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Nationals Discount Ticket Settlement

Nick Snyder, et al. v. Washington Nationals Baseball Club, LLC
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 24-cv-01182 (CJN)

File Claim

If you purchased a Ticket in the 2023 or 2024 season and were not eligible for the “Millennial” or “Young Professional” discount due to being 40 or older, your rights may be affected.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has preliminarily approved this Settlement as fair and reasonable. You may have received a Notice because the records of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club, LLC (“Defendant” or “Nationals”) show that you may be a member of the Settlement Class if you were age 40 or older at the time you made at least one Covered Ticket Purchase, i.e., a single-game ticket to a Nationals home baseball game that was scheduled to occur during the 2023 or 2024 Major League Baseball regular season; where the purchase was made directly from the Nationals on the Nationals or MLB.com websites, by phone, or at the Nationals’ box office between March 29, 2023 and March 28, 2024; where the purchaser’s age was 40 or older at the time of ticket purchase; where the purchase was for an Eligible Seat;[1]The Discount only applied to the following sections of the Nationals’ stadium: Baseline Box, Baseline Reserved, Infield Box, Corner, Scoreboard Pavilion, and Upper Gallery. where the purchaser suffered Actual Damages due to not having access to the “Millennial” or “Young Professional” discount (the “Discount”) with respect to their purchase; and where the purchaser would have been eligible for the Discount with respect to their purchase but for their age.

In this case, Plaintiffs challenge the Discount, in which the Nationals offered a ticket discount of up to 30% plus a ticket credit of $5 to $15 per ticket on certain regular season tickets to fans who were 21 to 39 years old at the time of purchase. The Discount was in place between March 29, 2023 and March 28, 2024. The Nationals have not offered the Discount since March 28, 2024. Plaintiffs allege that the Discount violated the D.C. Human Rights Act’s provisions that prohibit age discrimination in public accommodations and the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act. Defendant denies all the claims in the Complaint and denies any and all liability or wrongdoing with respect to the allegations made in the Complaint.

[1] The Discount only applied to the following sections of the Nationals’ stadium: Baseline Box, Baseline Reserved, Infield Box, Corner, Scoreboard Pavilion, and Upper Gallery.

What Are My Options?

Do Nothing

If you are a Known Class Member and want to receive a Ticket Credit, you do not have to take any action. If the Court grants final approval of the Settlement, the Nationals will deposit the Ticket Credit directly into your MLB.com account. You will release your claims.

Submit a Claim Form

— Deadline: 90 days after the Final Judgment in this case

If you are a Known Class Member and want to receive the cash payment rather than Ticket Credit, you must complete the Claim Form and return it to the Settlement Administrator within 90 days after the Final Judgment in this case. If the Court grants final approval of the Settlement, and you have submitted a timely Claim Form to receive a cash payment, the Settlement Administrator will issue the cash payment directly to you. You will release your claims. The Claim Form can also be found on Defendant’s website, www.mlb.com/nationals, and at the Settlement Administrator’s website in Important Case Documents.

If you are an Unknown Class Member and were 40 years old or older at the time of the Covered Ticket Purchase, you must submit a valid Claim Form certifying your date of birth in order to receive a cash payment or Ticket Credit under the Settlement Agreement. You will have 90 days after the Final Judgment in this case in this case to submit the valid Claim Form in which you (i) affirm that you made a ticket purchase during the applicable time frame; (ii) affirm your date of birth under penalty of perjury; and (iii) elect either the Ticket Credit or cash payment. If the Settlement is finally approved by the Court and you have chosen to receive Ticket Credit, the Nationals will deposit the Ticket Credit directly into your MLB.com account. If the Settlement is finally approved by the Court, and you choose the cash payment, the Settlement Administrator will issue the cash payment directly to you. You will release your claims. The Claim Form can also be found on Defendant’s website, www.mlb.com/nationals, and at the Settlement Administrator’s website in Important Case Documents.

Object

— Deadline: August 7, 2025

If you wish to object to the Settlement, you may do so as described in the Notice, and may choose to appear in person at the Final Approval Hearing.

To object, you must submit notice of your intention to object to the Court by the Response Deadline of August 7, 2025, where the postmark date shall be the exclusive means for determining whether a written objection is timely mailed. You must also (1) file copies of papers you propose to be submitted at the Final Approval Hearing with the Clerk of the Court, or, if you are represented by counsel, file any objection through the Court’s CM/ECF system; and (2) send copies of such papers by mail, hand, or overnight delivery service to Class Counsel (per Section 7 of the Notice). You may only object to the Settlement if you are a Settlement Class Member.

If you fail to submit a valid and timely written objection, you shall be deemed to have waived any objection and shall be foreclosed from making any objection (whether by appeal or otherwise) to the Settlement.

Opt Out

— Deadline: August 7, 2025

If you do not want to be included in the case and the Settlement, you must exclude yourself. This is called “opting out.” To opt out, you must send a written request to the Settlement Administrator at Snyder v. Washington Nationals, c/o Analytics Consulting LLC, PO Box 2002, Chanhassen MN 55317-2002, postmarked on or before August 7, 2025, providing (1) your full name and current mailing address, (2) a signature, (3) the name and number of the case, and (4) a statement that you wish to be excluded from the settlement class for purposes of the Settlement.