Wick3 said: "
I agree. I never had any issue with SOLD/linestandingnyc but what they did last night was disrespectful to the line and to the theater.
Like I said before, there are still ways for line sitting to continue, but if the RRT really want to get rid of line sitting period, then they should restrict the number of tickets sold per person to 1 ticket.
i ask myself --- what would Ham do if he really wanted to see Hamilton when he is young and broke?
Volunteer to go on the line and find a wealthy patron to pay for your ticket (that patron would see the show with you! 
in other words, doing the line sitting in exchange for a ticket.) at the very least the ones doing the line sitting are diehard fans.
with all due respect to the professional line sitters, they wouldn't be at RRT unless you pay them $10-$12 per hour.
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I completely agree. The real problem is scalpers, that make the tickets harder to get in the first place.
However, in a complete open market, both scalpers and line-sitters are fine. Since different persons have different values in terms of how much this ticket will worth, and how much you are willing to pay. That way, more value is created on those seats than mere flat rate ticket.
It is however hard to determine RRT's intension here. Since RRT is the regulating body together with TM. There is a internal interest to regulate/not regulate scalpers. How many demands are real and how many demands are fictionally created by scalpers? Even fictional demand to a certain degree is good business for a show. Until RRT/TM completely banning ticket resale, it is hard to gauge RRT's intension clearly.
Cancellation line is different. I personally view cancellation line is for hard-core fans. And it will be in RRT's interest not to upset it's core fan base. Thus the new cancellation policy. Of course, if RRT don't regulate cancellation line, line-sitters really won't be a problem, since there are people who value those seats and paid to get them.
Either way, it will ended up being a political/strategic decision by RRT to regulate cancellation and scalpers or not. And as stated, their intentions are convoluted because it may not be a bad business decision for them. Not regulate, the ticket might sale super well, with news about hard to get tickets. Regulate too much, the fever might die down for the ever so famous fear-to-miss syndrome.
I wouldn't be offended as a fan to see someone buddy up with someone else to see the show for free. After all, both of them are fans, knowing someone is willing to pay another fan to do what might be very hard for him/her personally to do. And they will be sitting together, sharing the energy of the theater together, with someone who spend time with you, and love this show as deeply as you.
I gave away my 2nd Les Mis seat to a random fan while it was premiered in China many years ago. Sharing the passion when you have money is something I could see other fans do as well. Not as a hire-to-sit, but as a fellow fan, to help each other enjoy something we both love. And no money shall pollute that kind of passion.
