If the New Orleans Saints were playing the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC final to determine who would play in the Super Bowl and their fans were willing to pay three times the face-value price for tickets, economists would suggest that a scalping market would appear and it

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When the demand for tickets exceeds the supply, a scalping market usually appears, with scalpers buying tickets at face value and reselling them at higher prices. This allows those who are willing to pay more to obtain tickets and those who are not willing to pay the higher price to save their money. Therefore, the scalping market can make all ticket holders and potential buyers better off or at least no worse off.

If the New Orleans Saints Were Playing the Arizona Cardinals