Fight over fake Lollapalooza tickets sends 3 men crashing through hotel window

Broken glass on sidewalk

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A fight over phony Lollapalooza tickets sent three people crashing through a hotel window Sunday on Michigan Avenue.

According to Chicago police, two men, 29 and 38, confronted a 26-year-old man who allegedly sold them fake Lollapalooza tickets around 5:45 p.m. in front of the Congress hotel in the 500 block of South Michigan Avenue.

The argument became physical and the three crashed through one of the plate glass windows of the hotel, right across the street from Grant Park, where the music festival was taking place.

The 38-year-old man suffered minor cuts to his head and both of his legs. The 29-year-old man suffered a laceration to his left leg, and the alleged seller of the tickets, 26, had minor cuts to his back, head, and both of his legs, police said.

All three were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized, police said.

The suspected counterfeit ticket seller was also placed under arrest.