Cashless Stadiums Are The Next Frontier In Fan Exploitation
Photo: Duane Prokop (Getty) The Tampa Bay Rays announced today that they would become the first major American sports team to stop accepting cash at their stadium, forcing fans to either pay via credit card or something called a “Rays card.” This shift is roughly coterminous with their recent decision to eliminate 5,000 of their cheapest seats. Like the reduction in stadium size, the move to ban cash serves the same purpose: making it more expensive to go to a ballgame. The Rays are not alone here. Several stadiums in Europe, including Borussia Dortmund’s enormous park, are cashless, and it...
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