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NHL Helps Fans (Avoid) Scalp
by SENShobo on 11/14/08 at 05:44 PM ET
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From NHL.com, on a new NHL - Ticketmaster initiative launched today,
The National Hockey League (NHL) and Ticketmaster, a division of Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc, (NASDAQ: TKTM), today announced the launch of the NHL’s first-ever resale ticket service on NHL.com and Ticketmaster.com. This new service enables fans to buy or resell tickets to NHL games through a convenient, fan-friendly, league-endorsed website.
The new program on NHL.com, developed by Ticketmaster, the “Official Resale Ticket Provider of the NHL,” will allow for the exchange of tickets for all regular season games, the NHL Winter Classic 2009, the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Stanley Cup Final. The program provides fans unable to attend a game with a proven channel to sell their tickets to other fans looking to buy or upgrade their seats.
Ticket holders seeking to sell tickets through NHL.com can do so in the dependable and convenient domain of the official ticket exchange. The ticket resale service provides fans the opportunity to find and buy tickets in a fan-friendly and secure environment. It also enables ticket buyers to electronically validate the resold tickets at the time of purchase.
Fans seeking tickets may go to the site to view and purchase tickets offered for games that might be sold out, or to obtain a ticket located in a specific seating section that might not otherwise be available.
It won’t get rid of scalpers, but it might hurt them a bit, and give plenty of fans a very helpful way to find and sell tickets. You can browse here, and it’s a very convenient glimpse into what’s available (such as 918 tickets(s) for the Predators’ trip to Anaheim tonight).
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I don’t believe the concept is new - the Rangers, Senators, and other teams have been doing their own versions - but bringing it together under one roof, with a bit of the new-NHL.com-look window-dressing, is the main hook.
It’s handy to have a rundown of what’s available in such a clean, easy to understand way, and nice to further extend the umbrella to those who would otherwise be pitching on every website they had time to post to, though I’m not sure if the Rangers enjoy being brought under yet another umbrella 
In Ottawa, and Toronto, scalpers are a common sight. Best deals are had to the non-top flight games, midway through the first. That’s my favourite way to catch a game on the cheap.
Posted by SENShobo from Waterloo, ON on 11/14/08 at 10:49 PM ET
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The Rangers have actually had ticket exchange for about 2 years now. It took the league this long to realize it. We also have ticket forwarding, so if I can’t make it to the game I just email my ticket to somebody that wants it.
I don’t know about anywhere else but not to long ago they made scalping legal in NY, you just have to be 500 ft. away from the building.
Posted by NY HockeyChick from NY on 11/14/08 at 10:38 PM ET