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The Recession Helps Fans

Chris Tsakalakis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports

Read More: Stubhub, Nba Finals, World Series, Recession, Tickets, Bruce Springsteen, Fans, Spectator, Sports News
Chris Tsakalakis

An interesting trend has emerged from the clouds of the recession, a silver lining for sports and music fans. It turns out that more fans are going to more events -- and doing so at lower prices.

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Denver Closes Loophole That Allowed Some To Avoid Vehicle Registration Fees

KMGH Denver | Tom Burke and John Ferrugia | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Vehicles, Drivers, Denver Public Works, Registration, Tickets, Cars, Fees, Fines, Denver, Expired Tags, Denver News

DENVER -- The CALL7 Investigators uncovered a loophole in car registrations that some Coloradans were exploiting because it was cheaper to pay the tic...

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Schumer Plans Bill On Resale Of Concert, Sports Tickets

Wall Street Journal | Ethan Smith | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Concert Tickets, Chuck Schumer, Charles Schumer, Tickets, Ticketmaster, Business News

New York Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday unveiled a plan to introduce legislation banning the resale of concert and sports tickets until two days after...

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Pay-To-Play: Inauguration Tickets, Only $12,500 Each!

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

This doesn't sound a whole lot like "change we can believe in." This sounds more like same-old-same-old cronyism and pay-to-play.

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Urban and Married Life, With Tickets

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Bureaucracy, Recycling, Marriage, Relationships, New York City, Violation, City Sanitation, City Buraeucracy, Department of Sanitation, Tickets, Court Summons, Recycling Rules, Living News
Steve Ettlinger

Here, for posterity, is our story of a recent confrontation with the city bureaucracy. TO: New York City Department of Santitation RE: Summons No...

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Inauguration News: D.C. Power Plays and Other Craziness

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

With slightly less than a month and a half to go before Barack Obama's inauguration, Washington, D.C. has officially reached the "freakout" point on the Richter scale of event planning.

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Despite Threats of Detention, Ticket Scalping Continues at Beijing's Subway Stations

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Scalping, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, Tickets, Scalpers, Students, China, Interns, Stadiums, Media News
Courtney Woo

Today, dozens of scalpers stood alone or in pairs inside the underground tunnel leading out of the subway to the Olympic Green Line. Some held signs asking to buy tickets, but most were looking to sell.

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Gotta Be There At Invesco Field

Calvin Gipson | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

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Calvin Gipson

Yes, I admit I'm caught up in Obamamania. I have been one of the fans (as the McCain campaign likes to describe me) ever since I saw Obama speak in January at Denver University.

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