Tennessean
In 1982, Charles Jefferson wanted to take his brother to an Earth, Wind and Fire concert. His only option at the time was to approach a scalper, Mike…
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Scalpers Reselling Tickets Reserved For The Disabled
CBS Denver
Ticket scalpers have apparently found a new revenue stream — somehow acquiring, then reselling Red Rocks concert tickets that were expressly intended for disabled concertgoers. “Well it makes me sick,”…
Read the Full Article >>In Whose Hands?
IAVM Facility Manage Magazine
When you have been around the industry as long as venue veteran Michael Marion has, you have just about seen it all. Got the Los Angeles Lakers coming…
Read the Full Article >>Coliseum takes stand on scalping
Journal Gazette
On April 18, the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum issued a news release about Van Halen adding Fort Wayne to its upcoming concert tour. Because of unfortunate errors…
Read the Full Article >>Try the box office first
Times Union
As the summer comes barreling toward us, there is nothing I can do to stop my excitement for all of the concerts that come with it. Seeing a…
Read the Full Article >>Unhappy Fans Fall Victim to Fake Coldplay Ticket Internet Scammers
KTLA
Some very disappointed music fans who paid top dollar to see the band Coldplay ended up getting the cold shoulder instead. Fans who found some of the tickets on Craigslist,…
Read the Full Article >>Published Van Halen ticket prices incorrect
Wane.com
The general manager of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is responding to reports that listed the wrong ticket prices for the upcoming Van Halen concert. Randy Brown said a story…
Read the Full Article >>Great GoogaMooga Free Tickets “Sell Out” Again, But You Can Score One On StubHub For $118
Gothamist.com
New Yorkers are going gaga for this Great GoogaMooga what-have-you. Or maybe people simply like free stuff?The free food and music festival planned for Prospect Park next month is…
Read the Full Article >>Newport Folk Festival Ticket Prices Skyrocket Online
Newport Patch
Last year was a first for the Newport Folk Festival. The festival sold all of its tickets three weeks before the event. This year, three months before the acts take…
Read the Full Article >>7 On Your Side Examines How You Can Avoid Being Overcharged For Tickets
WSPA News
Linda Dastau thought she was buying her husband tickets for the Moody Blues Concert on the Peace Center’s official website, so she bought the tickets for $126 apiece. “I…
Read the Full Article >>Stop the Minnesota Scalping Bill
Stop the Minnesota Scalping Bill
Scalpers routinely ignore existing Minnesota law and use advanced computer hacking programs called “bots” to unfairly buy large numbers of high-demand seats to high-profile concerts and events the…
Read the Full Article >>Paperless tickets help drive a Wrecking Ball through scalping
Charlotte Observer
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band recently stopped in Greensboro, the second concert on their 2012 “Wrecking Ball” world tour. By all accounts, it was another magical…
Read the Full Article >>Scoring tickets to popular events can be losing battle for fans
am New York
Despite safeguards to protect buyers, online scalpers are using high-tech programs to skip the electronic lines of legitimate ticket services and sell seats at big markups on the…
Read the Full Article >>Ticket, please: Law needed to stop bulk-buy scalpers from having unfair advantage in ticket sales
Mountain Press
The days of cracking down on people who simply want to sell their purchased tickets to sporting events and concerts is about over. Tough laws to stop those…
Read the Full Article >>Scalpers hoarding Miley Cyrus concert tickets? House vote says that’s OK
MinnPost
In 2007, when pre-teen queen Miley Cyrus gave her first concert in Minneapolis, she was met by outrage from thousands of parents who were forced to buy tickets in…
Read the Full Article >>Lawmakers Debate Ticket Scalping Bill At Capitol
SunCountry.com
The Minnesota legislature is wading into a national debate that many concert goers are already having: Should you be allowed to sell your Bruce Springsteen tickets for a…
Read the Full Article >>Proposed bill would set ticket scalping limits in Tennessee
WBIR TV-10
An East Tennessee lawmaker is trying to stop ticket scalpers from taking advantage of buyers. Representative Ryan Haynes (R-Knoxville) has sponsored legislation that would limit online-based large scalpers…
Read the Full Article >>Springsteen fan fears $2,396 loss in ticket scam
Times Union
Denis Sheehan loves Bruce Springsteen. I mean, he really loves Springsteen. Sheehan first saw the singer at the Palace Theater in 1976, and something just clicked. He’s hardly listened to anybody else…
Read the Full Article >>Don’t be fooled by the Internet – you can still get tickets for “Wicked”
Naples News
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall sent out an alert Monday afternoon. Basically please do not buy tickets to “Wicked” anywhere except from the venue. Ticket agencies and…
Read the Full Article >>Scammers want to rip off Tiger fans
Connect Mid Missouri
With the Mizzou Tigers making it to the NCAA Tournament, basketball fever is pushing up ticket prices on websites like StubHub and Craig’s List. Better Business Bureau Officials…
Read the Full Article >>Bill sought by ticket resellers appears dead
CTPost
A bill sought by Internet ticket brokers that would allow event patrons to opt out of the up-and-coming paperless ticket market is near death in the General Assembly. Paperless…
Read the Full Article >>Confessions of a Ticket Scalper: Billboard’s Candid Q&A
Billboard
As part of a Billboard special report on the state of the ticketing business, our touring expert Ray Waddell picked the brain of a ticket broker who’s been…
Read the Full Article >>Black Eye for Ticket Reseller
The New York Times
It was the kind of disturbance that could have happened anywhere alcohol flows free. But an outburst early Monday at an Oscars party in Connecticut has also cast…
Read the Full Article >>Down with concert ticket scalpers
CTNews
About a year ago, I was a fervent Lady Gaga fan. So I was mega-excited when it was announced she was coming to the XL Center in Hartford.…
Read the Full Article >>Kid Rock, DSO concert tickets will be paperless
Detroit News
Kid Rock’s May 12 concert with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will use a paperless ticket system, organizers announced Monday — the latest effort by Rock to thwart the…
Read the Full Article >>Consumer Protection Report Faults ‘Deceptive Practices’ Of Ticket Sellers On Secondary Market
Hartford Courant
Deceptive practices by some ticket resellers are one of several areas of concern about how event tickets are sold in Connecticut, according to a report released this week…
Read the Full Article >>A regulation to help … ticket scalpers?
Star Tribune
It’s ironic for an organization that has the word “freedom” in its name (the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota) and purports to be for “limited government” to be calling…
Read the Full Article >>How Eric Church Battled Ticket Scalpers
Billboard
Eric Church has a song called “Springsteen” on his current album “Chief,” but the country rocker discovered he has something else in common with the Boss since he moved…
Read the Full Article >>10 a.m. freeze-out for a Springsteen fan
Washington Post
My weekend schedule revolved around one thing: being online at 10 a.m. Saturday to order tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s April show at Verizon Center, part of his “Wrecking…
Read the Full Article >>Ticket scalpers jam computers, spoiling hopes and dreams of Springsteen fans
NJ.com
On Friday, January 27, 2012, Ticketmaster said its website was attacked by scalpers using sophisticated computer programs that generated 2.5 times the traffic it had seen for any…
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