In March, a settlement capped Ticketmaster's service fees. In April, a jury called the company what fans have called it for years. And within months, reporting showed fees quietly raised at more than two dozen publicly owned venues, the charges shuffled and renamed.
Fans did everything right. We complained, we testified, we won in court. The response was a rebrand of the same fees.
We demand regulators enforce the fee settlement to the letter, audit venue fee structures annually, and require every ticket price to be shown all-in from the first click.
The era of the $28 "processing" fee on a $40 ticket ends when enforcement has teeth. Add yours.