{"id":987627,"date":"2025-09-11T02:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T02:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/?p=987627"},"modified":"2025-12-08T02:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:21:48","slug":"ticket-resale-caps-are-a-bipartisan-disaster-hurting-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/?p=987627","title":{"rendered":"Ticket resale caps are a bipartisan disaster hurting fans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wimbledon captivated global audiences this summer with record-breaking digital viewership, but behind the scenes, the annual tennis event is facing a quiet threat. It comes not from a rival tournament, but from a government policy that could unravel its financial foundation: ticket resale price caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Kingdom is weighing legislation that would restrict the resale of event tickets above face value. On its face, that sounds like a fan-friendly idea. But at Wimbledon, that cap could devastate the event\u2019s unique and essential debenture program. Long-term premium seats \u2014 legally resold at market value \u2014 have generated more than $670 million over the past decade, money that\u2019s directly reinvested in fan experience, facilities and maintaining Wimbledon\u2019s global prestige.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2025\/09\/11\/ticket-resale-caps-are-a-bipartisan-disaster-hurting-fans\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sportbusiness.com\/2023\/07\/secondary-ticketing-solves-a-problem-and-puts-fans-back-in-control\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SportBusiness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fraud","category-news"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"sbriesacher","author_link":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/?author=3"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=987627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=987627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=987627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=987627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}