At May 24’s U2 concert at Rice-Eccles Stadium, a friend of mine lost his ticket while lingering outside. We asked the ticket office if they would reprint the ticket (as we were missing just one seat out of a series of five tickets), but they declined. So we bought another ticket and were out another $40.
When we got to our seats, someone was sitting in the seat of the ticket we lost. When I confronted that individual, he presented the missing ticket and said he bought it from a scalper for $23. I told him he’d bought a stolen ticket, and we gave him the ticket we bought and told him to go sit there.
This opened my eyes to the potential evil of ticket scalping. A lot of these ticket
scalpers may be selling tickets at the expense of others. I would encourage people
to only buy tickets through authorized outlets or through reputable resellers like StubHub.
Tyler Riggs
West Valley City
When we got to our seats, someone was sitting in the seat of the ticket we lost. When I confronted that individual, he presented the missing ticket and said he bought it from a scalper for $23. I told him he’d bought a stolen ticket, and we gave him the ticket we bought and told him to go sit there.
This opened my eyes to the potential evil of ticket scalping. A lot of these ticket
scalpers may be selling tickets at the expense of others. I would encourage people
to only buy tickets through authorized outlets or through reputable resellers like StubHub.
Tyler Riggs
West Valley City
