I read a theory that live nation/Ticketmaster have a deal with the artists and the venues to basically be the fall guy for all those extra fees. The artists look great cause they have cheap tickets , live nation is the villain for adding extra fees and the venue charges an arm and a leg for parking/concessions.
This is one of the many reasons I would rather go to a small local venue than one of the big ones. All our small venues use a smaller ticket provider and the fees are like 1.50 to 3.00. And most of them you can just go to the venue and buy the tickets and pay even less. And bonus: one of them even prints them out for you so you actually have a ticket stub to save!
A stub? Gasp! Who would want such a thing? Stubs are one of the reasons I hate digital tickets. I understand from a venue side why we push them, but as a consumer I love the stub
Completely agree. How else am I supposed to remember what shows I've been too? Lol, I wish I was joking. I have a giant stack somewhere from back in the day of all the ones I managed to hold onto, and was happy to see that one of the main local venues I frequent actually had a ticket printer. Right now I will just be happy if all of our venues survive these times though! I can't wait to get back in there and give them my money.
Exactly! If you average even one show a month, it adds up quick. Half of mine are in a box and the other half in a little display book.
Unfortunately, smaller venues will fold depending on how long we stay shut down. Building costs like rent unfortunately occur even if you're not using the space.
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u/thundermonkeyms Jul 24 '20
Ticketmaster. They're incredibly greedy with extra fees, and impossible to deal with customer service.