A look at ticket scalping
Tickets are sold at below market-clearing price (for sporting events) because teams want to sell out. Selling out increases parking sales & concession sales. It makes the team look better, it creates a psychological demand for more tickets, and it allows the team to broadcast the game locally ($$$).
Teams are also sell tickets with long-term goals. They want Dad to take his two sons, and their best friends to the games. Hopefully this'll give the kids warm and fuzzy feelings about the game, so the kids will want to go to more games, buy merchandise, and eventually take their own kids to the game. The game/team becomes a part of their life, and spending habit. It's like manufacturing a printer for $35 and selling it for $30, because you know they'll be buying your $3 ink cartridges for $35.
Scalping changes the image of the sale, and may boost prices high enough that fathers can't afford to take kids often. Instead of a monthly outing, the game may become an annual treat.
Teams are also sell tickets with long-term goals. They want Dad to take his two sons, and their best friends to the games. Hopefully this'll give the kids warm and fuzzy feelings about the game, so the kids will want to go to more games, buy merchandise, and eventually take their own kids to the game. The game/team becomes a part of their life, and spending habit. It's like manufacturing a printer for $35 and selling it for $30, because you know they'll be buying your $3 ink cartridges for $35.
Scalping changes the image of the sale, and may boost prices high enough that fathers can't afford to take kids often. Instead of a monthly outing, the game may become an annual treat.
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