Corporate interests own the Sprint Center and the term "scalper" only applies to the poor or people of color
So we've already established the The Sprint Center doesn't really belong to the people of Kansas City and it's only intended to benefit affluent concert-goers mostly from JoCo.
Now, even more news surfaces that the place is really run by all of those people sitting in the corporate suites whose ownership is top secret.
The ticket resellers are making profits hand over fist and recently Channel 9 reported that the Billy Joel tickets went on sale to companies WELL BEFORE anybody waiting in line could get a hold of them.
The companies who profited:
And there's a word for this that nobody likes to mention: Scalping.
The problem is, the term seems only to apply when somebody is doing it on a street corner rather than online or through cushy corporate deals. In much the same way that there is still a disparity for jail sentences between crack vs. powder cocaine which essentially classifies white people caught with the drug as addicts while minorities are locked up as criminals.
It's all part of the same hypocrisy and part of the reason why nothing much has changed in this town despite clueless folks pointing toward an empty arena or a group of chain restaurants in downtown Kansas city as a sign of progress.
posted by Tony Permalink
Yeah, but what about the glass?
yeah, you forgot to mention those poor exploited Chinese.
BUT IT'S SPRINTALICIOUS!
(remember that phrase, Tony)
Pre-sales are nothing new. These take place for everything including concert tickets at every arena in the country. There are also pre-sales for things like the i-phone, Harry Potter books, new releases of movies just to name a few. I think that people in Kansas City should be thankful that the new Sprint Center is bringing great events to town that people want to see instead of worrying about who go tickets and how they got them.
Whenver possible, I scapegoat colored people. Its just a lot easier. I find that other colored people also look down on colored people. This includes cats. Cats don't like other cats. They don't get along with them. So I scapegoat cats.
I shit in your toilet and don't flush when I'm done.
The $250 million Sprint Arena was built for the Condo dwellers and rich people.
We hicks are waiting for the dirt bike and monster truck rally at the new arena. WOOT
I like the windows. They are pretty. Poor people can enjoy pretty things, yes? At least until they despise anything nice and throw rocks at it and spray paint it.
Oh well poor people. Piss in your cereal.
The term doesn't apply in Kansas because 'scalping' is not against the law there.
That is why places like Ace Collectable Rip Offs can have a giant mall store.
Offering advace tickets to big suiteholders is nothing new. Sprint bought the naming rights to an arena for a decade. They deserve to let their middle managers get a few cracks at Hannah Montana tickets.
I went in Ace one time a few years ago. How the fuck do they stay in business? Anything they sell in that store you can find on Ebay for a fraction of what they charge. Oh yeah I forgot. The store is in Kansas and the only people stupid enough to buy that garbage live there, so it's a nice little niche market that guy has cut out for himself.
I'm with you about Ace hardware. Seriously. You have hit the nail on the head, and I'm not making some silly pun about hardware stores.
How the fuck DO they stay in business? It sure isn't their attentive staff, attractive stores, or quality service. I think the DAV thrift store employs more quality people than Ace. Are they getting some kickbacks by hiring the functionally disabled? Purely in the mental sense.
This guy tried to tell me that latex paint was fine for painting metal. I looked at him and said, yeah, if metal was wood and my old shitty deck table was in fact a fucking picnic table from some state park, and my table didn't happen to sit outside year round. Other than that, it would work swell!
It's kind of like the hardware version of radioshack. First off, does anything with "shack" spell quality? Maybe if you're some unabomber fuck you think that shacks are the ultimate living.
For the rest of us, it doesn't inspire confidence.
Second, the markup on cheap shit it insane. I'm fine with paying some markup for cheap shit under a roof, mostly for the convenience factor, but not lube it up and stick it up prices.
Ace is kind of the same way. The only people who are keeping Ace in Business must be the moms of cub scouts and boyscouts. That, and semi retarded people who think they need some top shelf seed for their dog piss rotted lawn.
Advice to those people: no grass is dog piss proof. Save your money.
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