Tickets to sold-out Stanley Park Train appear on Craigslist
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The Stanley Park Train may not be as popular as Taylor Swift, but tickets to the newly revived attraction were still scooped up within hours of going on sale Thursday – prompting concerns about potential scalping.
The Stanley Park Train may not be as popular as Taylor Swift, but tickets to the newly revived attraction were still scooped up within hours of going on sale Thursday – prompting concerns about potential scalping.
More than 23,000 tickets to the holiday train, part of the annual Bright Nights fundraising event, were purchased in under 90 minutes, according to the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, which described the demand for the attraction as "unprecedented."
Some would-be buyers faced frustrating technical issues, however, which the board promised to address.
"We share in the collective disappointment that not everyone was able to secure tickets and we will be reviewing our ticketing process going forward," the board told CTV News in a statement.
"While the train tickets have sold out, please be aware that the holiday lights display and the activities in the plaza will still be open and are free to the public."
Since the tickets sold out, some social media users have speculated that scalpers – not unlike the ones who tried to score tickets to Swift's much-anticipated Vancouver concerts – pounced at the opportunity to purchase train tickets for re-sale.
One Craigslist ad was posted Thursday offering nine tickets – six adult tickets, one youth ticket and two children's tickets – to the Bright Nights train for $50 each. The sale price was $15 for adults, $13 for youths and $11 for children.
