FIFA Forced To Pay Broker $16.8M For Unissued World Cup Tickets
FIFA World CupIndustryLegalSoccer January 3, 2019
FIFA was forced to pay $16.8 million plus interest to the U.S. ticket broker JB Sports Marketing, who never received World Cup tickets in 2014, a Swiss Supreme Court ruled. JBSM has been engaged in a lawsuit against FIFA since 2015. According to an email exchange between former FIFA general... Read more
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are having trouble filling their stadium this season, and according to several fans and industry insiders, the team’s anti-broker tactics are fueling the lack of attendance. Multiple ticket brokers have commented that when the team was doing poorly, their sales staff looked the other way... Read more
Australia’s Labor Party has proposed a new law that would place a 10 percent cap on resale tickets online and ban bots. This law would essentially cover the administration of the resale and promoters would be unable to cancel resold tickets. The proposal also includes a ban on bots,... Read more
A ticket broker from Georgia, known for stiffing dozens of fans out of college football tickets last year, has been arrested in Florida Keys after trying to escape his prison sentence. Jeff Cook, 56, was convicted of nine counts of theft and one count of selling tickets without a... Read more
Idaho Rockfest is being sued by a Tennessee entertainment agency for not paying a broker’s fee, ultimately causing the festival to be cancelled. Todd Hutchison of Hutch Entertainment filed a lawsuit against Ron Heyrend of EKR Entertainment and Productions Inc. last Wednesday. The suit alleges that Heyrend owed the... Read more
A Georgia ticket broker who allegedly oversold the Notre Dame-Georgia college football game has been arrested, according to a report from 11Alive.com. Jeff Cook, who operates All Sports Tickets, was arrested by Putnam County Sheriff deputies on Friday morning and has been charged with selling sports tickets without a... Read more
