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20-05-2022, 12:15 PM
The NHK Cup is a national gymnastics competition that dates back to the 1960s and also serves as a qualifying event for gymnasts seeking spots on the Japanese national team at the Olympics and World Artistic Gymnastics Championship.
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when the competition was ...... held, it was plain to see that the upper deck was empty and the second tier was only very sparsely occupied by spectators.
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It turns out that during the period where tickets were on sale, a single person had reserved approximately 1,600 seats, mainly on the second level, but never paid for a single one.
According to the sales records, this person had made about 600 reservations for 14 May, and 1,000 for 15 May. The actual attendance for each day was 518 and 1,251, which means half of the expected tickets sales were made by one individual who ultimately didn’t pay for them.
The NHK Cup’s online reservation system was set up in such a way that people could claim seats but not have to pay until a later date. If no payment was made by the deadline, then the seat opened back up. Apparently, there was no limit to how many seats a single person could reserve
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To make matters worse, because of COVID-19 countermeasures no tickets were sold at the venue.
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This situation may sound very similar to a case in Osaka in 2020, where a man reserved 1,873 seats for two professional baseball games and then cancelled all but two for himself so he’d have some space.
https://soranews24.com/2022/05/20/1600-e...ng-person/
......
when the competition was ...... held, it was plain to see that the upper deck was empty and the second tier was only very sparsely occupied by spectators.
......
It turns out that during the period where tickets were on sale, a single person had reserved approximately 1,600 seats, mainly on the second level, but never paid for a single one.
According to the sales records, this person had made about 600 reservations for 14 May, and 1,000 for 15 May. The actual attendance for each day was 518 and 1,251, which means half of the expected tickets sales were made by one individual who ultimately didn’t pay for them.
The NHK Cup’s online reservation system was set up in such a way that people could claim seats but not have to pay until a later date. If no payment was made by the deadline, then the seat opened back up. Apparently, there was no limit to how many seats a single person could reserve
......
To make matters worse, because of COVID-19 countermeasures no tickets were sold at the venue.
......
This situation may sound very similar to a case in Osaka in 2020, where a man reserved 1,873 seats for two professional baseball games and then cancelled all but two for himself so he’d have some space.
https://soranews24.com/2022/05/20/1600-e...ng-person/
