Ticketmaster Drops Fee In An Experiment
Irving Azoff, manager for powerhouse acts like Eagles, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, Guns N' Roses and Christina Aguilera, was named CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment less than two weeks ago.
Azoff's first move as commander in chief? He may be behind the elimination of those detested services charges with a fee-free ticket for an upcoming Eagles concert.
Tickets for the band's Jan. 17 show at Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina went on sale Nov. 7 priced from $60 to $190. But unlike top dollar tickets at other tour stops, which are about $185, there's no added service fee.
The show is being promoted at Ticketmaster.com with the announcement "This is a no-fee event! The price you see is the price you pay. No convenience fee. No order processing fee. No delivery fee if you choose to print tickets at home."
Azoff has vowed to make the newly rechristened Ticketmaster Entertainment more fan-friendly according to the Wall Street Journal.
TM President Sean Moriarty said in a third-quarter earnings call that the date was the first foray into all-in ticketing.
Service fees are traditionally divided between Ticketmaster and others involved in the concert and, as noted in the WSJ, it's uncertain if the new procedure is really just a matter of lumping the extra fees into the face price of the ticket.
Source: Pollstar
Comments
Number of comments : 4
11/12/2008 | 12:59:25 AM by Peppe
I hope this move is genuinly to make it better for the fans.
11/12/2008 | 1:25:29 AM by Brandon
That is such crap. They will just lump the service fee into the already inflated ticket price, so it saves you nothing. You just don't see the fee anymore.
11/12/2008 | 5:13:29 AM by Greg
This is juast a bas BS as the fees.
They are increasing the face value of the tickets, so they are, in effect, still getting the additional income from the concert goers, but hiding it the the base ticket price.
I still think something smells fishy!
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