They're messing with your Ticats tickets, right?
Good morning from the Hammer — steel town, art town, your town. Don't look away.
You know, the thing that really grinds my gears this morning, besides the usual traffic on the Claremont Access, is this new provincial law messing with season ticket holders. Listen, I'm from the Mountain, and I've been going to Tim Hortons Field since it was just a dusty lot down near Gage Park, watching our Ticats. This story about the Raptors season ticket holders down in Toronto? That's gonna hit us here, and it's gonna hit hard.
### What This Means for Hamilton
The new Ontario law caps how much you can resell tickets for. Specifically, it says you can't sell them for more than their original face value plus a 50% premium, or $50, whichever is less. For someone like Ryan Van Horne, a Raptors fan in Toronto, he’s thinking of ditching his season tickets because he can't even get back what he paid when he misses a game.
* This isn't just a big city problem. Think about it: our Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Forge FC. People buy season tickets. Sometimes life happens, right? A kid gets sick, you have to work late at the plant on Burlington Street, or your nona needs you. You try to sell that ticket, just to recoup some of your money, and now the government is telling you how much you can ask for it. * This directly impacts your ability to manage your investment in local sports. For a lot of us, those season tickets are a commitment, a tradition. It's how we connect with our community, down by the waterfront. * This also hits the smaller events. What about the shows at FirstOntario Centre? Or even the local theatre groups on James Street North? This isn't just about the big leagues; it's about every ticket you buy.
It feels like another one of those rules from Queen's Park that doesn't really understand how real people in cities like Hamilton live. We're not all high-rollers trying to flip tickets for a fortune. We're just trying to enjoy our teams, our city, and maybe not lose money when we can't make a game. This ain't right.
The crew on the morning show is digging into this more — tune in live at mornings.live.