StubHub’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Warriors Dismissed: Details, Reaction

November 5th, 2015 by Scott Polacek Leave a reply »

Ticket reseller StubHub brought an antitrust lawsuit against the Golden State Warriors and Ticketmaster, but it was reportedly dismissed Thursday.

According to Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney decided StubHub’s arguments “were unfounded.”   

The crux of StubHub’s lawsuit stated the Warriors and Ticketmaster “conspired to fix the resale marketplace” and that the team “created illegal market conditions by telling its season-ticket holders to resell their tickets only through Ticketmaster and marketing that buying in any other venue was unsafe,” per Rovell.

Chesney pointed out there is no legal precedent that the primary and resale markets are two separate entities tied together. She also discussed the Warriors’ control over their product, per Rovell: “The native monopoly every manufacturer has in the production and sale of its own product cannot be the basis for antitrust liability.” 

Ticketmaster has been the NBA’s exclusive resale partner since 2012. StubHub said sales for the Warriors games af ...

Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NBA
Article written by

Advertisement

Comments are closed.