12-12-12 Outrage: Ban scalping on charity tickets!
Hours before Wednesday’s massive 12-12-12 Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden, State Senator Daniel Squadron announced a bill that would ban the reselling of charity event tickets for more than their face value.
Controversy broke out recently after 12-12-12 promoters and concert-goers complained that tickets to the show – starring legends like The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel and Bruce Springstein — were being resold on secondary sites for many times their face value.
Legitimate tickets to the concert ranged from $150 – $2,500 at Ticketmaster on Wednesday. On StubHub, however, tickets ranged from $1,235 – $9,999.