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What Ticketmaster Doesn't Want You To Know: Concerts Were Cheap For Decades (youtu.be)
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Ticketmaster and Live Nation have destroyed the concert experience. But it didn't use to be this way. Today, Oasis and Taylor Swift tickets might go for thousands of dollars, but back in 1955, you could see Elvis Presley in concert for less than the modern-day equivalent of $20.

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[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah but now what happens is scalpers use bots to buy up all the tickets and immediately resell them for a markup. And ticketmaster is happy to get their cut.

Happened when we went to buy Bruins tickets last year. What was orignally a 75 dollar seat was not a resale seat for 140. And this was the nosebleed section.

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that's the problem with middle men. They're not there to lower the prices for the consumer.

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