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The cost of seeing a game at Dodger Stadium     [  this season will go up slightly, but the penalty for scalping tickets Ask a Lawyer

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I have recently purchased tickets for a concert taking place at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend.
 around Chavez Ravine and other L.A. sports venues could increase by leaps and bounds.

Responding to complaints by residents near L.A.'s sporting venues and the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).

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, L.A. City Councilman Ed Reyes Ed P. Reyes has served on the Los Angeles City Council since April 2001. A native of Northeast Los Angeles, Councilmember Reyes represents many of the neighborhoods he grew up in including Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park.  wants anyone caught selling tickets on public grounds to be fined $1,000. That's a stiff increase over the $25 fine scalpers currently face, with no increase for repeat offenders.

Reyes said he wants to increase the fine as a deterrent, because LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.
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 vice officers are too understaffed to arrest scalpers, who number at least 15 before each Dodger game.

The motion, proposed March 26, is currently under review by the council's public safety committee, which has 45 days to return the ordinance to the full council.

"At this point, the fine is really doing nothing," said Reyes. "You could get a ticket to Dodger Stadium or the Staples Center for less."
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Title Annotation:increased penalties for ticket scalping
Author:Greenberg, David
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Mar 31, 2003
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