Internet ticket marketplace Stubhub has filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and the Golden State Warriors Sunday, alleging that the two organizations unfairly required fans to use the Ticketmaster exchange when looking to resell tickets, the Associated Press reports.
The lawsuit alleges that the team informed season-ticket holders that their ticket privileges would be revoked should they resell their tickets through anything other than NBATickets.com, Ticketmaster's exchange. Those privileges include denying to offer playoff tickets or the right to renew season tickets for offenders.
"If the anti-competitive actions complained herein are not stopped, Ticketmaster is likely to seek to replicate them with other teams," the suit said, per ESPN.com. "As a result, millions of Americans will be held captive to a monopoly secondary ticketing exchange."
The Warriors own an NBA-best 60-13 record as of Monday and have clinched a playoff spot for the third straight season.
"We're not trying to be the industry pariah, but when actions like these are associated with the business impact that we've seen, and the outcry comes from fans who are saying 'our hands are tied,' we are left with no choice," StubHub's general counsel Michelle Fang said.
