Wimbledon: Majority of £350,000 debentures sold to overseas fans Sport Business The majority of premium Wimbledon debentures are being purchased for over £350,000 by overseas fans as sellers cash in on its exclusivity. Weekly auctions run by Dowgate Capital, the official broker of Wimbledon, are seeing prices surge beyond the initial issue price of £116,000 with most of the debentures being sold in pairs and therefore [...]
Wimbledon set to get exemption from anti-ticket touting law for debentures Sport Business Wimbledon chiefs are set to receive an exemption from legislation to be introduced in next year’s King’s Speech that would ban the resale of tickets above face value for sport and music events. The proposed new laws – designed to stamp out touting – would have a significant impact on the sale of debentures by [...]