• edric
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    296 months ago

    Even just removing dynamic pricing, prohibiting ticket resales from going above original price, and removing extra fees (for upgrades and resales) will solve most of the issues.

    • @[email protected]
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      376 months ago

      I get it, but if they own the major venues in every town…they can still set their own prices.

      The ticket companies shouldn’t have ownership of the venue.

      Pearl Jam fought them for years but had to stop because they owned every stadium and large venue, and that was 30+ years ago when they were just one company.

          • @jumjummy
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            26 months ago

            The streaming vertical integration really irks me. Say what you will about the music industry, but at least I only have to pay for ONE streaming platform to enjoy pretty much any song I want.

      • @[email protected]
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        46 months ago

        if they own the major venues in every town

        When you say “own” in this context, do you mean they actually bought the building, or just that they have an exclusive contract with the venue?

        • @[email protected]
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          46 months ago

          Both. Live nation either owns the venue or has an exclusive contract with the venue. If you run a venue and you do not parter with live nation they will run you out of business.

      • @[email protected]
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        36 months ago

        One of my hobbies is hosting raves and I’ve heard a lot of stories from venue owners about live nation/ticket master. They work a lot like the mafia where if you don’t accept their terms they will do everything in their power to shut you down. They will do stuff like scheduling large names shows to conflict with your key events while also ‘influencing’ the local officials to pull your liquid license. I 100% agree that they should be broken up but I would go a step further and also split off their promoter sector that way ticketing, venues, and events are all separate entities that cannot completely control the market.