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Ticket sellers stick together
Chris Earl, Lawrence junior, sold KU basketball tickets to a passover before KU's game against Kansas State on Saturday.
By Mark Klefer
Kansan staff writer
Rachel G. Thompson / KANSAN
The cold, drizzling day did not stop them from working Saturday. They were out in full force and earning money, just like they do before every home basketball game.
They sell tickets to sold-out games at Allen Field House, and their craft is a constant system of buying and selling that draws these enterprises dealers together as a group.
Scalpers vend their wares
Walking through the mist at the main entrance of the field house and dressed in a long overcoat and light brown stocking cap, one of them, Jay, described this group of ticket sellers.
"We're a rare breed," said Jay, who wouldn't give his last name. "We stand out here and freeze our loins off."
Tickets for Saturday's KU-Kansas State basketball game were selling for about $40. The face value for all general admission tickets is $15.
KU police Lt. John Mullens said no law prohibits scalping tickets in Kansas, which means people can sell tickets for whatever price someone will pay for them. He said that police had few problems with the sellers.
The sellers have become a close group. Chris Earl, Lawrence junior, said that he had been selling tickets at KU games for five years.
"As long as they don't get in the way and don't bother anybody, we leave them alone." he said.
"Everybody knows each other," he said. "We don't cut somebody for five dollars on a sale."
During one of Earl's sales, a woman was offering $35 for a single ticket. Earl wanted $40. Jay, who had been eavesdropping, persuaded Earl to lighten up.
"You're hassling about five dollars," he said to Earl. "Come on, you've made enough money today."
Earl sold the ticket for $35.
Earl said that he usually arrived at the field house about two hours before game time and that, on a good day, he would make a profit of about $150.
The ticket dealers buy the tickets from people who have extras. Jay normally sells the tickets within five minutes of getting them. Immediately after a sale, he walks around and asks for more tickets.
As tip-off time approaches, the sellers quicken their race.
At 12:45 p.m., Jay jogged out toward Naismith Drive to get a pair of tickets from a man in a red jacket. He hustled back to the main entrance with the tickets held high in his right hand.
Two women looking for tickets approached Jay and inquired about the pair, the last tickets Jay would sell for the day.
"Can anyone beat thirty-five a piece for center court?" Jay asked into the crowd. Two men could and bought the tickets for $40 each.
Just before 1 p.m., Earl was getting ready to call it a day. He had moved to the parking lot between Burge Union and the parking garage, and the flow of people had slowed to a crawl.
"It's just not worth it anymore," he said. "It's time to go to the game."
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