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The owners of Boston's Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins recently held a panel to discuss ways to cut ticket prices for the average fan -- and came up with virtually nothing. So DailyFinance asked experts and fans for creative ways to push ticket prices down. Here are the 10 best we heard.

With the average price of a seat at a professional sporting event at $50, taking a family of four to a hockey, basketball or other game can be an expensive outing and can quickly add up to $300 when food, drinks and transportation are added. ScoreBig.com, a ticketing website based in Los Angeles,...

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is raising the bar for the treatment of airline passengers this spring. You'll see more transparency in ticket pricing, better deals for bumped passengers, and reimbursement of luggage fees when checked bags are lost or delayed.

Fredric Rosen, who led Ticketmaster for 15 years, is poised to go head-to-head against his old company as CEO of Outbox Enterprises, a company that flips Ticketmaster's centralized middleman model of ticket sales on its head.

Ticket prices to National Football League games continue to rise, according to a new study by Team Marketing Report. The average ticket to a game rose 4.5% to $76.47, according to the report's 2010 Fan Cost Index survey. The NFL's average for premium seats is $238.94, up 5.6% from last season. The...

Don't believe the fairy tales United and Continental are spinning about their proposed merger being beneficial to travelers and carriers alike: Beyond the deal to bring Southwest to Newark Airport that they cut placate the antitrust watchdogs, this merger is all bad news.

In a move as shocking as the New Kids On the Block reunion tour, Ticketmaster announced today that it will start showing the full cost of a ticket, including all venue and convenience fees, up front. The company will also begin offering three-day refunds on LiveNation concerts. The move is a...

The National Football League may not be recession proof, but it has done well during the economic downturn. Nonetheless, as training camps get underway, owners and players are worried about a possible labor stoppage in 2011.

Yet another airline fee is on the horizon, just in time for the busy summer travel season. Fuel surcharges are likely to push airfares higher to make up for a 25% increase in airline gas prices so far this year, industry watchers warn. "Airlines have gotten pretty good about adding fees on...

Sports business reporter Darren Rovell at CNBC reported on September 15 that the New York Yankees are releasing their ticket prices for season ticket holders. The report notes that more than 80 percent of the tickets at Yankee Stadium will remain the same, but those able to afford the most...