The University is preparing to combat ticket scalpers as one of the biggest home football games of the year approaches Saturday.
The LSU Athletic Department is concerned about students and non-students alike trying to sell Alabama tickets for greater than face value, said Hunter Geisman, LSU Ticket Office Coordinator.
The LSU Police Department will have undercover officers patrolling campus looking for scalpers on game day, Geisman said.
Geisman said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille that LSU Athletics has staff members who “periodically check various websites for those students trying to make a profit on their student tickets.”
Craigslist.org has several student tickets for the Alabama game listed at prices ranging from $1 to $150, while many posts offer a “free” student ticket with the purchase of items such as pens and paperclips.
“I don’t know how people can get that much for them,” said Elizabeth Bernard, kinesiology junior.
Alex France, kinesiology junior, said he understands the appeal of scalped tickets, but not at expensive prices.
Geisman said another common gameday infraction is people trying to use student IDs that don’t belong to them to get into Tiger Stadium.
“We are aware of people using other students’ IDs. A good number of people who do this get caught,” Geisman said.
When students are caught using improper identification, they are referred to the Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability, which is located on site at the student gate, Geisman said.
Selling a ticket for higher than face value, or scalping, is illegal under Louisiana law.
“No person shall resell or offer to resell such admission ticket for an amount in excess of the price printed on the face of the ticket,” according to the Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 4 on Amusements and Sports.
The statute also says a person who scalps tickets may be fined between $100 and $500 and can be imprisoned for 30 to 90 days.
 
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