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BUT THAT DRIVER WAS GIVEN A TICKET. OKAY, THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY. THE CITY OF OMAHA IS CHANGING ITS LAW ON TICKET SCALPING. EVER SINCE TICKETS WENT DIGITAL, THE LAW HAS BEEN HARD, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO ENFORCE. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S AARON HEGARTY EXPLAINS WHY TICKET SCALPERS COULD FIND THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THIS YEAR’S CW. S AARON. HEY, HEY, BILL. JULIE. I’M OUTSIDE DAY ONE OF THE BIG TEN BASEBALL TOURNAMENT. WITH GAME THREE UNDERWAY, MICHIGAN AND RUTGERS. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, THE OMAHA CITY COUNCIL VOTED SIX TO NOTHING TO UPDATE ITS TICKET SCALPING ORDINANCE THAT TAKES EFFECT IN A FEW WEEKS, SO IT WON’T IMPACT THIS TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT, BUT IT WILL IMPACT THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. TICKET SCALPERS KNOW THE LAWS THEY’RE OPERATING UNDER LIKE THIS KANSAS CITY AND TOLD KETV AT THE 2018 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. ALL YOU KNOW IS YOU CAN ONLY SELL RIGHT AROUND THE VENUE HERE AT FACE VALUE. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU CAN ONLY SELL AT UP TO FACE VALUE NEAR THE BALLPARK. SO WHY COME YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUYING CHEAP AND SELL 50TH? BUT EVER SINCE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TICKETS WENT DIGITAL IN 2021, ARGUABLY THE THE ORDINANCE WAS DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. OMAHA CITY PROSECUTOR KEVIN SLIM SAYS THAT’S BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE SAID TICKETS CAN’T BE RESOLD FOR AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE FACE VALUE PRINTED ON THE TICKET, HE SAYS. PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE CODE DROPPED FROM AROUND A DOZEN A YEAR TO ZERO. AND WHY BAN IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? IT LEADS TO CONGESTION. IT LEADS TO HIGH PRESSURE SALES TECHNIQUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE ORDINANCE BANS TICKET SCALPING WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THE VENUE. THAT’S QUITE A WAYS FOR THE BALLPARK. TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE HERE IN THE BOB KERREY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS STILL TOO CLOSE. IT ALSO MEANS MILL WORK IN NORTH DOWNTOWN WILL BE INCLUDED. IT APPLIES TO ANY GAME AT THE BALLPARK, NOT JUST THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. IT ALSO WILL BE BANNED WITHIN A HALF MILE FROM ANY EVENT AT THE CHI HEALTH CENTER, OR ANY VENUE OWNED BY OMAHA OR MECCA, SLIM SAYS. SOME SCALPERS MAY TREAT THE FINE AS PART OF THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. IDEALLY, IT WOULD SERVE AS A DETERRENT AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT NOT TO VIOLATE IT. BUT I DO SUSPECT THAT THERE WILL BE PROBABLY SOME AMOUNT OF VIOLATORS. NOW, IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS WON’T IMPACT PEOPLE SIMPLY POSTING THEIR TICKETS ONLINE, EVEN RIGHT HERE FROM THE STADIUM, VIOLATORS COULD FACE A FINE O