He could have brokered a deal quicker under the old system, a free-for-all in which sellers could pawn off unwanted seats by bombarding buyers and besting competitors' offers, waving their tickets like stock brokers on a Wall Street trading floor.
Now Branch is kept sequestered behind a line, unable to talk with prospective buyers until an Oriole official calls him over to complete a deal. The procedure is more organized, but not necessarily better, said Branch. "It's not what it used to be," he said.
The scalp-free zone was created in 1995 after the City Council passed a law making it illegal to resell tickets above face value within a mile of the stadium. It is the only one of its kind in baseball and is designed to give a sanctioned place for people to barter without being pressured by illegal scalpers. Selling tickets above value is not allowed. More>>>
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