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“We played Chester down at the Palestra, and they were scalping tickets outside for $1,000,” former Lower Merion assistant athletic director Jerry Monzo said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2020

But from online surveys, it became clear that the “same people were coming every day,” Mr. Gelb said, and some were scalping the rush tickets.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2015

There were 15,000 people there and they were scalping the $3.50 tickets for $50.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2010