Sports leagues have made partnership deals with Stubhub and Ticketmaster and have shared ticket pricing data with the leagues.   Pro sports teams now know what prices fans are willing to pay for any particular seat in the stadium.

Teams now sell PSLs or “Personal Seat Licenses” for thousands of dollars which will only allow the purchaser of the PSL access to purchase tickets for seats he has purchased the license to.   It all adds up to the average fan getting priced out of the stadium.

In order to avoid getting ripped off when buying tickets, ticket purchasers need to be as knowledgeable as possible.   Sign up for presales.  Call your favorite team and negotiate season ticket package prices.  Sad to say, the more your team loses, the less demand there will be for tickets, but at least you will pay a lot less.

AAA Sports Tickets blog will share sporting event ticket infomation so fans can make smart purchases from as close to the source as possible.