Central to the fan experience is the joy that comes with attending a play, performance, concert, or sporting event. Fans expect a good life entertainment experience. We are working together to ensure that’s the case — long after the event.
But sadly, in these last few years, the enjoyment of the experience has waned. The ability of fans to get access to face-value tickets is getting harder to come by, in big part because of unscrupulous scalpers and ticket hustlers.
Fans deserve better. And it’s time to make a difference.
Fans Come First
The Fans First Coalition was established in May of 2011 in an effort to change and improve the ticket-purchase experience for fans by fighting for greater access to face-value tickets and enhanced protection against fraudulent business practices.
Our goal is to ensure that fans get what they deserve — a good event experience, from ticket purchase through the final out or encore. To learn more about what we believe in, check out our mission statement: Standing with Fans.
The coalition brings together fans like you, your hometown theaters, industry leaders, artists and sports teams and prominent voices in entertainment. See a full list of our coalition members below:
Artists and Teams
- 3 Doors Down
- Airborne Toxic Event
- Anthrax
- Art of Dying
- Barenaked Ladies
- Bo Bice
- Breaking Benjamin
- Carolina Hurricanes
- Carolina Panthers
- Chris Mann
- Citizen Cope
- Clay Aiken
- Court Yard Hounds
- Disturbed
- Dixie Chicks
- Don Henley
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Eric Church
- Gavin DeGraw
- Jason Mraz
- Jay Joyce
- Jennifer Hudson
- John Mayer
- Journey
- Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds
- Kenny G
- Ky-Mani Marley
- Margaret Durante
- Maroon 5
- Megadeth
- Minnesota Wild
- New Kids On The Block
- Paulina Rubio
- P.O.D.
- Raphael Saadiq
- R.E.M.
- Sara Bareilles
- Sara Watkins
- Steel Panther
- Testament
- The Black Keys
- Tom Waits
Venues
- A&R Music Bar
- Aaron’s Amphitheatre
- Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
- Allen County War Memorial Colliseum
- Alpine Valley Music Theatre
- American Airlines Center
- Amway Center
- Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
- AT&T Performing Arts Center
- Bank of America Pavilion
- Bayfront Park Amphitheater
- B.B. Kings
- Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
- BI-LO Center
- Big Sandy Superstore Arena
- Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex
- Blue Cross Arena
- BOK Center
- Bradley Center Sports & Entertainment Corporation
- Brighton Music Hall
- Broome County Veteran’s Arena
- Broward Center for the Performing Arts
- Cajundome
- CONSOL Energy Center
- Charles W. Eisemann Center
- Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
- Charter Amphitheatre
- Charter One Pavilion
- Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
- Comcast Arena at Everett
- Comcast Center
- Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
- Crown Center
- Cruzan Amphitheatre
- Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
- DCU Center
- Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center
- Effingham Performance Center
- Eisemann Center
- Fillmore Auditorium
- First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
- Florida Theatre
- Ford Center
- Ford’s Theatre
- Fox Cities Performing Center
- Freedom Hall Civic Center
- Friends of CMAC
- Georgia Mountains Center
- Gexa Energy Pavilion
- Gibson Amphitheatre
- Gorge Amphitheatre
- Gramercy Theatre
- Greensboro Coliseum Complex
- Hampton Coliseum
- Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion
- Hennepin Theatre Trust
- Highline Ballroom
- Hollywood Palladium
- Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center
- House of Blues Boston
- Huntington Center
- Irving Plaza
- Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
- Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum
- Littlejohn Coliseum
- Live at the Garden
- Michigan Theater
- Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center
- Mizner Park Amphitheatre
- MTS Centre
- Murat Theater at Old National Centre
- Nashville Municipal Auditorium
- Neal Blaisdell Center and the Waikiki Shell
- Newark Symphony Hall
- Newport Music Hall
- Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
- Nob Hill Masonic Center
- Northern Lights
- NYCB Theatre at Westbury
- Palace Theater Albany
- Palm Beach International Raceway
- Paradise Rock Club
- Paradise Theater
- Pershing Center
- PNC Arena
- PNC Bank Arts Center
- Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
- Portland Center for the Performing Arts
- Quicken Loans Arena
- Resistol Arena
- Rupp Arena
- Salem Civic Center
- San Manuel Amphitheater
- Shoreline Amphitheatre
- Show Me Center
- Shubert Theater
- Sleep Train Amphitheatre
- Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
- Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
- Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
- St. George Theatre
- Stage AE
- State Farm Arena
- Stephen C. O’Connell Center
- Susquehanna Bank Center
- Taco Bell Arena
- Target Center
- The Basement
- The Fillmore Charlotte
- The Oncenter
- The Orpheum Theatre
- The Paramount
- The Wiltern
- Thompson-Boling Arena
- Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
- Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre
- Toad’s Place
- Tyson Event Center
- Van Andel Arena
- Verizon Arena
- WesBanco Arena
- Wings Stadium
- Warner Theatre
- White River Amphitheatre
- Xcel Energy Center
- XL Center
Industry and Others
- After Dark Entertainment
- Arena Network
- Awakening Events
- Best Vendors
- Bill Silva Management
- Bill Silva Presents
- Comcast Minnesota
- Concert Nation USA
- Entertainment Services International
- EventBooking.com
- Feld Entertainment
- Front Line Management
- GAME, Inc.
- Glitnir Ticketing
- International Association of Venue Managers, Inc.
- JAM Productions
- Live at the Garden
- Live Nation
- Manhattan Center Studios
- Metropolitan Talent Presents
- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences – Memphis Chapter
- North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition
- PromoWest Productions
- Red Light Management
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rose Presents
- Secret Service Entertainment
- Seneca Gaming Corporation
- Step Up Presents
- The Bowery Presents
- Ticketmaster
- TicketsNow
- The Jamboree In The Hills
- The Recording Academy
- Troubadour Partners
- Q Prime South
- Venue Coalition
- Veritix
- Visit Saint Paul
- WME Foundation
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