RazorGator sued by Texas ticket broker over Olympics tickets payments
The Beijing Olympics may have ended in August, but the Games continue to play out in U.S. courts. Claiming the company reneged on tens of thousands of dollars in payments…
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Roadtrips.com responds to questions about Olympics ticket mix-up
Stating the company was let down by a normally “secure and reputable” ticket supplier, Roadtrips.com President David Guenther defended his company today for failing to deliver dozens of orders for…
U.S. attorney investigates UK Olympics ticket ‘Touts’ and Canadian company Roadtrips.com
An American class-action lawyer plans to sue the International Olympic Committee and has publicly advised the British government to clamp down on those involved in a huge UK tickets scam….
With end in sight, Olympics tickets still available
The closing ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games are just around the corner on Sunday, August 24, and some travelers are still trying to nab last-minute tickets for the competitions….
Gymnastics Superstars tour U.S. after Olympics
Hot on the heels of their Olympic wins, the United States’ greatest gymnasts will head home from China for a 34-city sports and music tour. The Tour of Gymnastics Superstars…
British ‘touts’ scalp Olympics tickets
Gangs of British ticket touts – scalpers – have descended on Beijing and are dealing in Olympics tickets despite warnings by the Chinese authorities that scalpers would be punished severely….
Online ticket fraud being fought at Beijing Olympics
With the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing only days away, reports have surfaced of massive amounts of online ticket fraud that has left dozens of Americans and…
Beijing Olympics tickets to receive microchips
In an unprecedented effort to increase security at this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, tickets for the opening and closing night ceremonies are being embedded with microchips containing the ticket…
Beijing Olympics could sell out
By Petrina Crockford The president of Ticketmaster China last week predicted that this summer’s Beijing Olympics will sell out, a historic first for the world games. “We predict that this…
Vancouver Olympics halting scalping?
In an unusual dispute, organizers of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are planning to stop a separate Canadian Olympic committee from providing tickets to the Vancouver Games to ticket brokers….