Bruins attempt to reduce ticket scalping with new season ticket policy
The Boston Bruins have a new ticket policy for the 2016-17 season. They want people owning that seats that will actually use them instead of selling them for a profit.
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Adam Gretz
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The Boston Bruins announced a new season ticket policy for the 2016-17 season on Monday and it has an interesting twist in an effort to eliminate ticket scalping. Per the Bruins' release, all season ticket holders that own seats for their own personal use will see no increase in their season ticket prices for next season.
So who is seeing an increase in the cost of their tickets? Accounts that are owned by what the team calls "high-volume re-sellers." The team said that through a data analysis they were able to identify seats that are owned by known high-volume re-sellers and that those accounts will see an increase in their tickets for next season.
The Bruins did not stop there.
The team also announced that high-volume sellers based outside of the New England, Connecticut and New York state areas have had their accounts completely cancelled. Those seats will instead be going to New England based fans on the team's season ticket waiting list that began in 2011.
The team claims that list has more than 10,000 fans on it.
Obviously, this is all great news for fans that own seats (or want to own seats) for the purpose of actually using them to watch their favorite team play in person. It's terrible news for people that owned tickets and used them for no other reason than making a profit for themselves. Unless those people are able to sell their tickets on the street outside the arena, they are pretty much out of luck.
Season ticket prices for the 2016-17 range from $48 to $155 per game.
