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A little-known state law allowing the resale of tickets for profit expired May 15, at least temporarily creating chaos and uncertainty for resellers and consumers doing business in New York.
After the law that took scalping tickets out of the shadows lapsed, ticket resale giant StubHub posted warnings that selling tickets in New York well above face value "may" be illegal and that vendors sell at their own risk.
TicketsNow listed only away games for New York teams, leaving consumers in the dark as to why seats seemed to dry up for home games.
Legislators scrambled to patch together an extension of expired regulations until a new law could be approved, leaving ticket sales in limbo with a ban on sales of tickets for more than $2 above face value.
"When listing tickets for sale on StubHub, users are informed that they must adhere to their state's current ticket resale laws," a StubHub spokesman said. "We are confident that the legislators in New York will do what's best for consumers, which is preserving open, competitive marketplaces."
The Senate has passed a bill, sponsored by Sen. Craig Johnson, D-Port Washington, that would allow the resale of tickets and also ban the use of software to buy up blocks...