StubHub could be in hot water as Tottenham ticket allegations emerge from USA
Ticket exchange website StubHub could find themselves in hot water amid allegations they sold a New York lawyer tickets that didn’t work for Tottenham versus Liverpool.
According to a report by Bloomberg on 22 November, Daniel Kaiser, from Brooklyn, flew to England to watch Spurs’ Premier League clash against the Reds on 30 September but he was denied entry due to his ticket not working. He is now suing the ticket sales giant.
He’s accusing StubHub – a multi-billion-dollar company – of “fraud and breach of contract for selling and promoting fraudulent tickets” after allegedly being told multiple times that his ticket for the game was 100 per cent guaranteed.
Kaiser claims his tickets didn’t scan at the gates at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and that an employee told him that StubHub was “not authorized to act as a broker for the stadium”. He was also apparently told by a Spurs employee that “previous StubHub customers had identical experiences”.
Tottenham’s official website states, in capital letters, to not buy tickets any of StubHub’s websites across the world. Spurs also say to not use Viagogo, who are the parent organisation of StubHub after buying them from eBay for $4billion in 2020.
Kaiser is apparently seeking a class action status for his lawsuit against StubHub, which means that he’s looking for others who have bought tickets from them that haven’t worked.
Bloomberg adds that despite the allegations, the under-fire ticketing website is selling tickets for Spurs’ clash against Aston Villa at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this weekend.
Bloomberg have sought a comment from StubHub, who are based in Utah in the USA, but at the time of publication, they have not yet received one.
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