Ticketmaster faces a heap of criticism from Taylor Swift fans who tried to buy presale tickets for her tour Tuesday. TimMcNicholas reports how their frustration is spilling over into the halls of Congress.
fans who tried to buy presale tickets for her tour Tuesday but instead ran into technical issues, long virtual lines and, now, sky-high resale prices.Taylor Swift fan Emma Ramos spent most of her day in the dreaded queue. At one point, Ticketmaster told her more than 2,000 Swifties were ahead of her in line, but when she finally tried to buy a ticket, the site gave her an error message."And you never got one?" McNicholas asked.
Tickets for the May concerts at MetLife Stadium are already listed on StubHub and Vivid Seats. The cheapest seats are around $400 dollars, and the most expensive, near the stage, are going for $17,000.In a phone call Tuesday, Pascrell described Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, as a monopoly that should be broken up.
Daily reminder that Ticketmaster is a monopoly, it’s merger with LiveNation should never have been approved, and they need to be reigned in."The live events ticket market is more unregulated, I'd say, than the Wild West. Congress has to pass rules and has to pass safeguards," Pascrell said.
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