Fight over fake Lollapalooza tickets ends with 3 men crashing through Congress Hotel glass

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Monday, August 2, 2021
3 hurt in fight over fake Lollapalooza tickets
A fight broke out after a scammer allegedly sold a group of people fake tickets to Lollapolooza.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Three people crashed through a window at the Congress Hotel Sunday during a fight over fake Lollapalooza tickets.

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A 26-year-old man sold the tickets to a group of two men and two women. Two of the men confronted the alleged scammer outside on the sidewalk when a fight broke out just before 6 p.m. and all three men went through the glass, according to Chicago police.

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No one was seriously hurt and the suspect was taken into custody, police said.