New Jersey Rep. Invoice Pascrell Jr. bashed ticketmaster for ripping off "Springsteen followers" in his residence state.
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A North Jersey congressman slammed Ticketmaster for ripping off entertainment-starved followers following studies of ticket costs for Bruce Springsteen’s new live performance tour operating greater than $4,000 a pop.
Rep. Invoice Pascrell Jr., a staunch ticket-industry critic, referred to as out Ticketmaster for instituting a “market-based” pricing system that permits ticket prices to rise and fall based mostly on demand.
“When Yogi Berra mentioned it’s ‘déjà vu yet again,’ he might have simply been speaking about Ticketmaster and one other unwelcome shock for Springsteen followers,” the longtime Democratic lawmaker mentioned Thursday in a assertion.
“After the lengthy hiatus, we're all excited that Bruce goes again in tour. However People have the best to get pleasure from some reside leisure with out getting ripped off. Ticketmaster sees well-liked occasions as a possibility to soak common People.”
Pascrell additionally repeated his name for the federal authorities to interrupt up Stay Nation, which units up concert events, and Ticketmaster, which sells ducats for Stay Nation. The 2 firms mixed in 2018.
Ticket costs for subsequent yr’s Springsteen and the E Road Band tour, which kicks off April 1 at Madison Sq. Backyard, are operating as excessive as $4,300 for a lot of ground and lower-level seats recognized as “official platinum” which might be topic to costs that fluctuate with demand, in response to NJ.com.
Pascrell is lead sponsor of the so-called “BOSS Act,” stalled laws named after the Jersey-based legendary singer. It might create extra transparency on the secondary market ticket industry and likewise supply prospects a fairer shot at shopping for ducats on the first market.
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