My favorite band is Wilco, and they have effectively eliminated scalping of their tickets. Here's how: When you buy a ticket you can only buy 2 at a time and

My favorite band is Wilco, and they have effectively eliminated scalping of their tickets. Here's how: When you buy a ticket you can only buy 2 at a time and you must provide your name. To attend the show, you show your ID at the venue and they find you the the ticket(s) that match your name. At this point you and your guest must enter immediately and there are no "ins and outs". So to scalp a ticket, you'd have to bring the person you sold it to into the show with you. That's a lot of effort! Are there downsides to this? Sure. The first is that I'd gladly pay more to see Wilco but I can't but my way into the show. The second is if I buy tickets and something comes up I can't easily transfer them to another fan. Is all of this probably worth it to make sure that they can have an intimate connection with their fans and nobody else profits off their shows? Yeah, I think so.