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Byline: Chris Tomasson
CLEVELAND _ In April 2000, the Cleveland City Council got rid of a city law that made it illegal to sell sports tickets for less than face value. Policemen outside Jacobs Field owe council members a debt of gratitude.
Imagine if the law were still on the books. "Hey, buddy, we heard you just sold all of Section 577 for 20 bucks. Hands behind your back."
There would be huge traffic jams caused by all the police vans needed to haul away the scalpers who are looking to pawn off tickets for well below face value. With the Indians having gone south in the standings, the guys on East 9th Street, who used to make hundreds of dollars a game, some nights are making less than the nearby panhandlers.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Ticket scalping business not what it once was at Jacobs Field.