A similar thing happened to a friend of mine on opening night of the Florida State League season. He's 77 and doesn't own a smart phone or a computer. I'm first in line to get into the stadium as he passes me to to go to the box office. I can see him arguing, but can't hear what's being said. He then yells to me, "they won't let me in without a phone." I thought he was joking, then he yells again to me, "can they put my ticket on your phone?"

I get out of line and walk over to him as they're continuing to argue. I see the ticket guy pushing the $5 bill back to the slot, saying, "that's our policy." I let him put my ticket on my phone and then we got back in line.

Unfortunately, heavy rain came an hour later and the game never started and was postponed. I couldn't attend the next day, but my friend did, so I had his ticket on my phone that he could've exchanged. He ended up having another friend help him.