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Lawmaker calls for Ticketmaster investigation

When tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s new tour went on sale exclusively through Ticketmaster on February 2, “scores of fans in New Jersey were met with technical difficulty on Ticketmaster.com that impaired them from making a purchase,” says US congressmen Bill Pascrell Jr.

Thousands of others, “fortunate enough to get beyond the technical problems,” were told the shows were sold out.

But, “Conspicuously placed on the same screen that informed fans of ticket unavailability was an alternative purchasing option from TicketsNow.com,” says Pascrell, going on:

“It offered the same tickets at a value marked up hundreds of dollars beyond their original face value.”

Pascrell, a congressmen in Springsteen’s home state, is now demanding the Federal Trade Commissionand Department of Justice Antitrust Division, “investigate Ticketmaster’s relationship with its subsidiary company, TicketsNow”.

In a letter to FCC chairman William Kovacic, “As you know, Ticketmaster is a large ticket sales and distribution company that often serves as a venue’s sole ticketing agent,” says Pascrell, continuing »»»