Police Concert Ticket Sellers Driven to Tears

Crain's Chicago Business reports:

For much of this month, Danielle Topping has been trying to unload two tickets for the July 5 concert by The Police at Wrigley Field, offering them at $40 below the $275 face value she paid for each in March.


Ms. Topping, a photographer from Geneva, said that despite cutting the price and listing the tickets with online markets StubHub, eBay and Craigslist, she’s yet to get a nibble.

“I’ve had a terrible time selling them,” says Ms. Topping, 34, who can’t attend the concert because she’s going to a class reunion. “In the past I have been successful with Craigslist, but it is just inundated right now with tickets. I’ve lowered the price a little below face, but I still have people offer to pay me nothing for these tickets.”

Ms. Topping is among hundreds trying to sell tickets for the two Police shows at Wrigley Field — the band is also playing there July 6 — as the operators of the Chicago Cubs’ home park prepare for their second major concert in the past two years.

Anyone looking for a chance to see lead singer Sting and his band mates — reunited 24 years after they released their last album — has plenty of options.

Seats were still available today through Tickets.com, the team’s official sales Web site for the shows.

Good luck in the after market.