Politically Connected Get sweet deal on Springsteen tickets

Star-Ledger reports:

More than 1,000 of the best seats for Thursday night's final, sold-out Bruce Springsteen concert at Giants Stadium were held back from the general public and sold at face value to local sports teams, sponsors and political figures, according to the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which operates the Meadowlands stadium.

At least eight prime tickets - sold to an employee at a Broadway theater - ended up on an internet resale site at five to six times their value.

In all, nearly 2,600 of the 160,000 tickets available for the three shows were sold as "house" tickets for $98 each. Two sports authority commissioners purchased about 50 tickets each. Others went to legislators, a former United States attorney and a sitting judge, according to a list of recipients the authority released.

Bruce Springsteen,hero of the common man.