[jethrod3]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

FYI, a hole punched ticket = a complimentary ticket

Originally Posted by jethrod3

I'm not sure if that is always the case, Scott, at least for all sports and all locations. I'll have to check some of the remaining tix I have from that purchase, as I received a lot of complimentary tix, but my recollection is that for some games, I have both stubs and hole-punched full tickets marked as complimentary. If I recall correctly, these were basketball and wrestling tickets. Will let you know if I find anything conclusive.

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I'm speaking about baseball tickets only, as that's all that I've collected in tickets for over 50 years.

The info that I am passing on comes from personal observations from games that I have attended as well as info that I have received from friends that have worked in MLB ticket offices.
I will say that some teams issue tickets that have the word "Complimentary" stamped on them instead of hole punching them.

Originally Posted by guy3050

Hi Scott, You are correct, punch hole tickets are Complimentary tickets, I have a bunch of them and they all came from the same source the Equipment manager for the Montreal Expos , I received a bunch of full tickets from him that were for the players family and friends that weren't used and they ALL have punch holes.

Hi Scott and Guy, Apologies as I'm still experimenting with "multi-quote" and probably could have trimmed the messages more! I found the remaining tickets I had from a purchase I'd made of many basketball and wrestling tix. I could not find any stubs that were hole-punched AND marked complimentary, nor any full tickets marked complimentary that were also hole-punched. But I did find some hole-punched tickets that were NOT complimentary, but at the same time, they were not full-priced tickets. These are ABA game tickets that have remnants of the words "reduced price" on the front and these are more clearly noted as such on the back. I also found some hole-punched tickets that I received as stubs---I received many more that were actually full tickets without punches or with punches, so I assume the ticket taker took full tickets when busy, but maybe tore the tickets when not busy (??). Based on the attendance at most ABA arenas, ticket takers had lots of time on their hands, as paid attendance for the full ticket shown is just over 3,000 paid people (and this was with one of the premiere ABA teams as visitors)! So...at least we have evidence that at least in one case (ABA games) at one arena, they used the hole punch on some tix (reduced price) other than on completely complimentary tix.