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To: Conscience of a Conservative
A private company choosing which customers they want to serve is not a “restraint of trade.”

The tickets are for a game in a stadium owned and managed by the State of Washington. Hence the Seahawks are a quasi-public entity and bound by the same access rules that a government agency would be bound by.

I would agree with you if the Seahawks owned the Stadium, but they don't. It was bought and paid for with tax money.

35 posted on 01/13/2014 9:14:30 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: P-Marlowe

That has absolutely no basis in the law. Yes, the stadium is publicly owned, but it is leased by the Seahawks for their games. As far as I know, the State of Washington has no role in ticket sales or policies, and does not benefit from such sales. The fact that it is a publicly-owned stadium does not mean that the team cannot decide who can/cannot buy tickets to the game.


37 posted on 01/13/2014 9:21:53 PM PST by Conscience of a Conservative
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