Opinion Guest Essay
By Max Sarinsky
(Mr. Sarinsky is a senior attorney at the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law.)
Want to catch a ballgame at Yankee Stadium? Tickets for Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners are being advertised by Ticketmaster, the league's preferred vendor, for as low as $15.
But tickets cannot be purchased there for that price. After you select seats and reach the payment screen, Ticketmaster notifies you of a $4.20-per-ticket "service fee," plus a $3.30 "order processing fee." For a single ticket, the $15 advertised price is in fact $22.50 -- an increase of 50 percent.
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