The average price for those online seats was 205 per cent of face value — a large markup that will soon be illegal in Ontario. StubHub’s head of global communications Glenn Lehrman confirmed the Jays receive payments — like all Major League Baseball teams — for tickets sold on the world’s largest online ticket resale site. Tom Dakers, manager of Blue Jays fan blog Bluebird Banter, said half of opening day seats moving online is “incredible.”“Almost half? Journalists began monitoring online ticket resellers when they noticed almost 3,500 opening day seats available on StubHub weeks before tickets went on sale through the box office. The Star/CBC analysis showed it’s easier to get a Jays seat for today’s opening day game in the online aftermarket than from the box office.

Source: thestar March 29, 2018 08:03 UTC