The Yankees are using the state's anti-scalping law to keep legal ticket reseller StubHub away from the Stadium — but when it comes to traditional illegal scalpers outside their gates, the team is giving them an intentional walk.
Before last night's game against the Baltimore Orioles, Yankee security was practically giving scalper referrals, The Post found.
"Where do all the scalpers hang out?" a reporter asked a group of security guards outside Gate 8.
Almost in unison, the guards replied, "Gate 2."
One said, "Just flash a little money, and they'll come running to you."
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NEAR & FAR AFIELD: A scalper works near a cop car, while StubHub must operate nearly a dozen blocks away.
NY Post: William C. Lopez
SCORE: A ticket bought from a scalper at Gate 2.
On Friday, a different Post reporter witnessed a rash of scalper sales outside Gate 2 — several near police officers.
When the reporter was charged twice the face value of a $20 ticket, she complained to a cop, who was not sympathetic.
"That's how they make their money," the cop said. "Next time . . . look at the ticket before you buy it."
Meanwhile, the team has gotten an injunction banishing StubHub to at least 1,500 feet from the stadium.
The Yankees severed ties with StubHub this year because they sell tickets with no guaranteed floor price, which the team says drives down prices and attendance.
The move means fans who buy their tickets online and want to pick them up at a StubHub office will have to travel nearly a dozen blocks.
Yankee President Randy Levine said that there should be no double standard and that the state's anti-scalping law will be universally enforced.
"Whoever it is, the law should be enforced," Levine said. "Starting tonight, we will make sure we do a better job enforcing that policy."
A spokesman for StubHub did not return calls for comment.
Additional reporting by Natasha Velez and Doug Montero
dmangan@nypost.com
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