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Ticket resale is a form of arbitrage that arises when the number demanded at the sale price exceeds the number supplied (that is, when event organizers charge less than the equilibrium prices for the tickets). During the 19th century, the term scalper was applied to railroad ticket brokers who sold tickets for lower rates. [1]
Ballast Island is a small, 15-acre (0.049 km²) [1] private island on Lake Erie in the U.S. state of Ohio, about one-quarter mile (0.4 km) northeast of the northeast tip of South Bass Island, Ohio. It is known primarily as a navigation point for boats going to or from Put-in-Bay, Ohio from the east.
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North Bass Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio located in Lake Erie. [2] A small unincorporated community, Isle Saint George , is on the island. [ 3 ] The North Bass Island Post Office was established on May 25, 1864, and the name changed to Isle Saint George Post Office on March 2, 1874. [ 4 ]
Frackelton and Schull further developed the island, but economic and market conditions forced the sale of the island in 1989. Rattlesnake Island then became a private island that was re-sold in 1992 for $4.6 million. Frackelton and sixty-five other investors re-purchased the island in 1999.
The border between Ohio and Ontario is approximately 1.0 mi (1.6 km) north of North Bass Island. The village of Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island is a popular tourist stop during the summer. Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial , commemorating the Battle of Lake Erie , is located on South Bass Island, near Put-In-Bay.
Middle Bass Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio, located in Lake Erie. A small town, Middle Bass, lies on the island. The 805-acre (3.258 km 2) island is shaped like the Big Dipper and is one of three Bass Islands located at the center of a group of 23 smaller islands. It is located in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio.
The Irish moved from Whiskey Island when better employment and housing opportunities became available and except for a Depression-era Hooverville, Whiskey Island was left largely to the railroads, a salt mine owned by Cargill, and the set of four large Hulett ore unloaders [2] at the Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock, which when built in 1911 was the largest ore-unloading dock on the Great Lakes. [4]