StubHub lawsuit alleges Warriors created ticket re

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StubHub lawsuit alleges Warriors created ticket re

A lawsuit filed by ticket resellerStubHuballeges the Golden StateWarriors and industry competitor Ticketmaster violated antitrust laws Luis Urias Jersey by creating an exclusive secondary resale market among the franchise's season-ticket holders.The suit, submitted to California court on Sunday, accuses the Warriors of instructingseason-ticket holders to only resell their tickets via NBATickets.com, aplatform operated by Ticketmaster. If fans did not comply, the Warriors threatened to revoke their season ticket privileges,according to the filings.MORE: | | Those rights include primary acce s to playoff tickets and invitations to renewseason tickets for the following season."We're not trying to be Blake Snell Jersey the industry pariah," StubHubattorney Michelle Fang said, ."But when actions like these are a sociated with the busine s impact that we've seen, and the outcry comes from fans who are saying 'our hands are tied,' we are left with no choice."The Warriors and Ticketmaster have Joey Lucchesi Jersey maintained a revenue sharing partnership since 2012, when the current resalesystem was created. As the Warriors have grown in popularity,StubHubclaims that a dropoffin the team's ticket listings is consistent with its alleged threat to fans.Teamtickets listed on StubHub are down 80 percent in the last year, Michel Baez Jersey the lawsuit said, despite the fact thatthe Warriors boast the best record in the NBA and MVP candidate Stephen Curry.With control of the primary and secondary markets, StubHubcautions that Ticketmaster could be inclinedto establish similar relationships with other profe sional teams, further impacting its secondary market shares.Golden State Freddy Galvis Jersey , on a sellout streak of 118 games, on its season tickets in 2013. More than 10,000 people are on the waiting list.
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