81-Year-Old Fan Decries Dodgers' Paper Ticket Ban
Errol Segal, an 81-year-old lifelong Los Angeles Dodgers season ticket holder of five decades, expressed frustration after the team informed him he could not purchase paper tickets for the full season. Segal, who relies on a flip phone and lacks computer skills, secured some paper tickets on Thursday but faces a shift to mobile-only entry at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers' policy, aimed at enhancing security and curbing ticket fraud, prohibits print-at-home tickets.
Major League Baseball teams, including the Dodgers, have transitioned to the MLB Ballpark app for digital ticket delivery and scanning, a standard adopted across the league to prevent counterfeiting. Segal told NBC Los Angeles on Friday that the team's offer to repurchase his tickets did not resolve his concerns, given his long tenure as a holder.
Segal has maintained season tickets for 50 years, predating widespread mobile ticketing. He stated the duration elevates the issue beyond a minor inconvenience: "If I had the tickets one year, five years, 10 years, that’s another story. Fifty years I’ve had these tickets. They threw me under the bus."
The Dodgers' website FAQ confirms the policy: "No, to improve security and reduce the risk of ticket fraud, print-at-home tickets in any form are no longer accepted for entry at Dodger Stadium." Fox News Digital sought comment from the team, which has not responded.
