0

Blue Jays say Amazon web outage causing ‘ticket management issues’ – National


The Toronto Blue Jays are warning of “ticket management issues” just hours ahead of the team’s crucial game against the Seattle Mariners — a game which will see the winner advance to the next round of the postseason.

A massive outage of Amazon Web Services earlier Monday appears to be causing headaches for some Ticketmaster users ahead of the game.

Story continues below advertisement

According to a statement from the Toronto Blue Jays on X, “ticket management issues” are being reported by Ticketmaster following a larger widespread outage of Amazon Web Services, which the company says was “recovering” earlier on Monday.

For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.

Get breaking National news

For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.

It isn’t clear yet whether the impact from the outage affects all users on Ticketmaster, or just those with tickets or attempting to purchase tickets to Monday evening’s game.

The Toronto Blue Jays adds that it is working to actively resolve the situation, and says to “hold off on managing your tickets,” until further updates are posted.

More to come