bstein14 wrote:BIG BEN'S FRO wrote:Not sure why they just wouldn’t have made it Michigan resident. Even that seems unethical but at least I could wrap my head around it better.
They are trying to slow the spread of Covid throughout the state. Southeast Michigan has been the hotspot in the state. If they keep it just those residents then you don't have people from Grand Rapids, Lansing, Saginaw, northern MI, etc coming down the LCA and getting covid and bringing it back with them. This is how they will try to justify being at 100% capacity even though the numbers are rising everywhere.
That said, it will be easy to just buy from non direct sources. I am sure there is zero chance that they check IDs for listed addresses at the door its simply a way to not allow the ticket sale at checkout. It could end up driving up secondary market prices a bit as more people will be going that route than normal.
If this is a COVID angle then that's fairly more on the extreme end I've seen a team implement policy regarding tix. Why not just push a vaccine or negative test? I'm sure it'll still be easy to get tickets but maybe in the long run they're hoping that the average layperson only buys direct and thereby restricting their access if they live in a hotbed zip code? I can see the reasoning in that since I imagine a fair majority buys direct or from more official sources than resellers and non authorized sites/apps
