Jerry Buss, owner of the Lakers, the...
Jerry Buss, owner of the Lakers, the Kings and the Forum, was under fire on two legal fronts Wednesday.
A group of disgruntled buyers of season tickets to King hockey games filed suit, claiming that the Forum’s new “Senate Box Seat” package program either bumps them from the seats they normally would hold or increases the price for them by 333%.
Ticket prices for those seats, previously $18 a game, will be $60 a game.
The suit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that the best seats for viewing hockey are being usurped for corporate purchases of the Senate package for all Forum events, including basketball, rodeos, concerts and ice shows.
In another case, the Phoenix Suns sued Buss, the Forum and the Lakers for damages stemming from an incident last Oct. 9 in which the Suns’ Walter Davis slipped on a wet spot on the Forum floor during an exhibition game against the Lakers. Davis missed much of last season because of a knee injury he suffered in the fall.
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