New California Bill Would End Exclusive Control of Event Ticket Sales

Published on April 5, 2024

California legislators have introduced a bill that would end exclusive control for companies like Ticketmaster over event ticket sales. Assembly Bill 2808, introduced in February by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, would lift restrictions on reselling tickets and provide fans more choice in purchasing concert or sporting event tickets through various companies. “Access to entertainment shouldn’t be an equity issue, available only to those who are wealthy, connected or privileged [with] their time,” Ms. Wicks said in an April 1 post on X. “It’s time to level the playing field for fans [with] my new bill … the nation’s first to require competition [at] the first point of ticket sales.”...

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