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NEWS JUNE 4, 2022 12:52 PM BY RACHEL BRODSKY
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New legislation in New York State will require ticketing companies to show “all-in” ticket prices that show all inclusive and ancillary fees up front. That means that the final ticket cost — on both primary and resale sellers — must be disclosed on the ticket’s initial listing, as opposed to many pages later in the buying process. As of June 3, the bill has passed the state senate and the assembly and is awaiting Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature.
“I agree with the statement that people should pay, and will pay, whatever they want to pay for a ticket,” Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee chair James Skoufis tells Billboard. “But they should know what that is. Oftentimes, they’re not told what that value is.” In addition to including the final ticket price “in a clear and conspicuous manner,” the seller cannot mislead the consumer by displaying the total fee in a smaller type size.

Ticketmaster released a statement to Billboard commending the move, with managing director Marla Ostroff saying, “We are supportive of industry-wide reforms and believe even more can be done to aid artists in delivering tickets to fans at their set price points. We would like to thank Assemblymember O’Donnell, in particular, for his work and steadfast support of the New York entertainment community.”

The original bill has been scaled back somewhat; when it was first introduced in 2021, there were measures including easier ways for consumers to get refunds for events delayed (but not necessarily canceled) due to COVID-19. The bill also originally had a measure targeting “holdbacks,” aka tickets reserved for insiders and not available to the general public. (Skoufis cited a 2012 Justin Bieber show at Madison Square Garden where 28% of tickets were held back for things like friends, pre-sales, VIP packages, and credit card partners.)

Hochul will need to sign the bill before the existing law expires on July 1.

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i hate those hidden fees

Great

Now ban hidden fees period on my bills

So it’s not removing the fees at all just telling u what they are from the beginning instead of at checkout

Ban it on airplane tickets too

f*** the fees

i just paid 40 dollars in fee in addition to a ticket

I Stand With You

Who You Buy Tickets For

W

no more Yeat Tax

This is the point of the government.

Wish they would do this more for other items & product issues

Every site and merchant should only be available to advertise the absolute final price. F***ing hate fees that aren’t shown till checkout that aren’t taxes.

Should be like that lol. It'll be $20 then $100 at checkout, I'd rather you just tell me it's $100

Come on guys pay an extra $40 in fees, Uzi needs a new forehead charm

They rather you be more suckered in to buying what they’re selling in hopes that you will still buy it anyway when the fees jack up the price. Same companies also take advantage of artificial scarcity by acting like it’s the last one or tickets are about to sell out so that you feel pressured into paying the fees, as well.

Dirty world

dead and company

Lowkey makes me not even want to go to shows anymore how like over half the price does not even go anywhere near the artist

US needs to revamp concert system. I legit have like 4k in tickets that i cant do anything with because of these websites being trash

Trippie Redd MGK tickets are insane

the tickets are r like $25 but the fees are $26.50

You pay more in fees than for a ticket

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Thats how it should be lol

Instead of your account getting sucked off more than you planned or thought

Now you can actually budget accordingly

S*** needs to be the basic period, America got this s*** bad smh even out taxes got hidden fees

Wait they don't show the full price to you mfs?

those fees damn near doubles the price of a ticket in some instances