Dodgers Bar Elderly Fan from Printed Season Tickets

An 81-year-old lifelong Los Angeles Dodgers fan has been barred from using printed season tickets after the team enforced a fully digital policy for the 2026 season, leaving him unable to attend games without assistance due to his lack of familiarity with smartphones and computers.

Errol Segal, who has held season tickets for more than 50 years across five generations of his family, received notice from the Dodgers that printed tickets would no longer be available to him. Segal relies on a basic flip phone and has no experience with digital apps like the MLB Ballpark, which the team requires for accessing tickets. The policy shift, implemented for all season ticket holders this year, marks the end of an exception the team had granted Segal since going digital a decade ago. Previously, he paid an additional $600 annually for paper versions, but the Dodgers declined to renew that accommodation.

Segal expressed deep frustration in interviews with local media outlets. "50 years, five generations, I've had these tickets, 50 years, and they threw me under the bus," he said. He rejected the team's offer to buy back his tickets, calling it unfair after his decades of loyalty. For the...