Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Showdown Over U.S. Ticket Sales

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First found here and later found here, here, and here, it would appear that Ticket Master and Live Nation are planning to break ties come 2009.

Some interesting points:
1. Ticket Master on their own will be in roughly 750 million dollars of debt.
2. Live Nation has already set in motion a plan to handle their own ticket sales.
3. Live Nation was worth 17% of Ticket Master's revenue last year.


Can't say I fully understand the implications of all this but maybe I won't have to deal with an $8 surcharge on a $24 dollar ticket for future House Of Blue's shows. Wishful thinking I know.

2 comments:

iLOVEMYLiFE said...

actually when i was buying my paramore/jacks mannequin ticket i couldnt find the chicago date on ticketmaster and so i bought it on livenation.
i think it was cheaper to buy it there, rather than ticketmaster.
interestinggggg...

A Kay said...

go live nation! it's cheaper and you can bypass the line! :D i'm totally unbiased and all.