Statement: “Teams are allowed to buy unused tickets at 34 cents on the dollar — the visiting team’s share — and declare a sellout,” Union-Tribune sports columnist, Tim Sullivan in this column, Sept. 18.
Analysis: Union-Tribune columnist Tim Sullivan calculated that it would have cost the team about $220,000 to buy the unsold tickets and avoid the blackout of its first home game earlier this month.
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