was a joke anyway. its only considered scalping if you sell the ticket for above face value and anyone who would pay above face value for a ticket to an oriole game is a moron. the orioles also added a 1-5 dollar fee for purchasing a ticket on game day through the box office this year which is a joke. word to the wise, drink beer at pickles through the third inning, after that find a scalper offer and him 3 dollars for a ticket, sit wherever you want. attendance is on a steady decline.
"When you go in the lions den you don't tippy toe in, you carry a spear, you go in screaming like a banshee, you kick whatever doors in, and say, 'where's the son of a bitch. If you go in any other way your gonna lose." - Brian
Why the hell would you need Stubhub to get Orioles tickets? Unless you really want to go to an O’s vs. YankSox game, I guess.
yanksox games and maybe opening day are the only time its useful
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
actually
often times season ticket holders put their tickets on for games they can’t go to, and if you wait until the day or so before the game you can get good seats for below face value.
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I'll have to keep that in mind then
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Apr 12, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I just bought tickets on stubhub last night
for Tuesday. I got 2 filed box (sec. 16, row 2) seats for 27 bucks each instead of 50 each at the box office. Sure there was about 10 bucks in charges and it came out to 66, but it would have been 100 plus day-of charges at Camden, so I def. made out well.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
get me a wieters tshirt if you could please!
pretty please? with a cherry on top?
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
If I see any laying around i'll snag one for you
but unfortunately (for you at least) I will be using mine.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
ppl always take more than 1
some asshole last year (for the markakis BP jersey game) took the last 5 RIGHT in front of me. i didn’t get one. woe betide that man forever.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
agreed
i asked him for one too and he completely blew me off. curses.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn, I would have raised a little hell
No one was monitoring the distribution of the jerseys? If someone took five jerseys right in front of me, I would have said some shit about it. I’m sure the four people behind me in line would probably have had something to say about it, too. What an ass.
oh i did
the usher who was supposedly “monitoring” those jerseys wasn’t incredibly bright.
by twistedlogic on Apr 12, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
E-mail me
I got the stuff. Daveh873@yahoo.com.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Twisted I'm about 85% sure that I'm going to the game
If I do you can have mine. They’re too big for girls.
Dave if I end up there let’s meet up.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Actually I just talked to my dad
and he’s bailing because the weather doesn’t look good. Boo!
Sorry, twisted.
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Wish I could help
But I’m using mine (yes, I lied about my age)
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 14, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
They stop checking stubs after the 7th anyway
Between the dugouts. I once went down there in the middle of the seventh and the game went 28 innings (or something outrageous, I forget). Scalp free zone was nice though, if nothing else it just centralized the ticket resellers so you could find a good price easier.
I promise. I will never die...
i went to the wieters t shirt game
stood right where the scalp free zone was. got two tickets to the club level for 5 a piece. thats about 10% of the face value. never use the box office or stub hub for any game including the yankees or redsoxs.
"When you go in the lions den you don't tippy toe in, you carry a spear, you go in screaming like a banshee, you kick whatever doors in, and say, 'where's the son of a bitch. If you go in any other way your gonna lose." - Brian
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