MLB Attendance Problems

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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For those not following along. The @Brewers are either direct listing or working with a broker/consolidator to control supply on the “secondary market”.

The BOTS ACT is in place to circumvent ticket limits which gives an unfair advantage to certain buyers over general consumers

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@ChadEverst @RaysBaseball Teams are taking advantage (leveraging) of all the PPC ad spend for these exchanges. They use all “secondary” exchanges as “distribution channels”.

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@RaysBaseball box office just released a bunch of #WorldSeries game 3 tickets priced at $100+ more than “secondary” market.

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@ChadEverst @RaysBaseball Because resale exchanges have been taken over by teams and their exclusive broker(s). Just because it’s listed as resale, doesn’t mean it’s resale. Just about every listing of more than 4 tickets is not just a random reseller.

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@SpencerRandlett @RaysBaseball @Brewers @SeatGeek Depends on where you want to sit. Based on the available inventory and current sales velocity, this one still has more room to drop. Just be ready to pull the trigger if things start moving. Box office has reduced SROs to exactly $500 now after taxes and fees.

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#worldseries game 3 in St Pete with the @RaysBaseball down 0-2 in the series vs the @Brewers tomorrow night.

Current on @SeatGeek

2+ 🎟️ 768
6+ 🎟️ 231
8+ 🎟️ 136

Too much inventory available to manipulate this market like in Milwaukee.

#paystowait

https://t.co/YjjKY5ozjj

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@AikmanCMU Buts it’s the primary box office causing it. Thats where people are confused.

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@AikmanCMU “Secondary” markets. Yes.

[Adam Booker @abooker17]

My timeline in recent weeks has been endless imagery of swathes of empty seats across so many different sports. I think we’re at a major tipping point after years of greed and predatory ticket policies from teams/leagues. Though I don’t expect anything will change soon.

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@janicebbox You are suggesting that a resale marketplace is actually resale. Like the primary box offices doesn’t control a large portion of the “secondary market”

I dunno. Maybe start here 👇🏻

https://t.co/bRKUClEwOa

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@BY272727 Thanks Ben. I saw it and posted it around the same time you tagged me.

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Following exact same pattern as yesterday. @Brewers turn off sale at box office and then load all the good seats they normally drop on gameday directly on @SeatGeek

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@TheRealBenz2 @SeatGeek @Brewers These are real tickets. Fake tickets priced too high won’t do much to the market. SeatGeek actually punishes sellers who don’t deliver. If these were bought.

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Let’s watch the 6+ ticket listings bounce around the stadium as supply is manipulated. These are all from today. Random sellers don’t list 6+ tickets together on game day when the limit is 2. The supply continues to be manipulated to inflate price
@SeatGeek
@Brewers #WorldSeries

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@TKrueger71 The primary is too high. They had it probably right before and then raised.

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@caseyflip22 @WillJen33752275 I wouldn’t trust anyone selling tickets on twitter.

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Game 2 drops

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@WillJen33752275 @caseyflip22 I know. Lots of fans after these few seats.

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@WillJen33752275 @caseyflip22 No prob. Sorry for all the typos in that prior response. Lots of luck needed indeed.

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@WillJen33752275 @caseyflip22 When the seller doesn’t like seat numbers it highlights the whole row being but it’s a straight line. If they define seat numbers, there would be dots on each seat. Second screenshot is in Tampa. See the dots vs straight line?