Marisa Roman and Katt Henry

JPJ Arena enforces anti-scalping policy

Ticket holders for the upcoming Dave Matthews Band concerts at the University's John Paul Jones Arena may experience some difficulties if their event tickets were not purchased through authorized box offices. JPJ, along with other concert venues around the country, are now cracking down on ticket scalpers and the resale of event tickets at prices above face value. Larry Wilson, general manager of JPJ, said the arena reserves the right to cancel tickets. "In our user agreement, if you resell tickets, they can be canceled," Wilson said. Although the Virginia House of Delegates proposed a bill preventing unauthorized ticket sales, Wilson stressed this policy is an "artist-driven idea." "Most artists today do not want scalpers selling their tickets, because they want the patron to purchase the ticket at face value and to enjoy the show at face value," he said. The bill was proposed in January 2006 and stalled on the Courts of Justice committee floor, according to a spokesperson for the Virginia General Assembly. JPJ and its broker-prevention department, MusicToday, are not the only companies enforcing this ticket scalping policy.