Bernie Sanders’ anti-capitalist event costs up to $100 on Ticketmaster
Admission to Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) anti-capitalist event can cost up to $100 on the heavily maligned Ticketmaster.
The event, titled “You Can Be Angry at Capitalism,” seems like anything but anger at capitalism, given that not only does it charge $95 plus fees for a front-row seat, it also uses Ticketmaster, which the Justice Department was investigating for possible opposition – breaches of trust. By ticket master:
Tickets priced at $95, $75, and $55 include a copy of It’s OK to Be Angry at Capitalism. Tickets are non-transferable until 24 hours before the start of the show. Any tickets suspected of being purchased for the sole purpose of resale may be canceled at The Anthem/Ticketmaster’s sole discretion, and purchasers may be denied tickets to future IMP shows. Opening acts, opening times and installation times are always subject to change.
Tickets will be available for purchase to the general public on February 3rd.
He could AT LEAST not use Ticketmaster, one of the world’s worst corporate monopolies, to make the whole thing less ironic.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 31, 2023
Details of the event have yet to be announced and it is currently unknown if Bernie Sanders had a hand in ticket prices or if he chose Ticketmaster as the supplier. Live Nation Entertainment-owned Ticketmaster was hit hard by publicity last fall when Taylor Swift fans accused them of price gouging during the pre-sale of her Swift’s Eras tour. According to UPI:
Fans of pop superstar Taylor Swift have filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster alleging that the seller violated antitrust laws and cited unreasonably high ticket prices during pre-sales of Swift’s Eras tour.
According to a document obtained by Deadline, 26 plaintiffs from 13 states in a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Ticketmaster’s parent company, allege that the company engaged in “illegal conduct in violation of California’s Cartwright Act and California’s Unfair Competition Law.” .
Antitrust allegations accuse Ticketmaster of manipulating the secondary ticket market, which amounts to price discrimination. Ticketmaster also engaged in price fixing, “allied with speculators” to influence prices.
Live Nation stated that the error was due to a “cyber attack”.
“Then we got three times the bot traffic we ever had,” Live Nation President and CEO Joe Berchtold said in his prepared speech to Congress. “While the bots were unable to break into our systems or obtain any tickets, the attack required us to slow down and even suspend sales.”
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