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Ticket Troubles

Garth Brooks at his opening concert in Columbus, April 15, 2016
Jo Ingles
Garth Brooks at his opening concert in Columbus, April 15, 2016

There are some big concerts and events coming to Ohio. And tickets to some of them have restrictions buyers might not know about.

Columbus resident Mark Weaver and his wife bought a few tickets to see country star Garth Brooks, thinking they’d sell or give away any extras they didn’t need. But there was a condition on the seats they bought.

“We have to have the credit card we bought the ticket with at the front door and all of the people who would be sitting with us, waiting to go in with us, which does away with our ability to sell or do what we want with our own tickets.”

Dan Tierney with the Ohio Attorney General’s office says this type of restricted credit card entry must be disclosed at the time the ticket is purchased. And he says the decision on which type of ticket is offered varies.

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Jo Ingles is a professional journalist who covers politics and Ohio government for the Ohio Public Radio and Television for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. She reports on issues of importance to Ohioans including education, legislation, politics, and life and death issues such as capital punishment.