By MATTHEW VARI
Sunday, December 11, 2016 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)
TICKETING for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup will now be closely scrutinized, following lessons learnt from major sporting events hosted in the capital city that has seen a rise in ticket scalping.
Ticket scalping, also known as ticket resales, is the time-honored practice of buying tickets to an event and reselling them for more than what was paid for them, a practice taken a new heights considering the outrageous markups seller are willing to go.
Minister for Sports Justin Tkatchenko confirmed the organisers looking into strategizing distribution and selling of what will be a much sought after commodity in the 2017 year.
“When it comes to ticket sales we have learnt our lesson with the FIFA world Cup on how they distributed and how it was sent out.”
“We have to revisit that and make sure that it doesn’t happen with the rugby league world cup where one person buys a hundred tickets and leaves some of the seats empty.”
“We will have to do it like one ticket per person so that it is clear and a proper system must be put in place and the organizing committee for the rugby league world cup, which the governor (NCD Governor Parkop) and I are on,” Mr Tkatchenko said.
He said it was vital the organisers look at options to ensure that everybody gets a fair chance to go to the rugby league world cup.
Sunday, December 11, 2016 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)
TICKETING for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup will now be closely scrutinized, following lessons learnt from major sporting events hosted in the capital city that has seen a rise in ticket scalping.
Ticket scalping, also known as ticket resales, is the time-honored practice of buying tickets to an event and reselling them for more than what was paid for them, a practice taken a new heights considering the outrageous markups seller are willing to go.
Minister for Sports Justin Tkatchenko confirmed the organisers looking into strategizing distribution and selling of what will be a much sought after commodity in the 2017 year.
“When it comes to ticket sales we have learnt our lesson with the FIFA world Cup on how they distributed and how it was sent out.”
“We have to revisit that and make sure that it doesn’t happen with the rugby league world cup where one person buys a hundred tickets and leaves some of the seats empty.”
“We will have to do it like one ticket per person so that it is clear and a proper system must be put in place and the organizing committee for the rugby league world cup, which the governor (NCD Governor Parkop) and I are on,” Mr Tkatchenko said.
He said it was vital the organisers look at options to ensure that everybody gets a fair chance to go to the rugby league world cup.
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