Ticketmaster says it doesn’t ‘set or control’ ticket prices in response to uproar over Jays World Series resale costs

Ticketmaster has responded to the recent uproar about the exorbitant price of Blue Jays World Series tickets, telling CityNews in a statement that it doesn’t “set or control” ticket prices, “especially not the resale prices.”

The response comes after Premier Doug Ford lashed out at the company on Wednesday, accusing it of “gouging” the public and holding a monopoly over the coveted tickets.

“My personal opinion … they’re gouging the people,” Ford said at Queen’s Park.

“When you have one player in the market that controls the tickets, that’s not right for the people, so we are actually reviewing that right now.”

Ticketmaster spokesperson Natasha Boeck stressed that ticket prices on the resale market “are set by individual sellers, many of which are professional ticket resellers looking