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Tickets

Ticket scalpers of Minnesota, rejoice!

Filed under: Tickets

Good news for anyone who's ever had to furtively buy (or sell) tickets on the street as if participating in a drug deal: Minnesota legislators have legalized ticket scalping. Passed by the state legislature in February and effective today, H.F. 189 repeals a 1963 state statute that outlawed the selling of a ticket “at a price greater than that charged at the place of admission or printed on the ticket.”

In sponsoring the bill, Rep. Chris DeLaForest (R-Andover) said the repeal will attract ticket-reselling companies to the state and that increased competition will benefit consumers by curbing ticket prices. Previously a misdemeanor, scalping could get you up to 90 days in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. Ticket scalping, that is.

Posted by Matt Snyders at August 1, 2007 2:29 PM | Comments (3)

 


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