Aldermen Must Buy Cubs World Series Tickets Like Regular People

CHICAGO, IL — Aldermen will have to use StubHub or cozy up to that cousin with Cubs season tickets if they want to see Games 3 through 5 of the World Series at Wrigley Field. The team will no longer offer the city officials a chance to buy World Series tickets at face value after a ruling last week by Chicago's Board of Ethics, according to Hal Dardick of the Chicago Tribune's Clout Street.

The ethics board ruled Friday that, except in a few cases, aldermen who took up the team on its offer could be in violation of the city's ban that doesn't allow elected officials to accept gifts costing more than $50, the report stated. Exceptions would include if the offical was performing a ceremonial duty at the game — throwing out the first pitch, for instance — or if the game or function happened in an alderman's ward, the report added.

Although the team would not comment on the offer, three aldermen told Dardick that the Cubs had withdrawn the face-value tickets. The team has offered this ticket deal to federal, state and city officials for the past 10 years, Dardick reports.

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The board's ruling doesn't just cover this year's World Series. It applies to tickets priced greater than $50 to games for all the city's sports teams, the report stated. Officials who break the ban could be fined between $1,000 to $5,000, the report added.

More via Clout Street at the Chicago Tribune

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