Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has found himself at the center of a Liverpool ticket resale controversy, with reports emerging that he is linked to a platform facilitating Premier League ticket sales at eye-watering prices.
A report from The Daily Telegraph has revealed that Boehly is a co-owner of Vivid Seats, a U.S.-based ticket resale marketplace. While the platform is inaccessible to British users due to UK laws against ticket touting, it allows international buyers to purchase tickets for concerts and sporting events—often at heavily inflated prices.
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With Liverpool in pole position to potentially lift the Premier League trophy on the final day of the season, demand for their last game against Crystal Palace at Anfield has skyrocketed.
Listings on Vivid Seats show some tickets priced as high as £19,480. While the cheapest available is still an astonishing £1,750. These staggering prices highlight the growing issue of ticket scalping, particularly for high-stakes fixtures.
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Despite Boehly’s connection to the platform, Chelsea and the Premier League have declined to comment on the matter. Following the revelations, Vivid Seats issued a statement defending its policies and emphasizing compliance with local regulations:
“As a global business, we are always respectful and cognisant of local regulatory policies and procedures that are in place in any market to ensure we are compliant.
As such, our policy restricts the sale of EPL tickets from UK sellers. We can confirm that we do not have any UK sellers listing EPL inventory on our marketplace. Additionally, Vivid Seats does not and has never directly marketed or advertised Premier League tickets to UK customers.
Regarding pricing, Vivid Seats does not set the base price for tickets sold on its marketplace or receive any revenue from that base price; only the seller sets and receives the base ticket price.”
Chelsea and the Premier League declined to comment when approached by the Daily Telegraph.
What did Liverpool say?
On Liverpool’s website, it strictly condemns third-party ticket sales. The policy reads:
“Under England & Wales law – The Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994 – it is illegal to sell, or to offer to sell, tickets to Liverpool FC matches without the authorisation of Liverpool FC.
Liverpool FC is committed to tackling ticket touting, and those individuals that fraudulently harvest tickets/memberships to sell at vastly inflated prices.
Liverpool FC have a dedicated team that investigate both online and offline illegal ticket sales and use a range of tactics and enforcement measures that help to combat ticket touting.
Any individuals that are found to have offered their ticket for sale will be subject to an internal investigation and sanction process and a range of sanctions are available to Liverpool FC including a life ban from purchasing tickets to Liverpool FC matches. In some cases, the matter will be reported to the Police for criminal prosecution.
If you have been offered tickets or have any information in relation to tickets being offered outside of authorised channels, please use the form below to report this. All information is treated in the strictest confidence and is never disclosed to third parties.”