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similar rules at Oregon with the addition of all over age 5 have to wear a mask

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Absolute discrimination against those who don’t own a smart phone. Have no problem with the other rules.

from my discussion with the ticket office if you complain/ask enough they will get you a ticket that is not on your phone.  

The older demographics (like me) are not of as much interest to them so they appear willing to accommodate (at least this year) requests for other forms of tickets....

As far as that goes, teams say they have ways around the my-dad-doesn't-have-a-smartphone problem, although they don't get specific about what those ways are.

"The first thing you ask someone is, 'Does someone in your group have a smartphone?' And oftentimes the answer is yes," said Dan August, the Rams' vice president for ticketing and strategy. "A handful of people have called and said, 'I bought one ticket, and I don't have a smartphone.' We'll work with that person on an individual ticket to find a solution that will work for them. But it's not something we mass-promote, because we try to help people find the solutions for themselves."

IMO they want the personal info for as many people as possible using a ticket to market to them/sell them stuff/sell your info to others, all the other given reasons are not the real drivers for the change.

But sports industry watchers say those are rationalisations by franchises that, more than anything, want ticket buyers' personal data and contact info to use to sell more stuff.


"In terms of business partners, especially advertisers, sponsors, and others, including merchandisers and concessionaires, teams and leagues want to facilitate more transactions," said David Carter, a sports industry consultant and USC adjunct professor of sports business.

"And they believe they can do that when harvesting more accurate data that they can then use to up-sell fans on other products, while at the same time providing critical insight to business partners so that they can do the same."

Carter added: "It's important to note that older fans may not be as monetisable as younger ones, so any challenges associated with older fan groups' willingness to adapt to and adopt technology may be more than made up for by greater increases in fan engagement among younger audiences."

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-new...-intrusive

[82lsju]

similar rules at Oregon with the addition of all over age 5 have to wear a mask

---

Absolute discrimination against those who don’t own a smart phone. Have no problem with the other rules.

from my discussion with the ticket office if you complain/ask enough they will get you a ticket that is not on your phone.  

The older demographics (like me) are not of as much interest to them so they appear willing to accommodate (at least this year) requests for other forms of tickets....

As far as that goes, teams say they have ways around the my-dad-doesn't-have-a-smartphone problem, although they don't get specific about what those ways are.

"The first thing you ask someone is, 'Does someone in your group have a smartphone?' And oftentimes the answer is yes," said Dan August, the Rams' vice president for ticketing and strategy. "A handful of people have called and said, 'I bought one ticket, and I don't have a smartphone.' We'll work with that person on an individual ticket to find a solution that will work for them. But it's not something we mass-promote, because we try to help people find the solutions for themselves."

IMO they want the personal info for as many people as possible using a ticket to market to them/sell them stuff/sell your info to others, all the other given reasons are not the real drivers for the change.

But sports industry watchers say those are rationalisations by franchises that, more than anything, want ticket buyers' personal data and contact info to use to sell more stuff.


"In terms of business partners, especially advertisers, sponsors, and others, including merchandisers and concessionaires, teams and leagues want to facilitate more transactions," said David Carter, a sports industry consultant and USC adjunct professor of sports business.

"And they believe they can do that when harvesting more accurate data that they can then use to up-sell fans on other products, while at the same time providing critical insight to business partners so that they can do the same."

Carter added: "It's important to note that older fans may not be as monetisable as younger ones, so any challenges associated with older fan groups' willingness to adapt to and adopt technology may be more than made up for by greater increases in fan engagement among younger audiences."

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-new...-intrusive