The best way to get rid of scalpers is to not let anyone in the lots without tickets. If you did that, the demand would drop, thus the prices would drop. Too many people show up without tickets and then complain when you want to sell them for more than face value. On the 30th at MSG, we had an extra ticket and by the time we were on the street we had 2.5 times face value offers and didnt even ask for it. Other shows we've been at, we had trouble giving the tickets away. Like Kingfish68 said, its simple supply and demand.