NFL Football Week 16 – The Great Ticket Monopoly

“Tickets!! Get your tickets!!   The NFL has expanded it’s interest in the ticketing business by asking it’s existing partner in primary ticket sales to handle the ticket resale business as well.   Starting with the 2008 football season, the company called Ticketmaster‘ will be the NFL’s official ticket resale service, which would be used by sports fans who have previously bought tickets to an NFL game (or games) but now want to sell them to other fans.   According to Eric Grubman, executive VP of the NFL, “…fans demand more creative opportunities to experience our games. We will now be able to meet their expectations with our safe, consistent and guaranteed service.”
The new service would be accessible through the Ticketmaster website as a feature called ‘TicketExchange’ and would also be linked directly from the NFL’s own website. Read more