Should the Packers Start Revoking Season Tickets?

[Pokerbrat2000]

You'd think that each team would have their own means of selling tickets, but they use Ticketmaster. There must be some benefit to it I'm not seeing.

Also, as previously mentioned. I believe it is Ticket Master and only Ticket Master that has an exclusive deal worked out with the Packers and Season Ticket holders. If you resell your tickets through Ticket Master, they will guarantee that the buyers, no matter what they do, can not get your season tickets revoked. Unlike what the Packers do if you or someone you directly give or sell your ticket to, gets booted for something, the Packers can revoke the season tickets.

 

[El Guapo]

It is not just the Packers. It is an NFL-wide ticketing deal: https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.c...eagues-and-Governing-Bodies/NFL-Ticketmaster/

Therefore the Packers organization may be hamstrung to some degree about what they can do outside of the league-wide deal.

 

[weeds]

Now, here's an interesting twist. Is anyone familiar with the Packers' PSL clause?

Ticket brokers sue Texans over changes to season-ticket procedures

The age of widespread legalized ticket reselling has not unfolded without a few potholes.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Firethorn1001]

I know there are laws and everything and no idea if the Texans broke any contracts, but I have a hard time feeling bad for any ticket broker (especially Ticketmaster)

 

[Curly Calhoun]

Absolutely not in favor of the idea as I would have no chance of getting tickets for a Packers home game any other way.

I think that is a key issue.

One of the things that makes Green Bay unique is that it is nearly impossible to get tickets for a game, other than the secondary market. Take that away, and you're going to alienate a lot of folks, and that probably isn't good business.

 

[El Guapo]

There is a clear difference between ticket holders selling tickets that they can not use, and brokers that are purely in the mix to make a profit off of fans. Nobody is discussing ending the secondary market. The Packers and Texans want tickets in their fans' hands.

If ticket brokers didn't exist, then you could just buy the tickets directly from the team.

 

[El Guapo]

Now, here's an interesting twist. Is anyone familiar with the Packers' PSL clause?

To be technical, the Packers do not have a PSL but a "user fee." They are pretty much the same from what I've been able to read, but I do not know the specific differences. From a outside perspective, it sounds like the Packers have preserved their rights by calling it a fee versus the buyer having some kind of license. I would assume that a license entitles the purchaser (fan, ticket broker) to certain rights that a Packers fan doesn't have with just a user fee.

Here are some links if someone wants to dive into it further. I don't!

Packers Season Ticket Holder Policies | Green Bay Packers – packers.com

Green Bay Packers Ticket Terms & Conditions