Friday Ticket Bullets

Internet ticket broker embroiled in Super Bowl scam Chicago Tribune – United States The privately owned company says it was “scammed” by two or more computer hackers who fraudulently sold the rights to Super Bowl tickets they did not have. …

Twins close to franchise record for season tickets
USA Today – USA
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With the lure of seats for the first year at Target Field, Minnesota Twins fans are on pace for a franchise record for season tickets in …

Bulk of Red Sox tickets on sale Jan. 24
Boston Globe – United States
24, beginning at 10 am Fans will be able to purchase tickets to all games at Fenway Park — with the exception of Opening Day and all games with the Yankees …

Are discounted Lakers tickets a sign of bad economic times?
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Online ticket site Goldstar.com this week offered discounted tickets to two Lakers games in VIP suites at the Staples Center for more than 40% off. …

Police arrest sixth person on Olympic ticket fraud
USA Today – USA
LONDON (AP) — British police investigating the fraudulent sale of tickets to events including last year’s Beijing Olympics have arrested a sixth person in …

Birmingham’s Davis Cup tickets go fast during first day on sale …
Alabama Sports Foundation CEO Gene Hallman said it took two hours and 15 minutes Wednesday for United States Tennis Association members to gobble up tickets to Birmingham’s first-round of the Davis Cup. More than half of the tickets …

Web ticket broker in Super Bowl scam – Chicago Breaking News
Chicago-based FirstDIBZ, whose novel Internet marketplace allowed Cubs fans to purchase options on future playoff and World Series tickets fo

naugural balls not necessarily a blast
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
A portion of the tickets has been set aside for DC residents. The committee has put much public emphasis on the more inclusive (or, at least, …

Inauguration will be a ‘magic moment’ for celebs, too
USA Today – USA
I have a ticket to the swearing-in and I have a place to stay, but I may have to work,” he says. What magic did Penn — who has a degree from UCLA and has …

Senate votes to ban inauguration ticket scalping
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Senate has passed a bill outlawing the sale of tickets to President-elect Barack Obama’s swearing-in ceremony, which are being …

Hot tickets in the Windy City
MSNBC – USA
Today, Burris presented 30 of the tickets to a class of eighth graders at Paderewski Elementary School in Chicago. But as a United States senator-to-be, …