Olympic Spectator's Sport: Scalping

914 views · Published 14 August 2008 · 3:44 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: The Wall Street Journal · 2008 · Sports

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In Beijing, there is at least one grueling competition that is happening outside of Olympic venues -- scalping. As WSJ's Loretta Chao reports, the search for Olympic tickets may begin at a booming scalper's market, but often end with luck. (Aug. 12) 
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