Cleveland Cavaliers, Ticketmaster & Antitrust
On Monday, the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team filed an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Cavaliers allege:
that Ticketmaster violates federal antitrust law by preventing the Cavs from using Flash Seats, a Web service designed to let season ticketholders resell and transfer tickets to other fans. … At issue is an item in Ticketmaster’s contract with the Cavs requiring season ticketholders who want to resell their seats to use Ticketmaster’s own resale operation, TicketExchange. Earlier this month, Ticketmaster filed a lawsuit against the Cavs and Flash Seats in federal court in California to defend that obligation. Ticketmaster has sold Cavs tickets on the primary market since 1993. … Flash Seats, meanwhile, claims that Ticketmaster is keeping it from expanding. Sam Gerace, chief executive of the Cleveland-based company - closely affiliated with the Cavs through some common ownership - said Flash Seats has attempted to sell its services to other sports teams, only to be blocked by existing contracts with Ticketmaster.
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August 13th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Does anyone have a copy of the Cavaliers/Ticketmaster complaint?