[troutman]

scalping, gosh darn it, is illegal under the provincial Amusements Act of 1957. The relevant section is Solomonic in its simplicity: "No person shall sell, barter or exchange a ticket of admission to a place of amusement for a price or consideration greater than that paid or given for it to the owner of the place to which it authorizes admission." The sole complication is the definition of "place of amusement," which includes, you will be glad to know, hockey arenas as well as "travelling picture shows," dance halls, circuses and menageries, and any place used to perform "burlesque, pantomime, [or] vaudeville."

http://www.colbycosh.com/old/april04.html#clte

http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Ac...sbn=0779700368

Resale of admission ticket
25 No person shall sell, barter or exchange a ticket of admission to a place of amusement for a price or consideration greater than that paid or given for it to the owner of the place to which it authorizes admission.
RSA 1980 cA-41 s21

(j) “place of amusement” means a building, hall, pavilion, place, premises, room, tent or structure of any kind or park, field or grounds where an amusement takes place for which an admission price is charged or collected, whether within the premises or elsewhere, in cash or by means of tickets or otherwise, and includes
(i) a theatre, travelling picture show, open air theatre, amusement hall, entertainment hall, music hall or concert hall,
(ii) a hall, pavilion, place, premises, room, tent or structure of any kind kept or used for public concerts, carnival shows, dances or other social gatherings,
(iii) a dance hall, dance pavilion, hotel, restaurant or cafe in which facilities are supplied and used for public dancing,
(iv) a circus, menagerie, midway, grandstand, race track, race course or place where a pari mutuel system of betting is operated,
(v) a hockey rink, skating rink or roller skating rink, or a park, field or grounds used for athletics, baseball, football or other games, and
(vi) a hall or grounds used for a boxing or wrestling contest,
but does not include a school, college, church or hall owned and operated as a place of amusement by a municipal corporation, by a Metis settlement or by the trustees of a school district or division for public concerts, dances and social gatherings, except when the hall is rented or leased to another person;