Here to expose ticket offices manipulation tactics to make people pay more. I don’t attack fanbases. Former MLB season ticket holder from 2001-2019.
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To all the @CleGuardians fans who still don’t understand what their team is doing. The seating map on the left is what it looks like when hold backs are naturally released. The map on the right is what a map looks like when you manipulate your box office inventory.
If anyone doesn’t believe me. Check out total number of listings for 2+ tickets. Hot ticket (clinch game for Rays), why has inventory on secondary increased in last 30 minutes?
This is called supply manipulation.
This isn’t a hockey problem. This is a ticketing problem. Box offices have to lose the obsession with the secondary market. The secondary market was created to charge a premium to the people who waited to buy until the event was sold out. Now everyone pays that premium.
MLB Attendance Problems retweeted
"MLB might be winning the battle for short-term broadcast revenue, but if it keeps allowing the most exciting part of the season to be locked away behind those paywalls, it is going to be broadcasting to an increasingly quiet, and shrinking, fanbase."
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MLB Attendance Problems retweeted
What dodgers fans need in order to sell out a playoff game
1. Seat coolers
2. unlimited beer and water
3. waiter for each seat
4. zero traffic
5. perfect 70 degree weather
6. Hello Kitty giveaway
7. Ohtani must be pitching
8. $2B roster
9. A 7 pm game time
Teams got obsessed with secondary market. Thought they could price entire venues at secondary market. Short sighted money grab is now starting to show the long term effects of that plan. Too many seats, too many games, and can’t price entire venues at secondary market.
Teams across the NHL are seeing a surprising number of empty seats.
As ticket prices, concessions, and the overall cost of living increase rapidly, should the PWHL be concerned as well?
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Knicks used that initial asking price on secondary to set their “face values”. Then acted like it was an error. Teams need to drop the obsession with the secondary market. Long term effects of this short sighted money grab behavior is finally starting to show.
This market is very manipulated and will most likely fall as supply that’s being “hidden” hits the market.
Cheapest ticket dropped $200 in the last 90 minutes.
It’s going to be very volatile until the true market establishes itself.
Lower row same section is now $153 on secondary. It #paystowait
Box offices need to get out of the secondary market and stop using the extremely volatile secondary market to set “face values”.
Very disgusting behavior by @sixers to sell their single game tickets at resale prices!!!! Josh Harris you will not see heaven!
$320 is a steal because the box office said so. But now it’s $140 because that’s how the market works. Box offices need to drop the obsession with the secondary market.
It almost always #paystowait
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Ripping off early buyers “because the inflated and manipulated secondary market said people would pay that”. This is short sighted behavior and why we are starting to see a lot more empty seats. Box office employees know the truth of the manipulation.
Secondary prices almost always fall.
Box offices need to stop pricing at secondary market that they manipulate to keep high.
Live look at that game 👇🏻
Sneak peak, it’s $140 now. Sixers were charging $320. #paystowait
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Very disgusting behavior by @sixers to sell their single game tickets at resale prices!!!! Josh Harris you will not see heaven!
Box office employee tells everyone $300+ is a steal for 76ers home opener bc LeBron. I told him no way that price will hold and box office shouldn’t be charging that. Can’t use secondary market to price tickets
It #paystowait
Live look at the market 👇🏻
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MLB Attendance Problems retweeted
It always bothers me when people talk about attendance and only mention the average per game, because that doesn't account for ballpark capacity. For example, if you compared the Dodgers' 2026 average of 49,805 (highest in the league) with the Athletics' 9,867 (lowest) without mentioning that the Athletics are currently playing in a minor league ballpark that only seats 13,416, that would be misleading.
I put each team's capacity and average attendance in 2026 into a chart. The Blue Jays and Padres averaged over 100% attendance because of SRO options, while the Marlins and Royals averaged under 50% attendance. The league average was 72.50% in 2026, and the Athletics were at 73.55%.
Here is the full chart with teams ranked from highest attendance percentage to lowest:
Price manipulation 101
Now even more are listed. So let’s just focus on the 6+ ticket listings.
Look at screenshots
7:48pm local 155 listings
7:55pm-ish local GAME ENDS
8:00pm local 174 listings
8:59pm local 186 listings
How much more proof do you need?
Wake up people!
I’m gunna keep beating the dead horse since people think manipulation isn’t happening. Take a glance at these screenshots. All from the last 15 minutes. These are 6+ tickets and 10+ tickets. The game ended about 3 minutes ago to make this a clinch opportunity for @RaysBaseball
I’m gunna keep beating the dead horse since people think manipulation isn’t happening. Take a glance at these screenshots. All from the last 15 minutes. These are 6+ tickets and 10+ tickets. The game ended about 3 minutes ago to make this a clinch opportunity for @RaysBaseball
The screenshots are 12 minutes apart. These only thing that changed is game 5 ended between them. Magically new inventory hits @SeatGeek in large quantities.
Manipulated things don’t often make logical sense.
The strangest thing about the Brewers World Series ticket market right now is that Game 1 is by far the most expensive, while Games 6-7 are cheapest.
You almost NEVER see that a week before a playoff series.
If you believe Game 1 can sustain a $3K get-in price, Game 7 at a 25% discount looks appealing (you get a refund if the game doesn't happen before your credit card bill is even due).
Of course, Games 1 and 2 are guaranteed, but that's true of every playoff series, and it rarely creates a pricing gap like this.
MLB Attendance Problems retweeted
Any Brewers fans that are holding 1 of the 1000 Brewers Lifetime “Golden Tickets” should reach out to @ScottFriedman3 . We are pushing really hard to get the @brewers to give these loyal fans what they paid for 10 years ago. Please RT for awareness.
More people that come on @TicketTalkNet to share their story, more attention this story will get‼️